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Teddy Pendergrass Dead At 59; Gamble & Huff Reminisce
Teddy Pendegrass, former lead singer of Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes has died. Relatives for Pendegrass, 59, made…
01/14/2010
Songwriter Bert Berns Dies; Leaves Behind Rich Legacy
Rock & Roll/Soul pioneer Bert Berns died of a heart attack today. (December 31, 1967). Bert Berns, 38,…
12/31/2009
Billy Paul: The Devil and Mrs. Jones
Today (December 16, 1972) R&B singer Billy Paul’s seminal hit record “Me and Mrs. Jones” was the #1…
12/16/2009
Aretha Franklin Tapped For 41st Annual Jazz Fest
By Gentle Jones The New Orleans Jazz Fest has announced the 2010 line up today (December 15, 2009),…
12/15/2009
Motown Locks Up Top 3 Positions On Pop Chart
Motown became the first label in history to lock down the #1, #2 and #3 positions on the…
12/14/2009