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Happy Birthday Jackie Wilson: 15 Facts About “Mr. Excitement”
R&B singer Jackie Wilson was born today (June 9th, 1934). In honor of his birthday and Black Music…
LOU RAWLS RELEASED FROM JAIL AFTER ASSAULTING HIS GIRLFRIEND
Smooth singing artist Lou Rawls was released from an Albuquerque, New Mexico jail today (January 16, 2002), after…
GOSPSOUL: IRREPLACEABLE BLACK MUSIC ARTIFACTS UP IN FLAMES WITH LEGENDARY PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH
A number of historical gospel artifacts and manuscripts went up in smoke today (January 6, 2006), in a…
R.I.P. Curtis Mayfield: How The IRS Created A Legendary Career
R&B icon Curtis Mayfield died today (December 26, 1999) in Roswell, Georgia. Mayfield had been in poor health…