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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…
02/03/2014
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…
01/16/2013
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…
01/06/2013
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…
12/26/2012