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Motown Signs Legendary Poet Langston Hughes
Motown announced the signing of legendary poet Langston Hughes in industry trade magazines today (November 22, 1963). In…
11/22/2012
The Isley Brothers Land First #1 Album With “Live It Up”
The Isley Brothers scored the first #1 R&B album in their career today (November 16, 1974) with the…
11/16/2012
R&B Singer Bo Diddley Banned From Ed Sullivan Show For Swapping Songs
On November 20, 1955, famed R&B singer Bo Diddley infuriated legendary TV personality Ed Sullivan, when he performed…
11/20/2010
George Clinton Announces New Genre “Techno Doo-Wop”
Think of George Clinton and you’ll likely conjure an image of a crazy black man with rainbow dreads…
11/17/2010