#1 R&B Song 1981: “Fantastic Voyage,” Lakeside
Born: Roosevelt Sykes, 1906; Harold “Chuck” Willis, 1928; Marvin Junior (the Dells), 1936
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1958 Little Richard officially announced that he had retired at the peak of his career to become an Evangelist. His conversion lasted all of four years.
1970 The Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” debut Motown single reached [...]
Long before her “The Miseducation of Lauren Hill”
Cover art of Lauren’s “Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” album.
Grammy Award-winning singer, rapper, musician, songwriter, producer, and film actress, Lauryn Hill, appeared on As The World Turns. While still in high school in Maplewood, New Jersey, Lauryn played a recurring role on the Daytime Drama as the troubled runaway, [...]
I can picture Aretha now; just saying that she wanted to make a statement at President Obama’s inauguration; just saying that she simply wanted to make her mark on the style and type of hat she chose to wear that day; that she left the house looking her very elegant and impeccable.
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But, I [...]
#1 R&B Song 1961: “Shop Around,” the Miracles
Born: Jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge, 1911; Ruth brown, 1928; Luther Ingram, 1944; Jackie Ross, 1946; Jody Watley, 1959
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1958 The Silhouettes’ standard rocker, “Get A Job,” charted en route to #1. The ’70s group Sha Na Na named themselves after a line in the song.
1960 [...]
#1 R&B Song 1955: “Sincerely,” the Moonglows
Born: Bandleader Paul Gayten, 1920; William King (the Commodores), 1949
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1952 One of the best-known artist/songwriters of his day, bluesman Wille Dixon (“Spoonful,” “Little Red Rooster”) died of a heart attack in Burbank, CA, and was buried in the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois.
Willie Dixon
1960 Brook Benton was the [...]
The following article addresses the issue of the disparity in farm subsidies of Black American farmers. Overwhelmingly, White farmers receive more U.S. government subsidies, than Black farmers, even in counties where the majority of farmers are Black.
This issue is nothing new to me, as I have been following the plight of Black American farmers and their [...]
First Lady Michelle Obama stepped into the limelight to offer support for the signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act by President Obama. Mrs. Obama gave Ms. Ledbetter a hug at after the ceremony. The legislation expands workers’ rights to sue over pay discrimination.
Photo: Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
LINK: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/01/29/nytfrontpage/20090129POD_index.html?hp
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: January 29, 2009
WASHINGTON — President Obama fired a warning shot at Wall Street on Thursday, branding bankers “shameful” for giving themselves $18.4 billion in bonuses as the economy was spinning out of control and the government was spending billions to bail out many of the nation’s most prominent financial firms.
January 30, [...]
Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
President Obama signed his first bill into law on Thursday, approving the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, a law named for Ms. Ledbetter, fourth from left, an Alabama woman who at the end of a 19-year career as a supervisor in a tire factory complained that she had been paid less [...]
#1 R&B Song 1978: “Our Love,” Natalie Cole
Born: Blues vocalist Drink Small, 1933; blues guitarist Cash McCall (Morris Dollison, Jr.), 1941
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1950 Larry Darnell, an early pioneer of the New Orleans sound, hit #1 on the R&B charts with “For You My Love.”
1950 The Robins charted with “If It’s So Baby” which was their second release, reaching [...]
