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[…] popular advertising jingles, including the theme song for Black Entertainment Television, Pizza Hut and the theme song for Washington, D.C. He has also sung with Gladys Knight, Phyllis Hyman, Jean Carne, and The Blackbyrds. MORE NEWS: Michael K. Williams Shares Powerful Message About What’s Really Happening Right Now Dr. Willie Jolley – screenshot Dr. Willie […]

[…] music of yesterday. He paid homage to singers, Willie Ford (Dramatics), Levi Stubbs (Four Tops) and Chuck Barksdale (Dells), all who have left us, as well as Phyllis Hyman, on what would have been her 70th birthday. The audience got a kick out of how he joked about today’s music being almost indiscernible. I could […]

[…] with Tisha Campbell-Martin, Rusty Cundieff, Bill Nunn, Darryl Bell and Kadeem Hardison, three featurettes and music videos, including “Be Alone Tonight” from the Rays, “Be One” from Phyllis Hyman, and “Da Butt” by EU. In the clip above, Tisha recalls how excited she was when she scored an audition for the film. Scroll up and watch her […]

[…] ECSC 1968 Teleconference Committee: Thomas Evans, Jr., ’68, soloist; Nathaniel Grant, Jr., ’68, Butler L. Sharpe III, ‘68, liaison, ECSU Annual Prayer Breakfast; Billy k. Kirkpatrick,’68, Dr. Phyllise J. Wilkins Church,’68, special arrangements; Raymond M. Davis,’68, Dr. Charles L. Singleton, ’68, cohost; Bernard Bailey, Jr., ’68, Sandra Bailey, ’69, Dr. Leroy A. Sutton, Jr., […]

[…] The album was produced by the R&B team Mtume and Reggie Lucas, former jazz musicians who had scored pop hits for Stephanie Mills, Roberta Flack, Donnie Hathaway, Phyllis Hyman and Lou Rawls. Scott toured nightclubs in Detroit and later Los Angeles, and then to crowds of up to 50,000 people in R&B and Jazz festivals […]

[…] Love,” “I’ll Be Around” and “Mighty Love.” Also, inexplicably, Fambrough, the original vocalist of the Spinners’ gem “I Don’t Want to Lose You” (later made famous by Phyllis Hyman) doesn’t even have his song in the set list. This group would do well to honor the Spinners’ legacy with more harmony rehearsal and to coax […]

[…] force that is still going strong, blesses this track with her honey tones peeking out of the chorus. Whether you were a fan of the Stylistics or Phyllis Hyman versions, you’ll appreciate how Will Downing (with help from saxophonist Najee) makes “Hurry Up This Way Again” his own. He  keeps it “sweet ‘n’ stanky” like […]

[…] & Philip Bailey) 42. Beyoncé 43. Jennifer Hudson 44. Sam Cooke 45. Bobby Womack 46 Toni Braxton 47 Teddy Pendergrass 48. Ella Fitzgerald 49. Johnnie Taylor 50. Phyllis Hyman 51. Frankie Beverly & Maze 52. Teddy Riley Guy / Blackstreet 52. Xscape 53. Jeffery Osborne 54. George Benson 55. Erykah Badu 56. Babyface 57. Destiny’s […]

[…] he formed a band with as a teenager with his other brother Eric on drums and Cyrus Chestnut in piano. Kim Waters has performed for Isaac Hayes, Phyllis Hyman, Teddy Riley and Guy, and Gerald Albright to name a few. www.KimWaters.net MORE NEWS ON EURWEB: GloRilla Teaches Lil Baby Her Signature ‘Memphis Jookin’ Dance Move […]

[…] end up selling a lot of music, but a singer is a person who goes out there and throws down. Just get on a microphone and sing. Phyllis Hyman was that girl. Would you still regard a “singer” as someone who can throw down in the studio but lip-syncs live? Oh, a lot of them […]

[…] on Connor’s album, ‘Saturday Night Special.’   “On ‘You Are My Starship’ I wrote, played bass and sang lead vocals on the song.  After Norman introduced me to Phyllis Hyman, she and I sang a duet on “We Both Need Each Other.” Soon Henderson, who wants the world to know that he, not Norman Connors, recorded […]

[…] late 70s and 80s including “Valentine Love” with Norman Connors and Jean Carne, “You Are My Starship,” “Wide Receiver,” and “Can’t We Fall in Love Again” with Phyllis Hyman. As a bassist, he toured all over with the likes of Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, and Stevie Wonder. Additionally, he produced songs for The Dramatics. By […]

[…] and funk (he called it “Sophistifunk”). The result was a slew of hit productions with Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway (“The Closer I Get to You”, “Back Together Again”), Phyllis Hyman (“You Know How to Love Me”) and Stephanie Mills (“Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin’”, “Never Knew Love Like This Before”).  In the early 1980’s […]

[…] He had responsibility for marketing and sales of iconic soul acts, including the O’Jays, Teddy Pendergrass, Lou Rawls, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Billy Paul, and Phyllis Hyman. OTHER NEWS ON EURWEB: On ‘Jemele Hill is Unbothered’ Joy Reid Discusses Being the only Black Woman with a Primetime Political Show & More | LISTEN […]

[…] & Johnny Gill, or his triumphant “Who’s Zoomin’ Who?” by Aretha Franklin.  If you’re a smooth jazz aficionado, you’ve likely enjoyed some of Glass’ classic productions with Phyllis Hyman, Angela Bofill, or Kenny G. Glass hasn’t spent all of his time in the background.  He’s released a handful of albums during his illustrious career, but […]