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[…] 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 […]