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[…] Richmond, VA see the full routing below. Check out a curated playlist of hits, b-sides and more on Maxwell’s Top Tracks playlist on Spotify HERE. READ THIS: ARETHA FRANKLIN BIOPIC PROJECT WITH JENNIFER HUDSON ‘DEFINITELY MOVING FORWARD’ About Certified Classics Certified Classics is Legacy Recordings’ division for the celebration of Sony Music’s Hip-Hop and […]

[…] up around music.  I grew up singing in the choir. I really like old school music. I like watching James Brown, Whitney Houston and Tina Turner, and Aretha Franklin and Sammy Davis. Jr. definitely, where it was also about entertainment.  Sammy Davis Jr. was just more than just a singer, he did everything. James […]

[…] inaugural induction ceremony in 2013. Since then, the NRBHOF has enshrined 10 classes and inducted over 200 world-renown artists from the likes of B.B. King, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Motown legends, and many, many more. The 11th Annual NRBHOF Ceremony Weekend will be permanently moving from the city of Detroit to […]

[…] and class bias in the judicial system. This film is emotionally heavy and you will not leave the theater the same person. JENNIFER HUDSON KILLIN’ IT AS ARETHA FRANKLIN IN FIRST LOOK ‘RESPECT’ TRAILER – WATCH Michael B Jordan – Jamie Foxx Our correspondent L.Marie sat down with  Jordan and Foxx to find out […]

[…] her daughters to help take care of granddaughter as her daughter is a traveling nurse. The Jones Girls served as backup singers for Lou Rawls, Teddy Pendergrass, Aretha Franklin, and Le Pamplemousse. They worked with Diana Ross from 1975–78 and were the backup singers on Linda Clifford’s 1978 album “If My Friends Could See […]

[…] Pastor John P. Kee, her youth choir director and Patrick Love, a renowned Gospel singer. She names Whitney Houston and Yolanda Adams as inspirations. “The Sparkles soundtrack…the Aretha Franklin soundtrack…made me want to sing. My parents nurtured it,” she told me when I asked where her love for singing came from.” SYNDICATED COLUMN: Dr. […]

[…] behind to be adventurous, or creative, or to try something new. When I’m creating something new, I’m still hearing the voices and influences of Stevie, Marvin, Curtis, Aretha, Nina, Donny and Prince.  Black musicians have always been at the forefront of innovation in music. But where I think hip hop is always about what’s new, […]

[…] and there they racked up their final solo Top 40 hit, “Indestructible,” which was the theme of the 1988 Summer Olympics. That year they also partnered with Aretha Franklin, a longtime friend from Detroit, for the Top 40 R&B “If Ever A Love There Was.” During this period, Stubbs stepped out and gained notoriety […]

[…] choppy waters of the music industry as a black executive. When things got crazy I could call “Clarence;” and the same way someone would say “Michael,” “Whitney,” “ Aretha,” or “Oprah,” people know who you are talking about in our business. Clarence has that kind of cache, no last name needed. The funniest moment came […]

[…] had that soaring voice,” said Metro club founder Joe Shanahan, who heads the advisory committee for the Frankie Knuckles Foundation, dedicated to the house music pioneer. “Like Aretha, like Whitney, like Mavis, many of the greats, it comes from the church. If you brought her in on a session, you were bringing in the […]

[…] feel like their voices don’t matter. Imagine if someone hadn’t given a chance to the brilliant women who came before me: Josephine Baker, Nina Simone, Eartha Kitt, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, and the list goes on. They opened the doors for me, and I pray that I’m doing all I […]

[…] Award. Presentation videos were aired to commemorate Gail Mitchell’s stellar achievement as the 21-year Billboard journalist, displaying her body of work interviewing or writing about legends like Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, John Legend, Chuck D, Nipsey Hussle and Jay Z. Special Guest appearances included; Senator Holly J. Mitchell, L.A. County Supervisor Mark […]

[…] Michael shared what three songs he would put on a playlist for a significant other, “Don’t Let Go” by En Vogue, “A Rose is Still a Rose” by Aretha Franklin, and “Saturday Love” by Alexander O’Neal and Cherrelle. “A Journal for Jordan” arrives in theatres on Christmas Day.  JOURNAL FOR JORDAN JOURNAL FOR JORDAN

[…] Roll, was a trailblazer in the history of American music and influenced some of the greatest Rock & Roll and R&B singers of all time, including Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, Bob Dylan, Tina Turner and Johnny Cash. Tracy Nicole Chapman (Little Shop of Horrors, Caroline, or Change, Into the Woods, The Lion King) will bring Sister Rosetta Tharpe […]

[…] stopped when she went to college. Nola became a full-fledged performer, singing backup then later singing lead in an eclectic cover band that did material ranging from Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools” to The Police’s “Roxanne” to Stevie Wonder and Bob Marley. Then Nola’s writing muse began to bloom, which led to her becoming […]