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I would describe Bobby as a “Soul Folk Singer”. What I mean by that is that where other great Soul songs might include deep-rooted religious lyrics, whether to...

First published - July 3, 2020 A significant event occurred in the “Windy City” that will shape popular culture on an international level for decades to come! The late...

First Published on November 29, 2020 By the end of 1983 work with SOLAR Records was winding down, so Benjamin concentrated instead on the links that he had...

First published on July 30, 2020 After touring with legendary Jazz artists such as Miles Davis, both men decided to venture into song-writing and producing. They created a...

First published on July 29, 2020 Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson had staff positions at Motown, where they wrote and produced hits for Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross....

First Published on July 9, 2020 The late Billy Davis was born on July 11th 1932 in Detroit. He started his career in the entertainment industry as a songwriter with Berry Gordy in Detroit during the mid...

First published - on August 26, 2020Family patriarch Roebuck “Pops” Staples was born near Winona in Minnesota. In the early 1920s his family moved to Will Dockery’s plantation...

First published on August 23, 2020 William Bell was born William Yarbrough in 1939 in Memphis. Judy Clay was born Judith Grace Guions in St. Pauls, North Carolina,...

First published on August 21, 2020 Johnnie Taylor was born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas, but grew up in West Memphis, Arkansas. Like most black kids of his generation, he...

First published 16 July 2020 Rufus Thomas was born in Mississippi in 1917 but his family moved to Memphis around 1920. As a teenager still at school, Rufus was...