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*As the New Year settles upon us and we reflect on all those we’ve lost. Let us remember those who have made an impact on every aspect of our entertainment culture. Actor Michael Clarke Duncan, died at the age of 54, with complications from a heart attack. The Don of Soul Train, Don Cornelius, committed [...]
*On behalf of Lee Bailey’s EURweb.com, we proudly present our first Black Music Month Artist Spotlight in honor of African American Music Appreciation Month 2012. The month long observation was renamed by a 2009 proclamation issued by President Obama. (June was formerly and formally known as Black Music Month under a proclamation from then President Jimmy Carter in June, [...]
*Usher is set to sing from the Ashford & Simpson catalog for what promises to be a poignant moment in the usually upbeat Grammy nominations prime-time special, set to air live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on CBS on Nov. 30. It will be part of a joint tribute to Nick Ashford and [...]
*The late Nickolas Ashford is being honored this Friday by the Chicago based HistoryMakers with a star-studded “Evening with Valerie Simpson.” The event, which will begin with seating at 6 p.m. in Thorne Hall Auditorium at the Northwestern University School of Law, will be taped for broadcast on PBS. Simpson, Ashford’s widow and creative partner, [...]
*The 1500 seat Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York was filled with mourners, fans, and relatives who gathered to remember the legendary singer and songwriter Nick Ashford. Known for his classic lyrics and songs like “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” the singer died last week after battling throat cancer, leaving behind his two daughters [...]
*EUR has been informed that because of Hurricane Irene, the funeral for singer/songwriter Nick Ashford, 70, who died at on Monday from throat cancer, has been rescheduled. Nick’s going home services were originally scheduled for Saturday night at 7pm. However, with Hurricane Irene due to wreak havoc all along the East Coast and New York [...]
*Esther Gordy Edwards, the sister of Motown founder Berry, died Wednesday of natural causes. She was 91. Gordy Edwards founded the Motown Museum to preserve the legacy of the label her brother created. She served as Motown’s vice president and chief financial officer during the company’s 1960s heyday. “She was the most educated in our [...]
*According to sources, EUR has learned that the funeral for singer/songwriter/producer Nick Ashford will be held this Saturday, August 27, at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. Curiously the start time for the going home services is scheduled for 4 PM (New York time). That raises the question of his burial. If he is to be [...]
*Legendary R&B production team Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, and Motown founder Berry Gordy have released statements on the passing of Nick Ashford. The songwriter, who along with wife, Valerie Simpson, wrote some of Motown’s biggest hits, died in a New York City hospital, said publicist Liz Rosenberg, who was Mr. Ashford’s longtime friend. He [...]
*It’s been widely reported that Nick Ashford, one half of the legendary songwriting team Ashford and (Valerie) Simpson, passed away on August 22, 2011. It is true that on this date Ashford’s spirit discarded its physical form of some 70 years, throat cancer being the listed cause of the body’s demise. However, Nick Ashford is [...]
*The value of a media brand as mature as RadioScope can fade in the fast paced, highly technical and now complex corporate structure of radio, but it is when we can go into our archives and recall intimate times with the icons, that we know that our value in the history of black entertainment is [...]
*(Via AP/Yahoo News) – Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson that penned elegant, soulful classics for the likes of Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye and funk hits for Chaka Khan and others, died Monday at age 70, his former publicist said. Ashford, who along with wife Valerie Simpson wrote [...]
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