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*Since it was launched in 1998, American Songbook has been dedicated to celebrating the extraordinary achievements of the popular American songwriter from the turn of the 20th century to the present day. Spanning all styles and genres from Tin Pan Alley and Broadway to the eclecticism of today’s songwriters working in pop, cabaret, rock, folk [...]
*Alicia Keys paid tribute to black radio pioneer Hal Jackson on Thursday at his funeral held in Harlem. Friends and family gathered at Riverside Church to pay their respects to the iconic DJ, who passed away last week at age 97. Keys, one of the speakers at the service, told attendees, “I’m sorry for our [...]
*The music world is still reeling from the loss of the inimitable Nick Ashford who succumbed to throat cancer at the untimely age of 70 in August 2011. There have been many nationwide tributes to Ashford including one by The HistoryMakers, the Chicago-based research organization involved in documenting well-known and unsung African American historical figures. [...]
*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, [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the [...]
*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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