Jun21st

The Motown Sound

Posted at 5:07 am | Filed Under Black Music Month '07

During the mid- and late ‘60s, Motown sound was the rhythm that kept America bopping: at discos, basement parties and hip events of the era. Hits by hits were made from Detroit by the likes of the Supremes, The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, The Marvelettes, The Miracles and The Four Tops.
Detroit was […]

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Jun19th

Sirius Pays Tribute to the Black Music Month

Posted at 7:34 am | Filed Under Black Music Month '07

Celebrate with Sirius as they commemorate and rekindle the most important month in Black History with the following events.
June 23 at 6 pm-8 pm ET - Heart & Soul Sirius channel 51
Charlie Wilson celebrates Black Music Month
Guest: DJ, Funk icon, Charlie Wilson
June 23 and June 24 All Day - Soul Town Sirius channel 53
Classic Soul […]

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Jun16th

Soul Stars

Posted at 5:41 am | Filed Under Black Music Month '07

When you talk about black music, you definitely will come across this stark, emotionally-loaded style that mixes high-spirited church sound and rhythm and blues, that is, soul music.
In 1959, a visually impaired man who developed very keen ears in the name of Ray Charles used the gospel sound to express his personal thoughts, and thus […]

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Jun7th

Celebrate the Black Music Month

Posted at 2:35 am | Filed Under Black Music Month '07

June 2007 is Black Music Month, as signed by the United States President, George W. Bush. This month all African-American singers, artists and composers are given warm appreciation with their enormous contribution in the music industry. Some black artists who have lived and died for music includes James Brown, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, […]

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