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Posted inArts & Culture, Culture

Remembering James Ingram

by Tom Maxwell February 1, 2019October 19, 2022

The R&B singer and songwriter made it look easy, even when it wasn’t.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

When Black Male Singers Were Sex Symbols

by Ericka Blount Danois January 21, 2019October 19, 2022

Teddy Pendergrass was the R&B singer women wanted and who men wanted to be. And the one whose life-sized cardboard cutout stood in one family’s living room.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Forced to Perform As Aretha Franklin

by Aaron Gilbreath July 2, 2018October 19, 2022

How soul singer Mary Jane Jones was forced to perform as Aretha Franklin before she took control of her life and career.

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