04/24/2008
This Month in R&B History
It’s fair to say that a lot of things changed in popular music because of The Beatles, and in April 1964, the group set an all-time record by becoming the first artists to hold the top five pop chart spots with five different singles in the same week. But while that was going on, Mary Wells was slowly but surely working her way across the nation with a song that would prove to have every bit the staying power as the compositions of the Fab Four...
04/23/2008
In the beginning...
…there was The Groove. It came up from the earth, and from the heart, and in the souls and the voices and the rhythm and the blues. And it was good.
And there was Ruth Brown, and there was Solomon Burke. And there was Jackie Wilson and there was Otis Redding and there was Laverne Baker and there was Ben E. King. And it was very good. And there was Aretha Franklin and there was James Brown and there was Little Richard. And it was BAD… in a good way. And the people danced and forgot their troubles, thanks to The Groove and the artists that brought it to life...
03/19/2008
R&B Foundation newsletter
03/03/2008
R&B Foundation receives generous donation from the Argus Fund!
Thanks to the efforts of Board Member Judy Tint, the R&B Foundation received a generous $100,000 donation from The Argus Fund! The funds will be used to support the foundation’s operations, replenish the Doc Pomus Fund and renew Performance Grant opportunities.
