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Black History Month celebrated across Palm Beach County with music, film, festivals
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe deep and abiding cultural contributions of Blacks to American life are on full display this...
Meet the Black musician behind Elvis' biggest songs, who had to give up his writing credits and...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoStudio portrait of Otis Blackwell writing music with a poster of Elvis Presley behind him.Gilles...
‘Their voices made me cry.’ How two Black singers are breaking barriers at Miami opera
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAudiences enraptured by the Florida Grand Opera’s production of “I pagliacci” and lead singers...
James Brown's daughters reveal who the Godfather of Soul really was: He 'was Daddy'
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 months agoJames Brown visits Harlem in New York to meet fans on May 3, 1979.Richard E. Aaron/Getty Images...
Hard-working, hard-living, hard done by: How Patsy Cline epitomised the female country music star
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEvery couple of months, at a venue somewhere in Michigan – the Old Town Playhouse in Traverse City,...
Little Richard changed music forever. But the singer struggled with addiction, a segregated music...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJorgen Angel/Getty Images Little Richard is remembered as one of the most lively pioneers of rock...
Jim Stewart, Stax Records co-founder and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, dies at 92
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt’s one of the strange twists of history that the greatest, funkiest soul label in the world, one...
Canadian rockers The Trews launching US tour in Boston
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWith 18 Top 20 singles and six Juno nominations in their native Canada, high-profile gigs opening...
How African music became American music
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt 2 p.m. Feb. 3, I met John Fleming, his sister, and Ruby Miller, at the American Museum of Science and Energy. It was my privilege to provide a tour to...
'A giant voice:' Journalist, orator Michael McFadden advocated for Lansing's Black community
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCorrection: Joel Ferguson and Michael McFadden grew up in the same neighborhood and they both attended Sexton High School. That information was incorrect in an earlier version of this story.