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The Inaugural Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was held on August 17, 2013 at the Waetjen Auditorium at Cleveland State University in Cleveland. [11] The first class of inductees included recording acts The Supremes, The Temptations, The Marvelettes, The O'Jays, [9] Martha & The Vandellas (Martha Reeves, Rosalind Holmes, and Annette Helton), The Dramatics, Ruby & The ...
Michael J. Williams (born July 12, 1943) is a retired United States Marine Corps 4-star general. He served as Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps from 2000 until his retirement in 2002. He served as Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps from 2000 until his retirement in 2002.
The American Music Award for Favorite Album – Soul/R&B has been awarded since 1974. Years reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward when awards were handed out on November of the same year). The all-time winner in this category is Michael Jackson with 4 wins.
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within the African-American community in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to African Americans, at a time when "rocking, jazz based music ...
B.F. Deal was a record label created by Austin, Texas songwriter Michael Williams in the mid-seventies. It was an independent label which produced several local Austin artists at the time including Nanci Griffith's début album, There's a Light Beyond These Woods released January 3, 1978.
In 1951, Federal Records made the crossover of an R&B record into the white pop music charts with Billy Ward and the Dominoes' "Sixty Minute Man" (Federal 12022). It reached number 17 on the Billboard pop chart and number 1 in the R&B chart. Logo from 78-rpm record sleeve Building in Cincinnati, 2019. King mixed the country and R&B sides of the ...
The group's first Federal single, "Please, Please, Please," was a regional hit and eventually sold a million copies. [5] Between 1962 and 1965 Freddie King, one of the three Blues "kings" (Freddie, B.B. and Albert), released a series of albums, mostly instrumentals, for Federal. Johnny "Guitar" Watson was another artist on Federal Records. [6]
Michael J. Williams (politician) (born 1929), Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman, acting president 1986–1987; Michael Williams, Baron Williams of Baglan (1949–2017), British diplomat and United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon; Michael L. Williams (born 1953), Texas railroad commissioner; departing Texas education ...