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Griff was born on 21 January 2001 as Sarah Faith Griffiths, [2] in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire. [3] Her father Mark Griffiths is the son of Jamaican immigrants who were part of the "Windrush generation" and her mother Kim is a first-generation migrant whose family moved to England amid the Vietnam War. [4]
Bradley, a gospel singer, song writer and entrepreneur, died July 5, from health complications brought on by vascular dementia. She was 83. Bradley, the fourth of five sisters, started singing in ...
Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer of the 1960s and after whose rich, intimate baritone graced such hits as “For Your Precious Love,” “Only the Strong Survive” and “Make It Easy On ...
Flack continued scoring hits throughout the '70s and '80s, often dueting with artists such as Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson. In 1996, her music once again felt suddenly ubiquitous, as the Fugees ...
Melissa Cecelia Ewen Bell (5 March 1964 – 28 August 2017) was an English singer. From 1993 to 1996, Bell was one of the lead singers of British R&B act Soul II Soul, with whom she released a single titled "Wish". She also created her own band called Soul Explosion, which started in 1999.
Fred Willie Hughes Jr. (August 20, 1943 – January 18, 2022) was an American gospel, soul, and R&B singer, perhaps best known for his 1968 song, "Send My Baby Back". [1] Hughes was born in Berkeley, California in 1943, [2] and grew up in Oakland, California. [1] As a singer, he began working professionally in vocal groups from Oakland in the ...
Jerry Butler has died at the age of 85. Per the Chicago Sun-Times , Butler died on Thursday, Feb. 20 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a family friend told the publication.
Jessica Marguerite Cleaves (December 10, 1948 – May 2, 2014) was an American singer and songwriter. Cleaves was a lead singer of the Friends of Distinction , Earth, Wind & Fire , Parliament Funkadelic , and Raw Silk .