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Marlena Shaw was born in New Rochelle, New York.She was first introduced to music by her uncle Jimmy Burgess, a jazz trumpet player. [4] In an interview with The New York Times, she told the reporter: "He [Jimmy Burgess] introduced me to good music through records – Dizzy [Gillespie], Miles [Davis], a lot of gospel things, and Al Hibbler, who really knows how to phrase a song."
Marlena Shaw, the soul and jazz vocalist known for her hits “California Soul” and “Woman of the Ghetto,” has died. She was 81. Shaw’s daughter, Marla Bradshaw, shared the news Friday in ...
Jerry Butler, the soul singer-songwriter and hit maker known as the Iceman, died Thursday at his home in Chicago.He was 85. His assistant confirmed his death to The New York Times, sharing that ...
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 ...
Patricia Ann Cole (born October 3, 1946), [1] known professionally as P. P. Arnold, is an American soul singer. She began her career as an Ikette with the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in 1965.
In 1965, Clay signed with One-derful!Records in Chicago, to make secular recordings. [5] After releasing a series of gospel-tinged soul records, his first hit came in 1967 with "That's How It Is (When You're In Love)", which reached # 34 on the US Billboard R&B chart, followed by "A Lasting Love" (# 48 R&B). [6]
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.
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.