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Archive 2
The Rance Allen Group
Rance
Allen founded the Rance Allen Group in Detroit in the 1960s
and has fronted the band with his soulful, soaring vocals
ever since. The traditionally trained black gospel group was
the first traditional gospel group to incorporate rock,
jazz, and soul into their music The Rance Allen Group scored
a Top 30 R&B hit in 1979 with "I Belong to You”. The group’s
most recent chart topper was Miracle Worker in spring 2000.
The Winans
The
Winans,
are an American Gospel music quartet from
Detroit, Michigan consisting of brothers Marvin, Carvin,
Michael and Ronald Winans. Their style was noted for its
crossover efforts and received airplay on R&B radio. The
group's last recording was in 1995, but they have
subsequently been involved in various Winans family projects
where they are credited as "The Winans" (e.g. November
2000's Christmas: Our Gifts To You)
The Mighty
Clouds of Joy
The
Mighty Clouds of Joy
an American
gospel quartet were formed in 1960 and started out in a
tradition-based style. Eventually they added soul, R&B, and
rock flourishes into their musical mix (one of their early
hits was produced by Philadelphia soul czars Gamble and
Huff) without diluting the essential religious essence of
their material. They were the first gospel group to add
bass, drums and keyboards to the standard quartet
accompaniment of solo guitar. The long-lived group
flourished throughout the rest of the 20th century, scoring
numerous Grammy awards and nominations, as well as several
hit albums along the way.
Ice Cube
O'Shea
Jackson (born June 15, 1969), better known by his stage
name Ice Cube, is an American rapper, MC, songwriter,
actor, screenwriter, and film director. Regarded as one of
the greatest hip hop artists of all time, he began his
career as a founding member of the rap group N.W.A, and
later launched a successful solo career in music and cinema.
Credited with having helped originate gangsta rap, he
remains one of the most visible West Coast rappers today.
www.icecube.com
Ice T
Ice
T,
Tracy Lauren Marrow (born February 16, 1958
in Newark, New Jersey) better known by his stage name,
Ice-T, is a rapper, actor, and author. He is credited with
helping create gangsta rap in the late 1980s.
www.icet.com
Vanilla
Ice
Vanilla
Ice Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967 in
Dallas, Texas), best known as Vanilla Ice, is an American
rap artist known for the 1990 smash hit "Ice Ice Baby." In
1990, SBK rereleased Hooked as To the Extreme which included
“Ice Ice Babywhich became the first rap single to
reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
www.vanillaice.com
Pieces of A Dream
Pieces
of A Dream, is an R&B/jazz fusion group from Philadelphia.
The group was formed in 1976 by bassist Cedric Napoleon,
drummer Curtis Harmon, and keyboardist James Lloyd. At the
time, the three were all teenagers. The group based their
name on “Pieces of Dreams,” a song by Stanley Turrentine
that the group performed
http://www.piecesjazz.com/
Jazz Crusaders
Jazz
Crusaders, In 1960 pianist Joe Sample, drummer Stix Hooper,
saxophonist Wilton Felder and trombonist Wayne Henderson
formerly from Houston relocated to Los Angeles, CA. and
formed the group "The Jazz Crusaders. Bass guitarist "Pops"
Popwell and guitarist Larry Carlton joined the band and they
incorporated the electric bass and electric guitar into
their music. The group shortened their name to "The
Crusaders" in 1971, and adopted a jazz-funk style and
ushered in the genre that came to be known as "jazz fusion"
http://jazzcrusaders.com/
Donald Byrd
Donaldson
Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932) is an
American jazz trumpeter. His playing career included
performing with Lionel Hampton, Art Blakely, Herbie Hancock,
Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk. In the
1970s Mr. Byrd teamed up with the Mizell Brothers, they
produced Black Byrd, which was enormously successful and
became Blue Note Records' highest-ever selling album. In
1993, Byrd teamed up with Gang Starr MC Guru for the track "Loungin'"
on the Jazzmatazz project.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Byrd
The Isley Brothers The
Isley Brothers are a Grammy-winning American R&B/soul group
who are one of the few groups to have long-running success
on the Billboard charts placing a charted single in every
decade since 1959 and as of 2006 was still charting
successfully. The original group formed in 1954 started as a
gospel music group. In 1957, the brothers moved to New York
and began recording secular music. 1973 the group formed a
six-member lineup.
http://www.defjam.com/site/artist_home.php?artist_id=598
The Ojays
The
Ojays, formed their group in Canton, Ohio in 1958 while
attending high school. Originally known as The Triumphs,
followed by The Mascots, the friends began recording with
"Miracles" in 1961, which was a moderate hit in the
Cleveland area. They took the name "the O'Jays", in tribute
to radio disc jockey Eddie O’Jay in 1963. In 1972, they
scored with their first million-seller, "Back Stabbers",
which included the #1 Pop smash, "Love Train In 2005, the
O'Jays were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_O'Jays
The Pointer Sisters
The
Pointer Sisters
are a Grammy Award-winning Pop/R&B recording
act from Oakland, California that achieved mainstream
success during the 1970s and 1980s. Spanning over three
decades together, their repertoire has included diverse
genres from pop and soul to country and rock. Their self
titled first album, was released in 1973 and received
positive reviews, with the group being lauded for their
versatility and originality. In 1983, the Pointer Sisters
released what became their biggest-selling album ever with
Break Out, which received four Billboard top 10’s in
a row for Automatic, I’m So Excited, Jump (for my love) and
Neutron Dance.
http://www.thepointersistersfans.com/
