Today is the 12th day of Black History Month. As we go through the month, I’m going to talk about a collection of Black artists. It’ll be fairly comprehensive and eclectic list — although it won’t be a complete list.
So far I’ve talked about:
- Rick James, who was born 76 years ago on February 1
- OutKast‘s Big Boi, who celebrated his 49th birthday on February 1
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- John Lee Hooker
- Patti LaBelle
- The Temptations‘ second and longest tenured lead vocalist Dennis Edwards, who was born 81 years ago on February 4
- Tina Turner
- Aretha Franklin
- Bobby Brown, who celebrated his 55th birthday on February 5
- Bob Marley, who was born 79 years ago on February 6
- The Supremes
- J. Dilla, who was born 50 years ago on February 7
- Queen Latifah
- Black Moon, DJ Evil Dee and Buckshot
- Dionne Warwick
- Big Mama Thornton.
For me, Black History is a celebration of Black Excellence in all things. Of course, since this is a music site, I’m going to focus on music. I’m a big fan of Evelyn “Champagne” King. In both of my DJ sets at Clem’s, I managed to throw in some deep cut King songs because they’re fun, funky, sexy — and they can get a crowd moving.
I’m In Love has some serious bops that still slap — and hard.
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