Today is the sixth 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 today
Tonight, I wanted to celebrate The Supremes, one of the biggest selling and most popular acts of their day — hell, of almost any day. During the 60s, they had 12 #1 singles on the Billboard Top 100.
Sure they were glamorous — and perhaps the most glamorous act of their day. But goodness, those voices!
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