— Good Black News Staff, Good Black News Pamela Hutchinson, singer from the famed R&B group The Emotions, has died at the age of 61, according to a post on the band’s official Facebook page Sunday. The Emotions were comprised of Hutchinson and her sisters, Wanda Hutchinson-Vaughn, Jeanette Hutchinson-Hawes and Sheila Hutchinson-Witt. The family act got its start in Chicago, IL as the […]
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Here’s The Hidden History Behind This Famous Stephanie Mills Song | Essence
By Kimberly Wilson, Essence If you’re not familiar with the Mtume songwriting team James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, then it’s time you brush up on your Black music history. Stephanie Mills, for example, had her biggest chart success under the stewardship of Mtume and Lucas, including the 1980 hit “Never Knew Love Like This Before,” which won the […]
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‘Lean On Me,’ ‘Lovely Day’ singer Bill Withers dies at 81 | AP
Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including “ Lean on Me, ” “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has died from heart complications, his family said in a statement to The Associated Press. He was 81. The three-time Grammy Award winner, who […]
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Remembering Curtis Mayfield Today on the 20th Anniversary of His Passing (December 26, 1999) | Albumism
Please join the Albumism team in celebrating Curtis Mayfield’s musical legacy and revisit audio & video highlights from his career below! [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Biography: Perhaps because he didn’t cross over to the pop audience as heavily as Motown’s stars, it may be that the scope of Curtis Mayfield’s talents and contributions have yet to be […]
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Roberta Flack to Make Rare Appearance At GRAMMY Awards | American Songwriter
In a press release earlier this week, the Recording Academy® announced its 2020 Special Merit Awards recipients. The Lifetime Achievement Award honorees include Roberta Flack. The legendary musician and singer will make a rare public appearance to attend the GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at Los Angeles’ STAPLES Center. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “I am […]
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The Story Of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Talking Book’ | NPR
By the early 1970s, Stevie Wonder had already spent nearly a decade churning out hits for Motown Records as Little Stevie. But at age 22 he no longer wanted to follow the Motown formula, a formula designed to produce hit singles rather than innovation. So Wonder struck out on his own. Over the next decade, […]
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The O’Jays Give the People What They Want for the Last Time | Rolling Stone
After a lengthy breaking from recording, the group known for Seventies hits like “Back Stabbers” returned to the studio to make one final album
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Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me review – soul star stories | The Guardian
This documentary celebrates the singer’s remarkable return to the stage after a car accident but fails to illuminate the darker corners of the world he lived in.
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R&B Star James Ingram Dies at 66 | HuffPost
Ingram’s hits include “Baby Come To Me,” “Somewhere Out There” and “Just Once.”
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Aretha Franklin Died from Pancreatic Cancer: Here’s Why It’s So Deadly | Healthline
The Queen of Soul’s death is raising questions — and awareness — about a rare form of cancer.
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