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Muddy Waters, the sharecropper who gave us the electric blues band sound
When the sun finally set on the life of McKinley Morganfield better known as Muddy Waters, he had received six Grammy Awards and 11 nominations during his Chicago Blues era. So much was his sound influence...
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Meet Memphis’ ‘godfather of soul’ Rufus Thomas, after whom a park in Italy was named while alive
Memphis’ own Rufus Thomas once said: “I was a tap dancer, and I used to do some scat singing. If it came under the heading of show business, I did it.” True words from a man who performed...
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Sarah Vaughan, the singer with jazz, pop and operatic abilities who married four times
Jazz singer Sarah Vaughan was rightfully hailed as a supremely gifted singer and performer earning invites to perform at the White House and the Carnegie Hall. So immense was her contribution to America...
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Ex-girlfriend sues rapper Rick Ross for DNA test and child support
Marriage gives a measure of security and for wives as well as partners, there’s something to be gained when the union is on sure footing. It does, however, appear that rapper Rick Ross’ baby...
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Quincy Jones’ $9.4 million legal victory against Michael Jackson overturned
Quincy Delight Jones Jr., the American record producer, won a 2017 verdict awarding him $9.4 million in royalties and fees from the Michael Jackson estate but a California appeals court on Tuesday overturned...
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Lt. Charles P. Bailey Sr., the fighter pilot who was saved by a Bible in his flight suit
Lt. Charles P. Bailey Sr. always loved to fly but as Jim Crow grounded black Americans, the dream looked grounded too till he met Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach,...
