Gerald Alston - American soul/R&B singer, and the lead singer of the Grammy Award winning group The Manhattans between late 1970 and 1988, recording 25 top 40 R&B and 12 Hot 100 Pop Singles. Cubie Burke - Member of 60s/70s soul group THE STAIRSTEPS. Minnie Riperton - American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single […]
Tommy Dorsey - American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombone playing. His theme song was "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You". David Ebo - American singer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1976, Harold Melvin was looking for a […]
Bobby Rush - American blues musician, composer, and singer. His style incorporates elements of blues, rap, and funk. Rush has won twelve Blues Music Awards and in 2017, at the age of 83, he won his first Grammy Award for the album Porcupine Meat. Herbert Laws - American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning […]
Babyface Detroit MI @8PM MotorCity Casino Hotel
Laverne Baker - American R&B singer who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Ernestine Anderson - American jazz and blues singer. In a career spanning more than six decades, she recorded over 30 albums. Mose Allison - American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter.
GCC HBCU Fest Mobile, AL
Chaka Khan Houston TX @8:30PM Arena Theatre
Maxwell Nov 13 @8PM MGM National Harbor, Maryland
Alexander O'Neal - American R&B singer, songwriter and arranger from Natchez, Mississippi. O'Neal came to prominence in the mid-1980s as a solo artist, with eleven Top 40 singles on the US R&B chart, three of which also reached the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. Scherrie Payne - American singer. Payne is best known […]
Clyde Mcphatter - American rhythm and blues, soul, and rock and roll singer. He was one of the most widely imitated R&B singers of the 1950s and early 1960s and was a key figure in the shaping of doo-wop and R&B. Camelle Hinds - Singer, songwriter and bassist. Frankie Gay - American recording artist and […]
Blue Lovett - Bass singer & songwriter who came to prominence as a member of the popular American R&B vocal group, The Manhattans. Dick Griffey - American record producer and music promoter who founded SOLAR Records, a RAS acronym for "Sound of Los Angeles Records". The label played a major role in developing a funk-oriented blend […]
