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R&B Superstars to Light Up the Stage at UNCF An Evening of Stars® on Aug. 14th, 2011

Superstars Patti LaBelle, Jill Scott,
Ledisi, Marsha Ambrosius, Estelle, Miguel and Musiq Soulchild to Light
Up the Stage At UNCF An Evening of Stars® Presented By Target


 

Tickets Go On Sale Wednesday, August 3rd For The All-Star Event At The Pasadena Civic Center On August 14th 

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The 33rd UNCF An Evening of Stars® gears up for a highly anticipated evening of entertainment and education advocacy on Sunday, August 14th at 6:00 PM PT with a premiere on BET on Sunday, September 25th at 10 PM ET/PT and 9:00 PM CT. The incredible Patti LaBelle and Grammy-award winner Jill Scott, who recently released her fifth studio album “Light of the Sun, will join Grammy-nominated, singer-songwriter-producer Ledisi
in gracing the stage at the Pasadena Civic Center for an inspiring
evening of music and uplifting education success stories. BET “Music
Matters” global sensation Marsha Ambrosius, R&B starlet Estelle, Grammy-nominated R&B/soul-singer Musiq Soulchild and R&B artist and producer Miguel will also join the evening to help raise awareness for education and celebrate today’s hottest musical stars. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Chrysler Brand and Eight Mile Style LLC Release Gospel Version of ‘Lose Yourself’ from ‘Selected of God’ Choir | Avail on iTunes

Chrysler Brand and Eight Mile Style LLC Release Gospel Version of ‘Lose Yourself’ from ‘Selected of God’ Choir

 

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ —

  • ‘Lose
    Yourself,’ performed by ‘Selected of God’ choir, available for download
    on iTunes; Eight Mile Style to donate 100 percent of publishing
    proceeds to three local Detroit charities

  • Chrysler and Eight Mile Style launch the ‘Imported from Detroit Project’

Chrysler Brand and Eight Mile Style LLC, a Detroit-based
publisher of Eminem compositions, have partnered to release a gospel
version of “Lose Yourself,” available now for download on iTunes. The
song is performed by “Selected of God,” the choir featured in the
Chrysler brand Super Bowl commercial “Born of Fire.” Keeping in the
spirit of the “Imported from Detroit” campaign, Eight Mile Style will donate all publishing proceeds from the music download to three local Detroit charities – Abayomi Community Development Corporation, The Yuinon and the Robert S. Shumake Foundation. To continue, please click “MORE”!

R&B Legend Natalie Cole Is Adding Her Voice to Hep C Benefit Concert | July 27th, 2011

R&B LEGEND NATALIE COLE JOINS ROCK LEGEND GREGG ALLMAN, MERCK AND
THE AMERICAN LIVER FOUNDATION TO TURN UP THE VOLUME AROUND HEP C

Cole to Perform with The Allman Brothers Band at the Tune In to Hep C Benefit Concert
Tomorrow on the Eve of World Hepatitis Day

WHITEHO– — USE STATION, N.J., July 26, 2011 – Merck (NYSE: MRK) (known as
MSD outside the United States and Canada) today announced that GRAMMY®
winner Natalie Cole is adding her voice to the company’s public health
campaign, Tune In to Hep C, with the American Liver Foundation (ALF) and
rock legend Gregg Allman. The goal of the campaign is to raise
awareness of chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Cole will join Allman
onstage at a benefit concert featuring The Allman Brothers Band and
other special guests in New York tomorrow, July 27, the eve of World
Hepatitis Day. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Quincy Jones and The Global Gumbo Group Unite with Middle Eastern Stars to Launch Song, “Tomorrow/Bokra”

Quincy Jones and The Global Gumbo Group
Unite With the Middle East’s Biggest Music Artists to Launch Charity
Song ‘Tomorrow/Bokra’

 

 

Global Gumbo Group Chairman Quincy
Jones and President Badr Jafar partner with the industry’s leading Arab
stars to record the single for children in the region, in association
with Mawazine Festival


 

RABAT, Morocco, May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Legendary producer Quincy Jones has partnered with United Arab Emirates-based
social entrepreneur Badr Jafar to jointly produce an Arabic charity
single entitled ‘Tomorrow/Bokra’ to raise money and help finance
educational arts and culture scholarships and projects for children in
the Middle East and North Africa. The project is being implemented in association with the Mawazine Festival. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Herb Alpert Foundation Offers Matching Grant Program to the Harlem School of the Arts

Herb Alpert Foundation Offers Matching Grant Program to the Harlem School of the Arts


 

NEW YORK, May 25, 2011
/PRNewswire/ — The Herb Alpert  Foundation announced today that they
have renewed their commitment to help the prestigious Harlem School of
the Arts by offering a $350,000 ‘2 to 1’ matching grant program. To match this offering, HSA will be seeking $700,000
in new funding commitments in the next four months from corporations,
individuals as well as other foundations to meet the challenge. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Cee Lo Green Releases ‘Thank You’ to Support the National Volunteer Fire Council & Duracell’s Program

Cee Lo Changes His Tune, Promising Not to ‘Forget’ the
Nation’s Volunteers as Part of Battery Donation Program to Power
Volunteer Firefighters Across the U.S.

With Personal Connection to the
Cause, Grammy Award-Winning Entertainer Releases ‘Thank You,’ a Charity
Track to Support the National Volunteer Fire Council and Duracell’s
“Power Those Who Protect Us” Program


Bethel, CT (PRWEB) May 06, 2011


Cee Lo Green may be best-known for his break-up anthem ‘Forget You,’
which earned him a 2011 Grammy Award, but the entertainer today will
change his tune to reveal a softer, more vulnerable side with the ‘Thank
You’ charity track. Cee Lo will continue to tell his little-known
personal rescue stories through original lyrics he created in tribute to
the one million volunteer firefighters across the country. It’s his
way of partnering with Duracell and the National Volunteer Fire Council
for the Power Those Who Protect Us program, designed to donate batteries
while supporting and raising awareness for our nation’s volunteer
firefighters. To continue, please click “MORE”!

An Evening of Classic Soul Featured 14 Soul Legends Singing 57 Hits to Benefit The MED Foundation

An Evening of Classic Soul Featured 14
Soul Legends Singing 57 Hits to Benefit The MED Foundation


 


 

 

MEMPHIS, Tenn., April
19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — An Evening of Classic Soul gave all who
attended a musical and fundraising night to remember.  

The Peabody Hotel’s Grand Ballroom was packed with 14 soul legends
and more than 800 enthusiastic fans for the first-ever An Evening of
Classic Soul. The star-studded event generated $275,000*
 for The MED Foundation, the non-profit that raises money to fund
excellence at — and increase awareness of — The Regional Medical
Center at Memphis (The MED).

The all-star lineup included soul legends Peabo Bryson, Jerry Butler; The New Temptations Review
featuring Dennis Edwards; Russell Thompkins, Jr., and The New Stylistics;
The Emotions; Percy Sledge; Billy Paul; Eddie Floyd;
Freda Payne; Archie
Bell; Candi Staton; William Brown; Maxine
Brown; and Dee Dee Sharp. To continue, please click “MORE”!

The Artists And Songwriters From The EMI Family Unite For Japan

ARTISTS AND SONGWRITERS FROM THE EMI FAMILY UNITE FOR JAPAN


 

Exclusive charity auction to raise funds for the Japanese Red Cross’s disaster relief efforts, at ebay.com/EMIfamily4Japan

 

London, 5 April 2011 — Artists and songwriters from across the EMI family are raising funds to help the Red Cross support people affected by last month’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan, through an incredible worldwide auction of personal items and memorabilia.

 

The charity auction, which will be managed by eBay, features items from some of the world’s biggest stars, including Coldplay, Norah Jones, Katy Perry, Gorillaz, Iron Maiden, Jane Birkin, the Beach Boys, David Guetta, Michael Franti, Lady Antebellum, The Chemical Brothers, Depeche Mode, Celtic Woman, 30 Seconds To Mars, Rosanne Cash, Daft Punk, Herbert Grönemeyer, Angela Gheorghiu, Keith Urban, Good Charlotte, and The Beatles.

 

All funds raised will be used towards the Japanese Red Cross disaster relief efforts to help those affected by the earthquake and tsunami. Funds will be used for the on-going provision of immediate relief to support the affected population during their recovery. EMI Group has committed to match all funds raised from the auction up to a maximum of one million euros. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Global Music Effort Releases Benefit Album for Japan – “Songs For Japan” (Avail Now)

Global Music Effort Launches “Songs for Japan” Album on iTunes to Benefit Japan Disaster Relief

 

 

Proceeds from Star-Studded Album to Support Disaster Relief Efforts of Japanese Red Cross

NEW YORK, March 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — In what stands as a major global music relief effort to benefit those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, over 30 of the biggest names in contemporary music have joined together for the worldwide release of “Songs for Japan,” an unprecedented compilation of 38 chart-topping hits and classic tracks, available worldwide on the iTunes Store for $9.99 starting today (www.itunes.com/songsforjapan). Proceeds from the album’s sale will benefit the disaster relief efforts of the Japanese Red Cross Society.

The “Songs for Japan” track listing features an all-star lineup: 

  1. John Lennon “Imagine”
  2. U2 “Walk On”
  3. Bob Dylan “Shelter From The Storm”
  4. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Around The World”
  5. Lady Gaga “Born This Way”
  6. Beyonce “Irreplaceable”
  7. Bruno Mars “Talking To The Moon”
  8. Katy Perry “Firework”
  9. Rihanna “Only Girl (In The World)”
  10. Justin Timberlake “Like I Love You”
  11. Madonna “Miles Away”
  12. David Guetta “When Love Takes Over”
  13. Eminem “Love The Way You Lie”
  14. Bruce Springsteen “Human Touch”
  15. Josh Groban “Awake”
  16. Keith Urban “Better Life”
  17. Black Eyed Peas “One Tribe”  
  18. Pink “Sober”
  19. Cee Lo Green “It’s Ok”
  20. Lady Antebellum “I Run To You”
  21. Bon Jovi “What Do You Got?”
  22. Foo Fighters “My Hero“
  23. R.E.M. “Man On The Moon”
  24. Nicki Minaj “Save Me”
  25. Sade “By Your Side”
  26. Michael Buble “Hold On”
  27. Justin Bieber “Pray”
  28. Adele “Make You Feel My Love”
  29. Enya “If I Could Be Where You Are”
  30. Elton John “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”
  31. John Mayer “Waiting On The World To Change”
  32. Queen “Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)”
  33. Kings Of Leon “Use Somebody”
  34. Sting “Fragile”
  35. Leona Lewis “Better In Time”
  36. Ne-Yo “One In A Million”
  37. Shakira “Whenever, Wherever”
  38. Norah Jones To continue, please click “MORE”!

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