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Legacy Recordings Honors Sly & The Family Stone as Artist of the Month | March 2013

Sly & the Family Stone Honored As Legacy Recordings’ Artist of the Month for
March 2013



  
SLY STONE’S 70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED ON MARCH 15TH; BEGINS YEAR-LONG CELEBRATION OF SLY & THE FAMILY STONE

MULTI-DISC CAREER RETROSPECTIVE BOX SET ARRIVES LATER THIS YEAR

NEW YORK, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — On the occasion of Sly Stone’s 70th birthday on March 15th, his life and the music of Sly & the Family Stone will be commemorated as the Artist of the Month for March 2013, by Legacy Recordings, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.  Legacy’s celebration of Sly & the Family Stone will continue throughout the year.

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Smokey Robinson Presents Human Nature: The Motown Show Opens At The Venetian Las Vegas®

Smokey Robinson Presents Human Nature: The Motown Show Opens At The Venetian Las Vegas®

 

  Motown legends join the Strip’s hottest celebrities for star-studded premiere


LAS VEGAS, Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Smokey Robinson Presents Human Nature: The Motown Show, Las Vegas’ latest vocal sensation is now open at The Venetian Las Vegas.

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Legacy Recordings Celebrates Nina Simone in New Video of Memorable Live Performance Moments

Nina Simone II
 
Legacy Recordings Celebrates Nina Simone in New Video of Live Performance Moments
Happy 80th Birthday Nina!
 
Legacy Recordings has released a new video of memorable performances moments from the High Priestess of Soul, Nina Simone, singing her hit “To Be Free” in honor of the Artist of the Month. (Click HERE for more information)

The Top #100 R&B Slow Jams #12 | Quincy Jones feat El DeBarge, Al B. Sure, James Ingram & Barry White – The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)

Quincy Jones - Back On The Block
 
Yes….We come back at you this evening readers with our #12 selection into the Top 100 R&B Slow Jams. And this one was waaaaaayyy overdue:
 
You see, Music legend Quincy Jones KNEW what it meant to create a slow jam composition. At the right place – At the right time – With the RIGHT PEOPLE.

Attorney Willie Gary Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Chubby Checker against Hewlett Packard & Palm, Inc.

Famed Attorney Willie Gary Files Half-Billion Dollar Lawsuit on behalf of Music Legend Chubby Checker against Hewlett Packard and Palm, Inc. for Copyright Infringement


FORT PIERCE, Fla., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Famed attorney Willie Gary along with his law partner, Robert Parenti and associate attorney, Alicia M. Phidd of the Stuart, Florida-based law firm of Gary, Williams, Parenti, Watson & Gary, P.L. filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit on behalf of world-renown music legend, Chubby Checker who is known for the ever-popular #1 hit, “The Twist.”  The lawsuit was filed today against technology giant Hewlett Packard and its subsidiary Palm, Inc. for maintaining a software application called “Chubby Checker” for Palm products.

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Legacy Recordings Honors Nina Simone as Artist of the Month for February 2013

LEGACY RECORDINGS HONORS
NINA SIMONE
AS ARTIST OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY 2013



Activist Singer’s 80th Birthday Celebrated During Black History Month

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“I think she was the greatest female artist of the 20th century” – Elton John

“I always loved the passion in her voice. She’s inspired me as a composer, a pianist, a singer and as a woman with a voice.” – Alicia Keys
 
” Nina Simone’s impact on both jazz and culture will remain monumental; there was simply no one like her..”  – Bonnie Raitt
 
“She was ahead of her time as a concert-level piano player who sang, wrote and spoke her mind…I aspire to be more like her.” – india.arie

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Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, commemorates the life and music of Nina Simone on the occasion of the singer’s 80th birthday and celebrates the iconic High Priestess of Soul as the label’s Artist of the Month for February 2013. 

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A. Scott Galloways’ Appreciation of “Sugarfoot” of The Ohio Players

Remembering Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner of the Ohio Players: “Free at 69”
by A. Scott Galloway
January 27, 2013
 
SugarfootTwinGuitarOWWW
 
Some kids claim Superman their hero. Mine was “Sugarfoot.” Small in stature yet larger than life, Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner was a Black Rock Star – the alter ego I could not have dreamed nor conjured better…and secretly wished I could be.

The Top #100 R&B Slow Jams #14 | Peabo Bryson – Can You Stop The Rain

Peabo Bryson - Can You Stop The Rain
 
Good Evening Folks,
 
We @ T.U.M.S. are hoping you are sitting somewhere close to the fireplace….somewhere VERY CLOSE.
 
We come at y’all tonight with our #14.
 
And who better else to share a moment of a enticing ballad, than to hear the sultry voice of legendary R&B crooner Peabo Bryson.

Quincy Jones to Celebrate 80th Birthday in Las Vegas…

Quincy Jones And Sir Michael Caine To Celebrate Their 80th Birthday From Las Vegas At The MGM Grand Garden Arena

 
 
Star-Studded Gala to Benefit Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health will feature music and film’s biggest stars


LAS VEGAS, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Las Vegas will celebrate the lives and legacies of two of the entertainment world’s most influential stars, Quincy Jones and Sir Michael Caine , at the 17th annual Power of Love Gala on April 13, 2013 at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, while raising funds in support of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.

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The Top #100 R&B Slow Jams #15 | The Controllers – Somebody’s Gotta Win, Somebody’s Gotta Lose

The Controllers - In Control
 
Man, Oh Man…..OH MAN.
 
Just when the team was going to lay low again and wait another 8 months (hahaha) to drop a slow jam to complete possibly one of the longest…longest unfinished countdown’s in cyberspace history for a magazine or blog, we may have made quite a few more people happy tonight in letting them & all know a new addition is being added RIGHT NOW.
 
Who could EVER forget or let this midnight, blue lights in the basement, monumental quiet storm pass us by???

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