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Hunter's raucous thirteen-year, seven-night-a-week tenure there, which began in 1957, is the stuff of regional legend.

Singer, actress. Born November 9, 1922, in Cleveland, Ohio. Dandridge's mother, the actress Ruby Dandridge, urged her two young daughters into show business in the 1930s, when they performed as a song-and-dance team billed as "The Wonder Children.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME HOT MUSIC THAT'S SCARY GOOD ON HALLOWEEN, Caf R&B is serving up a steaming plate of rocking soul and R&B at the Langham, Huntington Hotel & Spa Saturday night.

While not a full-fledged Fresnan, blues artist Ron Thompson is something of a Fresno treasure.

Cornel West is an American philosopher, author, critic, pastor, actor, and civil rights activist.

Make the juice run down my leg. Sunday, October 25, 2009 Rocking Sharrie has been around for a while and is certainly a presence - a fairly effusive fanzine states Sharrie sings the blues because she lived the blues, mental, physical and drug abuse, poverty stricken, most would say what's the use.

The Show: Time Life is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a slam-bang nine-disc collection, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live .

Christina Aguilera said one thing that has always impressed her about jazz and blues singers of earlier generations -- such as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald or Etta James -- is their ability to affect listeners with the pure power of their voices and the way they convey lyrics and music.

Photograph by: Handout, Files Who Do You Love: Once upon a time, 2008 to be exact, two films about the great blues record label Chess Records were made.

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Hot off her summer tour with Lyle Lovett, the "most beloved singer in the city" and "queen of the blues" Francine Reed is excited to return to the Atlanta stage for the first time in two years on September 26, 2009, at Mablehouse Amphitheatre to perform "An Evening with Francine Reed & Family." It will be a dual homecoming for the artist who has ...

YELLVILLE - Music on the Square wraps up its 2009 season with a performance Saturday by Carnes and The Heaters, beginning at 7 p.m. The popular blues band is made up of Carnes McCormack, Beci Coffee, Tim Hobbs, Kent Coffee, Byron Shipman, and Marc Stoops.

Submitted by StateTheatre on Wed, 2009-09-02 13:31. Start: 2009-09-09 20:00 End: 2009-09-09 22:00 Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 Cost: $23 814-272-0606 http://www.thestatetheatre.org/Events/ Raised in Gause, Texas, a small town 180 miles southeast of Dallas, Foster grew up surrounded by the rich, soulful sounds of gospel and blues.

Chris Clark was a 17-year-old, 6-foot platinum blond when she arrived at Motown's Detroit headquarters in 1963 -- demo in hand -- to audition for Berry Gordy.

Beyonce and Jay-Z are black America's second most famous couple: young, rich and with a direct line to the White House Beyonc Knowles later described it as "the most important day of my life", and with good reason.

High anxiety The Motor City's hardest-working band finds its frontman living up to the band's name.

Beyonce and Jay-Z are black America's second most famous couple: young, rich and with a direct line to the White House Beyonc Knowles later described it as "the most important day of my life", and with good reason.

The Indianapolis-based singer-songwriter has an earthy, soul-infected voice that easily draws listeners into her songs.

High anxiety The Motor City's hardest-working band finds its frontman living up to the band's name.

Mr. Excitement Meet Detroiter Bobby Murray, a guitar hero you've never heard of Etta James vs.