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2024-06-1800 minBlack Music MattersThe Most Reviered Jazz Singer - Guess Who?Madonna said he's the only singer who could make her cry.
Nancy Wilson named him as her greatest influence.
Billie Holiday called him favoirte singer.
Ray Charles said, :“He defined what soul is all about in singing, long before anyone was using that word."
2024-05-1409 minBlack Music MattersThe Songwriters Hall of Fame Racist & Sexist Past"The time is now. The children are witing for you to step up. Stop the propaganda and disinformation and show them how you will stand for justice and truth."
Dr. Bernice King
2023-08-2407 minBlack Music MattersBlack Songwriters & the Uneven Playing FieldHow do songwriters get paid, and how do they get cheated? For years, black writers were kept from services that would help them receive their proper royalties. Yes, the same racism that affected the careers of black recording artists also affected black songwriters.
2023-06-0709 min
On The Town With Tanya"I Thought We Were Writing The Blues But They Called It Rock N Roll", Biographer, Playwright, Arlene Corsano, Remembering Singer-Songwriter, Rose Marie McCoyOn The Town With Tanya sits down with, "I Thought We Were Writing The Blues But They Called It Rock N Roll", Biographer, Playwright, Arlene Corsano, Remembering Singer-Songwriter, Rose Marie McCoy.
How did a beautiful young girl go from living in a shack to being inspired so much by an orchestra she heard in high school, that not only was she inspired to started singing, but she moved to NYC and changed her name, the rest is history. Shut out from a sexist racist male dominated business, she wrote over 850 songs and jingles for over 350 artist, never...
2023-04-241h 19Black Music MattersBlack Diamond QueensSince this is March, Women's History Month, it's a good time to honor some of the most highly influencial, yet barely recognized, black women who gave us Rock and Roll.
2023-03-0711 minBlack Music MattersThe Roots of Country MusicBlack recording artists, who were once shut out of country music, are now helping shape the music's future, and I for one am very happy about that.
2023-02-0512 minBlack Music MattersElvis - Fact and FictionRacist or Integrator?
Revolutionary or Copy Cat?
What the 2 hour and 40 minute movie didn't cover.
2022-09-1511 minBlack Music MattersJackie Wilson - Mister ExcitementHe could have been crowned the King of Rock and Roll, and I don't think the man who was given that title would have objected, for in addition to Elvis never claiming that title for himself, he was a big fan of Jackie Wilson. And eventually they became good friends. The two were the most charismatic entertainers of their era.
2022-08-0109 minBlack Music MattersLouis JordanKing of the Jukebox, Father of R&B, Grandfather of Rock & Roll, all three titles bestowed upon one man, Louis Jordan, the most successful black recording artist of the 1940s.
2022-07-0109 minBlack Music MattersLouis JordanKing of the Jukebox, Father of R&B, Grandfather of Rock & Roll, all three titles bestowed upon one man, Louis Jordan, the most successful black recording artist of the 1940s.
2022-07-0100 minBlack Music MattersAfrican American Music Appreciation MonthJune if African American Music Appreciation Month
Racism and segregation once kept the most innovative and exciting music from being played on major radio stations and from being sold in most record stores, but the music not only survived - it thrived.
2022-06-0310 minBlack Music MattersRose Marie McCoy - 100th Year Anniversary of Her Birth.Rose Marie McCoy overcame racism, sexism, and poverty to become one of the most prolific and diverse songwriters of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. Her songwriting career is one of the longest ever; her first song was recorded in 1947 and her last in 2013.
"I don't know of any other songwriter with the kind of track record Rose Marie McCoy has," said Al Bell, former owner off Stax Records and past president of Motown Records Group. "Her songs have been recorded by so many legendary artists in such a diversity of styles: blues, jazz, rock, rhythm...
2022-03-3020 minBlack Music MattersRoots of American MusicAll popular music known around the world as American music has roots in Africa.
2022-03-2012 min2022-02-2109 minBlack Music MattersAfrican Influence on American DanceWhen West Africans were forced to leave their land in order to help create wealth in a strange and distant land, they left so much behind. But not all could be taken from them. Not their music and not their dance. Ever since emancipation, American created social dances have been influenced by African dance. From the Fox Trot to Break Dancing and many styles in between, you'll find African influence.
2022-01-2710 min
Musical Theatre Radio presents "Be Our Guest"Be Our Guest with Sean Yauk and Katherine Cappellacci (MOMENT IN THE (SECRET) GARDEN) THEN Arlene Corsano (Rose and Reparations)Sean is the founder & managing Artistic Director of 4Score productions which was founded by in 2019.
Sean Yauk (BA, MAAL) is a professional arts manager, producer, music director, and composer from Toronto, Canada.
Katherine Cappellacci has been acting professionally since the age of sixteen. Born, raised and based in Toronto, Katherine acquired her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance Acting from Ryerson University's School of Performance. During her time there, Katherine was awarded the Laura Press Memorial Scholarship, for excellence in acting.
For over 12 years, Arlene Corsano has worked on...
2021-08-0155 min
Jersey Arts PodcastSongwriter Rose Marie McCoy Featured in “40s to 60s, A Musical Journey” at Puffin Cultural ForumDuring the era of Jim Crow, black singers were played on black radio stations, and white singers on white ones. Famously, Elvis Presley adopted the bluesy style and songs of black performers, shocking white audiences. Rose Marie McCoy wanted to be a singer, but became one of the best songwriters of the time, working on both sides of the color barrier with hits by Ike and Tina Turner, Elvis Presley, James Taylor, and Sarah Vaughn among others. At the Puffin Cultural Forum in Teaneck on July 26, "40s to 60s, A Musical Journey" will chart the journey from the blues...
2019-07-1819 min