Category : Performance

Pianist Joe Liggins and his band, the Honeydrippers, tore up the R&B charts during the late ’40s and early ’50s with their polished brand of...

Jimmy Liggins, the younger brother of fellow Jazz Hall inductee Joe Liggins, was born in Newby, Oklahoma. The family moved to San Diego, California when...

Big Joe Turner, known by many as the “Boss of the Blues,” was born Joseph Vernon in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 18, 1911. Turner...

Born in 1949, singer-songwriter Lionel Richie grew up in Tuskegee, Alabama. He was a founding member of the Commodores, a top R&B act of the...

A Journey Through Music and Legacy Cindy Birdsong, born Cynthia Ann Birdsong on December 15, 1939, in Camden, New Jersey, is a prominent African-American singer...

William December Williams Jr., known professionally as Billy Dee Williams, was born on April 6, 1937, in New York City. He was the son of...

Solomon Burke (born James Solomon McDonald, March 21, 1940 – October 10, 2010) was an American rhythm and blues performer and songwriter who, despite only...

Luther Vandross was an iconic American singer, songwriter, and record producer, known for his soulful voice and smooth R&B ballads. Born on April 20, 1951,...

Rivaled only by the Spinners as soul’s greatest vocal group of the ’70s, the O’Jays are one of Philadelphia soul’s most popular and long-lived outfits....

The first star to bring consistent sales and recognition to Detroit’s Motown label in the 1960s, Mary Wells was also the first of many Motown...