Category : Performance

Marla Gibbs is an American actress, comedian, singer, writer, and television producer. She is best known for her role as Florence Johnston on the popular...

Despite a recording career that extended for nearly two decades, including a stint at the famed Motown label, Barbara McNair remains better known as an...

Della Reese, born Delloresse Patricia Early on July 6, 1931, in the Black Bottom neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, is best known for her work as...

Janet Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer who has made a significant impact on the entertainment industry. Born on May 16, 1966,...

Terry Lewis was born in Omaha, Neb., on November 24, 1956. He met Jimmy Jam while in high school in Minneapolis, at a TRIO Upward...

Music producer and songwriter James “Jimmy Jam” Harris, III was born on June 6, 1959, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Harris grew up in Minneapolis where he...

Music executive Clarence Alexander Avant II became one of the most successful music producers in the recording industry. He guided the careers of Bill Withers,...

The Nicholas Brothers, Fayard Antonio Nicholas, and Harold Lloyd Nicholas were a tap-dancing duo whose extraordinary talent and innovation propelled them to become one of...

Mary Lou Williams was a pioneering American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Born on May 8, 1910, in Atlanta, Georgia, she began playing the piano...