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André Wallace
André Wallace was Mayor in 2019 and formerly City Council President at Mount Vernon, New York. He is also the owner of a construction company, Creative Direction Construction & Design.
Tags: Politician • Inner Suburb of New York City • Democrat • Mayor • Construction
George Michael
Georgics Kyriacos Panayiotou, known professionally as George Michael, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He rose to fame during the 1980s and 1990s with his style of post-disco dance-pop.
Force M.D.'s
Force M.D.'s is an American R&B vocal group that was formed in 1981 in Staten Island, New York. Although the group has old school hip hop roots, it is perhaps best known for two tunes that are widely considered 1980s quiet storm classics.
Tags: Reprise Records • Staten Island, New York • Warner Bros. Records • Tender Love • Love Is a House
Gerald Alston
Gerald Alston is an American R&B singer, and the lead singer with The Manhattans. Between 1988 and 1995, he left the group to record five albums (later recording his tribute to Sam Cooke in 2008) and ten solo singles.
Tags: Shirley Alston Reeves • The Shirelles • Grammy Award Winner • Kiss and Say Goodbye • Shining Star
Photo Credit: Shefik
Sonny Turner
Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including four no. 1 hits, and were, for a period of time, the most successful vocal group in the world.
Collections: Black Music Month
Tags: The Platters • Legendary • Legendary Recording Artists • Doo-Wop • Lead Singer
Ari Gold
Ari Gold regularly addressed being both Jewish and gay. He landed his first job as a professional singer by performing the lead role on the CBS Children's recording "Pot Belly Bear: Song and Stories". He also performed backing vocals for Diana Ross.
Tags: Boy George • VH1 • BBC • Glam Award Winner • Diana Ross
Solo
Solo is a R&B musical group. The original members were Robert Anderson, Darnell Chavis, Eunique Mack, and Dan Stokes. The group recorded their gold-selling debut album in Minneapolis and released it in 1995, with production by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.
Tags: R&B • Recording Group • Angie Stone • Raphael Saadiq • Certified Gold
Tito Puente Jr.
Billboard Music Award winner Tito Puente Jr. is a Latin musician and bandleader. He is the son of legendary Mambo and Latin Jazz musician Tito Puente and the brother of New York City meteorologist Audrey Puente. Puente Jr. carries on his father's legacy.
Tags: Billboard Music Award Winner • Latin Music • Audrey Puente • Recording Artist • Percussionist
Yolanda Franklin-Moore
Yolanda Franklin-Moore is Fashion Designer and Owner of Xande Fadee, an innovative fashion and accessories line. She is a highly skilled fashion designer with a creative flare, and she has over 20 years of experience in the fashion industry.
Tags: Style • Essence • Perfect • Accessorize • Designing
His Royal Highness Prince Emanuele Filiberto
HRH Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice is an Italian television personality, a member of the House of Savoy, and the son and heir of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples. He is the only male-line grandson of Umberto II, the last King of Italy.
Tags: Royalty • Prince • Italy • Last King of Italy • His Royal Highness
Peppermint
The hardest working woman in show business, drag queen and recording artist Peppermint has conquered the New York scene with her high-energy and engaging personality. She was a finalist on "RuPaul's Drag Race" (Season 9).
Gordon Chambers
Gordon Chambers is an American singer-songwriter and record producer who has written songs for more than 75 recording artists including Whitney Houston, Anita Baker, The Isley Brothers, Brandy, Trey Songz, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, and Usher.
M.C. El Bee
Author Larry Boatright, also known as M.C. El Bee in the hip-hop community, talks about the birth and propagation of hip-hop in the 1970s and 1980s in his biography "A Gangsta'z Tale Hip-Hop in Da '70s: Invisible Legends of Hip-Hop".
Tags: Invisible Legend of Hip-Hop • Hip-Hop • Jeweler • Musical Phenomenon • Legendary
Dr. Hassan Tetteh
Dr. Hassan Tetteh is a triple board-certified heart and lung transplant surgeon, and best-selling author. His life-changing perspective came from growing up as a kid on the streets of Brooklyn, to serving as a combat surgeon in the desert of Afghanistan.
Tags: Artificial intelligence • Board-Certified • United States • Physician • Maryland
Melba Moore
Melba Moore is a prolific 5-octave singer and Broadway actress. In addition to a Tony Award and 4 Grammy Award nominations, her music relevance brought many other accolades. After a 5-decade career, she earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Collections: Black Music Month
Tags: Freddie Jackson • Tony Award Winner • Singer • Musical • CBS
Dan Bazile
Emmy Award winner Dan Bazile is a newscaster at Spectrum News 1, where he co-anchors the early morning hours of the live morning program, covering the Capital Region of New York. Previously, he spent a decade-long stint at an NBC affiliate station.
Tags: Capital Region • The Adjustment Bureau • Anchor • Interviewer • NBC
The Revolution
The Revolution is an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota and assembled in 1983 by Prince. The Revolution rose to international fame in the mid-1980s with "Purple Rain", selling over 16 million albums in the United States alone.
Madonna
Madonna is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Having sold more than 300 million records worldwide, she is recognized as the best-selling female recording artist of all time by Guinness World Records.
Tags: Controversy • Singer • Grammy Award Winner • Queen of Pop • Critical Acclaim
Milli Vanilli
Milli Vanilli became one of the most popular pop acts in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their success quickly turned to infamy when Morvan, Pilatus and their agent Sergio Vendero confessed that Morvan and Pilatus did not sing any of the vocals.
Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott launched her solo career with her debut album "Supa Dupa Fly", which spawned the hit singles "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" and "Sock It 2 Me". The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200.
Tags: Woodrow Wilson High School • 100 Greatest Music Video Artists of All Time • Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award Winner • Billboard 200 • Timbaland
New Edition
New Edition is an American boy band formed in Boston in 1978. The group reached its height of popularity during the 1980s. They were the progenitors of the boy band movement of the 1980s and 1990s and led the way for groups like New Kids on the Block.
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