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Della Reese
Della Reese
3-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Della Reese is an American nightclub, jazz, gospel and pop singer, film and television actress, one-time talk-show hostess and ordained minister, whose career had spanned six decades. She had also appeared as a guest on several talk shows.

Collections: Black Music Month

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Jordon Lindsay
Actor

Film

Jordon Lindsay is a child actor, who starred in the feature film "Where Hearts Lie" (2016), where he played the role of Cristian.

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Almighty Jahwel
Member, Son of Bazerk and No Self Control

Music

Son of Bazerk and No Self Control is an American hip-hop group consisting of Son of Bazerk, Almighty Jahwel, and ½ Pint. The group was formed by Hank Shocklee, a member of the production team Bomb Squad.

Diana Ross
Diana Ross
Founding Member and Lead Singer, The Supremes

Music

Diana Ross is an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer. She rose to fame as a founding member and lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes. She is a 12-time Grammy nominee, never earning a competitive honor.

Danny Gokey
Danny Gokey
Third-Place Finalist on the 8th Season of 'American Idol'

Music

Danny Gokey is an American singer and former church music director from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the third-place finalist on the eighth season of "American Idol". His debut album, My Best Days, was released in March 2010.

Yashi Brown
Poet and Mental Health Advocate

Literature

Yashi Brown is an author, poet, speaker, and active leader in the mental health community. Poetry became a safe space, when she began experiencing severe emotional challenges in her late teens.

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Chris Jasper
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner; Member, The Isley Brothers (1973-1983)

Music

Chris Jasper is a former member of The Isley Brothers and Isley-Jasper-Isley, and is responsible for writing and producing the majority of The Isley Brothers music and Isley-Jasper-Isley music. He is also an Inductee in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Tags: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee · Isley-Jasper-Isley · The Isley Brothers · Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner · R&B · Gold City Music · Ron Isley · Soul Music · Moog Synthesizer · Juilliard School of Music

Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett
Recording Artist

Music

Tony Bennett is an American singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz. He has won 19 Grammy Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Award, presented in 2001) and two Emmy Awards, and has sold over 50 million records worldwide.

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Sarah Dash
Member, Keith Richards & The X-Pensive Winos; Member, Labelle; Member, Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles

Music

Sarah Dash's first notable appearance was as a member of Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles. Dash has had a full career, moving from singer, to songwriter and session musician for famous bands that include Labelle, The Rolling Stones, and Keith Richards.

Collections: Black Music Month

Tags: Keith Richards & The X-Pensive Winos · Labelle · Patti LaBelle · Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles · Keith Richards · The Rolling Stones · Nona Hendryx · Singer · Trenton, New Jersey · Lady Marmalade

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Rachel Lorin
Recording Artist

Music

Rachel Lorin is a rock singer, who starred on the reality show "The Next Big Thing: NY" (2012), broadcast on Oxygen and E! networks. She has worked with multi-Grammy Award winner Earl Cohen, Tony Harnell of TNT and Skid Row, and Pat Gasperini of Pound.

Tags: The Next Big Thing: NY

YES
YES
Progressive Rock Band and Inductee, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Music

YES are an English rock band formed in 1968. They adopted several changes in musical style, from rearranged covers to progressive and art rock in the 1970s, before moving towards pop in the 1980s. They have sold 13.5 million albums in the United States.

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Billy Sherwood
Bassist, YES and Bassist, Asia

Music

Billy Sherwood is mostly known for his time as a member of progressive rock band YES. He is also a member of the band Asia. Sherwood's godfather was the television icon Milton Berle, and his father was a famous musician, who has worked with Frank Sinatra.

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Douglas Baldeo
Actor, Singer, and Dancer

Theatre

Twelve-year-old Douglas Baldeo was a principal cast member of the award-winning Broadway Musical, "Kinky Boots". Following his run in "Kinky Boots", he was cast as a vacation swing for "Motown the Musical" on tour.

Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
Recording Artist

Music

Joe Cocker was an English singer and musician. He was known for his gritty voice, spasmodic body movement in performance and definitive versions of popular songs. Hewas ranked number 97 on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers list.

Oleta Adams
Oleta Adams
Recording Artist

Music

Oleta Adams is an American soul, jazz, and gospel singer and pianist.

Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Justin Bieber is a Canadian singer and songwriter. His United States album and singles sales total 44.7 million. He has sold an estimated 100 million records, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists.

Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States (1981 - 1989)

Politics

Ronald Reagan was an American politician and actor who was the 40th President of the United States, from 1981 to 1989. Before his presidency, he was the 33rd Governor of California, from 1967 to 1975, after a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader.

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Bonné Dunning Williams
Member, Ladies of SKYY

Music

Ladies of SKYY (Denise, Dolores, and Bonné Dunning) are best known as the female vocalists of the hit group known as Skyy. Their biggest chart position was achieved in 1982, when their album "Skyy Line" was certified gold and reached #1 album status.

Malcolm X
Malcolm X
African-American Muslim Minister and Human Rights Activist

Activism

To the admirers of Malcolm X, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence.

Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
64th United States Attorney General

Politics

Robert F. Kennedy, commonly known by his initials RFK, was an American politician from Massachusetts. He served as the United States junior senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968.

Collections: In Requiem

Tags: Assassination · Conspiracy Theories · Brookline, Massachusetts · Civil Rights · Death Penalty Issues · Cuba · Japan · RFK · Bobby · United States Naval Reserve

Lorde
Lorde
Recording Artist

Music

Lorde is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. In mid-2013, Lorde released her debut single "Royals". It became an international crossover hit and made Lorde the youngest solo artist (and the only New Zealander) to achieve a US number-one single.

Barry Lyon
Recording Artist

Music

Barry Lyon is a singer-songwriter. He co-wrote "Let Them Know We Care" with Michael Ohara (Anita Baker). He also worked on various projects with actor, voice artist, singer, and songwriter Scott Grimes (American Dad) and composer Greg O'Connor (MADtv).

Matchbox Twenty
Matchbox Twenty
Recording Group

Music

Matchbox Twenty rose to international fame with their debut album, "Yourself or Someone Like You" (1996), which was certified 12× Platinum (diamond) in the United States and multi-platinum in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

TLC
TLC
4-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

TLC is an American girl group whose original line-up consisted of Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. Having sold over 75 million records worldwide, TLC is the best-selling American girl group of all time.

Teddy Pendergrass
Teddy Pendergrass
Recording Artist

Music

Teddy Pendergrass was an American singer–songwriter and composer. He first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before a successful solo career at the end of the decade.

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