Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) 1743 Academy Place, Dayton, OH 45406 When: 1959 What: The Ohio Players are one of the greatest R&B and funk groups to come out of the Dayton scene in the 70s. The band’s grooves, fortified in funk, are still being raided by Hip-Hop producers today. « PREVIOUS NEXT » In celebration of Black Music Month, TheUrbanDaily’s “It’s All Black Music” presents 100 Rewarding Black Music Moments , sponsored by Southwest Airlines . Each Black Music Moment is associated with an actual place that you can visit. During the month of June, check in to at least three of these places on Foursquare to unlock TheUrbanDaily’s exclusive “It’s All Black Music” Badge . Check out the locations and details on our Foursquare page !
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Philadelphia International Records’ Offices 309A South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 When: February, 1971 What: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff were already certified hitmakers. But when Clive Davis of Columbia Records infused the songwriting and production duo with the cash to form Philadelphia International Records, they had the means to challenge Motown Records for soul music supremacy. « PREVIOUS NEXT » In celebration of Black Music Month, TheUrbanDaily’s “It’s All Black Music” presents 100 Rewarding Black Music Moments , sponsored by Southwest Airlines . Each Black Music Moment is associated with an actual place that you can visit. During the month of June, check in to at least three of these places on Foursquare to unlock TheUrbanDaily’s exclusive “It’s All Black Music” Badge . Check out the locations and details on our Foursquare page !
Have you ever sat and listened to the conversations some young black girls are having on the subway, or at the bus station? What about those that cause all types of hell in McDonalds or tell their business so loud the whole mall can hear them? In the morning when I make my daily trek from Harlem to Brooklyn on the A train I’m confronted with “b*tch this/b*tch that,” n***a this/n***a that” and for the record I’m not talking about the young boys on the train (who are just as guilty), I’m talking about our young sisters. Some of the most disturbing conversations I’ve heard on the street were from young women. I’m not exempting young men from this conversation but I want to take a special moment to discuss our young sisters who are the mothers of our generations to come. ( Continue reading… )
Clarence Clemons, the legendary saxophonist from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, has died after suffering a stroke earlier this month. He was 69. Known as The Big Man, the 6’4″ former college football player was a rock and roll mainstay as one of The Boss’ right hand men for decades. His sax can be heard on “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out,” “Born to Run,” “Thunder Road,” “Dancing in the Dark” and countless other Springsteen hits. He released several solo albums and appeared in various TV series ranging from Diff’rent Strokes and Nash Bridges to The Simpsons and The Wire . He performed last month with Lady Gaga on the season finale of American Idol, and can be seen in her just-released video for ” The Edge of Glory .” Clemons had dealt with a series of medical problems over the past decade, including having both of his knees replaced and spinal fusion surgery. After an early improvement from the stroke he suffered, things took a turn for the worse and he passed away yesterday. He will be missed.
Only in America is it possible for dropouts to keep the kids motivated about their education. Fantasia and her still-unconfirmed growing gut full o’somebody made a special appearance yesterday to congratulate a special graduating class at the high-profile Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta. Last night, at the Ferst Center at Georgia Tech, the academy graduated the first 20 students who spent the full four years there. It was a touching three hours, full of inspirational speeches and videos, plus appearances by Bow Wow, Nelly and actor Brandon Jones, who was in the original movie “The Ron Clark Story.” Near the end, Fantasia popped up to sing “I Believe,” her coronation song on “Idol” in 2004. I can’t say she performed it with the passion of 2004 but she did tell them that she regretted dropping out of school. She spent her early post-”Idol” years struggling with finances, partially because of her lack of education, she said. Hey: whatever helps these kids value education, right? Check out the video below:
New York’s gotta chill, man! Bullets flew across New York City late Saturday and early Sunday, as vicious gunfire left two men dead and 15 people injured in Brooklyn, Queens and Harlem. Seven separate shootings bloodied Brooklyn alone, including fatal fights in Brownsville and East New York, where a 22-year-old Queens father died. Anthony McRae, 22, was gunned down about 4:45 a.m. Sunday in front of the Hamzah Deli and Grocery on Rockaway Ave., police said. He was shot at least four times and cops are reviewing deli surveillance tapes, but do not have any suspects in custody yet. Around midnight, three young teens were also shot in Marine Park, Brooklyn during a spat over a 16-year-old’s bike. Three people were injured, one critically. Less than half an hour later, a shooting at a Prospect-Lefferts Gardens house party left five people wounded. Two men who were denied entrance to the gathering, unloaded about 12:15 a.m. into the crowd of revelers gathered outside 349 Fenimore Street, an eye witness said. In Brownsville, a 45-year-old man was shot multiple times and died near his home late Saturday night. Jerry Armstrong, 45, was found with several gun shot wounds on 95th Street about 11 p.m. Saturday. Two additional shootings left two men wounded in Brooklyn, as did a pair of shootings in Queens. One person was also wounded in Harlem. SMDH. Time for another Hip-Hop campaign against violence. Source
Known as The Big Man, the 6#39;, 4″ former college football player was a legendary sideman for the New Jersey-born rocker from the early 1970s, playing on such hits as “Born to Run” and “Thunder Road.” Clarence Clemons, the longtime saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen#39;s E Street Band, died Saturday of complications from a stroke. He was 69. Clemons had dealt with a series of medical problems over the past decade, including having both knees replaced and spinal fusion surgery, but his health ha
Clarence Clemons 69, of the Bruce Springsteen E Street Band has passed away from complications from a stroke he had last week. “Clarence lived a wonderful life,” Bruce Springsteen said in a statement last night. “He carried within him a love of people that made them love him. He created a wondrous and extended family. He loved the saxophone, loved our fans and gave everything he had every night he stepped on stage.” News of Clemons’ death was first reported last night on nj.com, The Star-Ledger’s real-time news website. “He was the kahuna of surf and soul and a man that had love in his heart and, always, a smile on his face. He was my brother — my musical brother,” said original E Street Band drummer Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez. Spotted here .
The iconic sax man for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band (and Lady Gaga) towered over contemporary music for nearly five decades. By James Montgomery Clarence Clemons Photo: Getty Images Clarence Clemons was affectionately known as “The Big Man,” probably because, well, he was a big man. Standing six-feet, four-inches tall — and nearly just as wide — he towered over Bruce Springsteen, the E Street Band, and whomever else he shared the stage with during his five-decade career, casting a shadow as formidable as it was striking (it’s no wonder Bruce decided to lean on him, like some sort of lamppost, on the cover of 1975’s Born To Run ). But his physical size only told part of the story. Because Clemons was also a massive talent , a saxophonist as adept at filing an arena with his booming solos as he was providing a rock-solid backbone to Springsteen’s churning, yearning rock. He was the Big Man because everything ran through him, because he was capable of both taking the lead (like on “Jungleland”) and laying back in the cut (like on “10th Avenue Freeze Out,” where his presence definitely shapes the song, but at no point overshadows its other components), and because of the tones he charmed from his sax … crisp and clear-eyed, grandiose yet gritty, big yet decidedly blue-collar (just like he was), no one played like Clarence did. And when he died on Saturday at the age of 69 after complications from a stroke he suffered last week , not only did we lose a mountain of a man, but an icon as well. See photos of Clemons throughout his career. Simply put, Clemons was the most prominent sax player in popular music. And as proof, I’ll ask you to name any of his contemporaries. Chances are, you can’t; not because they don’t exist, but because they couldn’t begin to approach his stature. He was the go-to guy when the stars needed a session hand (recording with the likes of Aretha Franklin and Twisted Sister, and performing live with everyone from the Grateful Dead to Ringo Starr,) and, more recently, Lady Gaga tapped him to perform on her Born This Way album — he appears in her new “The Edge Of Glory” video , a move that no doubt introduced his sublime playing to a whole new generation of fans. Shoot, he even appeared on “The Simpsons,” “The Wire” and “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” where he played, fittingly enough, one of the Three Most Important People in the World. Remember Clemons with us on Facebook. In passing, he leaves behind a catalog that’s nearly as massive as his frame: not only his notable guest appearances, but several solo albums (and records he cut with backing bands like the Temple of Soul and the Red Bank Rockers) and, of course, the myriad of albums he cut with Springsteen and the E Street Band. And it’s on those recordings — starting with 1973’s Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. and continuing right on through 2009’s Working on a Dream and last year’s reissue The Promise — where Clemons not only shone the brightest, but also showcased the reason why he earned his “Big Man” nickname. Sure, he burns on songs like “Badlands” and “Born To Run,” but listen to his work on songs like “Prove It All Night” and “Dancing in the Dark” (to name six dozen) … the times where he proves to be the Bigger Man, letting his fellow bandmates get their share, too. Rarely has there been a player so soulful and selfless … one so secure in his own status that he was willing to let others shine. It’s why Clarence Clemons will forever be known as “The Big Man,” and why, even in death, he still casts a formidable shadow over popular music and popular culture. He was the sax man’s sax man. To paraphrase Springsteen on “Freeze Out,” not only was the change was made uptown when the Big Man joined the band, but the mould was broken, too. Related Photos Clarence Clemons: A Career In Photos Related Artists Clarence Clemons Lady Gaga Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Bruce Springsteen
Clarence Clemons, the saxophonist who played alongside Bruce Springsteen for four decades, passed away today at 69. The Big Man and his sound will be missed. Above: a simple mournful reminder of what we’ll be going without: the solo from “Jungleland,” performed in Milwaukee back in March 2008. RIP… Clarence Clemons, The Big Man in Clarence Clemons, The Big Man in the E Street Band, Dies at 69… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Open Culture Discovery Date : 19/06/2011 03:11 Number of articles : 3
