Archive for January, 2010
Johnnie Taylor was born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas but spent most of his time in Memphis. By the time he was ten years old his family had moved to Kansas City. As a teenager Taylor performed with a gospel group The Melody Kings which opened for Sam Cooke’s Soul Stirrers. In 1953 he moved to Chicago [...]
SANTA MONICA, CA (January 27, 2010) – In an extraordinary effort, accomplished with unprecedented speed, global icon Mary J. Blige, world-renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli, and esteemed producer David Foster have bridged genres and continents to record an emotional duet of the Simon & Garfunkel classic “Bridge Over Troubled Water” in order to benefit earthquake relief [...]