Tag Archives: Grammy Award Winner

Thursday Open Thread

Posted on July 21, 2011 by SouthernGirl2

TLC is an American musical trio whose repertoire spanned R&B, hip-hop, soul, funk, and new jack swing. Originally consisting of Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, rapper-singer Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, and singer Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, they found unprecedented success in the 1990s … Continue reading →

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Sunday Open Thread

Posted on July 17, 2011 by SouthernGirl2

Edwin Hawkins (born 18 August 1943, Oakland, California) is a Grammy Award-winning American gospel and R&B musician, pianist, choir master, composer and arranger. He is one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound. He (and the Edwin Hawkins … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Open Thread

Posted on May 24, 2011 by SouthernGirl2

Joe Simon (born September 2, 1943, Simmesport, Louisiana[1]) is a chart-topping, Grammy Award winning, soul and R&B artist. Like many other African-American artists from the era, Simon began singing in his father’s Baptist church. He pursued his vocal abilities full-time … Continue reading →

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Sunday Open Thread

Posted on May 8, 2011 by SouthernGirl2

Edwin Hawkins (born 18 August 1943, Oakland, California) is a Grammy Award-winning American gospel and R&B musician, pianist, choir master, composer and arranger. He is one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound. He (and the Edwin Hawkins … Continue reading →

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Saturday Open Thread

Posted on May 7, 2011 by SouthernGirl2

TLC is an iconic, four time grammy award winning American girl group whose repertoire spanned R&B, Rock, Hip-Hop, Pop, Soul, Funk, and New Jack Swing. Originally consisting of band front woman, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, rapper Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, and … Continue reading →

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Sunday Open Thread

Posted on May 1, 2011 by SouthernGirl2

Edwin Hawkins (born 18 August 1943, Oakland, California) is a Grammy Award-winning American gospel and R&B musician, pianist, choir master, composer and arranger. He is one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound. He (and the Edwin Hawkins … Continue reading →

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Sunday Open Thread

Posted on April 3, 2011 by SouthernGirl2

Sweet Honey in the Rock is an internationally renowned all-woman, African-American a cappella ensemble. They are an American Grammy Award-winning (and many times nominated) troupe who express their history as women of color through song, while entertaining their audience. They … Continue reading →

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Thursday Open Thread

Posted on March 31, 2011 by SouthernGirl2

Black Uhuru are a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, initially as Uhuru (Swahili for ‘freedom’). The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years, and had their most successful period in the 1980s, with their album Anthem winning … Continue reading →

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Monday Open Thread

Posted on March 28, 2011 by SouthernGirl2

Michael Rose (born 11 July 1957) is a Grammy award winning reggae singer from Jamaica. Possessing a wide-ranged voice, Rose would regularly meet in Kingston with singers, musicians, writers, and producers such as Dennis Brown, Big Youth, The Wailers, Gregory … Continue reading →

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Saturday Open Thread

Posted on March 26, 2011 by SouthernGirl2

Raphael Saadiq (born Charles Ray Wiggins in Oakland, California; May 14, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Saadiq has been a standard bearer for “old school” R&B since his early days as a member of the multiplatinum … Continue reading →

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