In celebration of #BlackMusicMonth & our 30th Anniversary, we remember 1992, our first stand-alone dinner during the Urban Network Power Jam Conference. We honored 19 people, which everyone said was too much but there were so many deserving people and we were making up for lost time. These are the trailblazers on whose shoulders we stand.
L-R: Curtis Mayfield, award-winning musician/songwriter/producer; Al Bell, record executive at Stax, Isbell and Bellmark Records; Melvin Moore, vocalist with Ink Spots then National Promotion for Decca & Brunswick Records; “Little Richard” Penniman, influential singer, performer & architect of rock & roll; “Shelly The Playboy” Stewart, air personality WATV Birmingham
L-R: Chaka Khan, celebrated vocalist with Rufus then as a solo artist; Royce Fortune, owner Fortune Records retail store; Quincy Jones, producer/arranger/songwriter/musician/TV & film producer, founder Qwest Records; Maurice “Hot Rod” Hulbert, DJ & GM WBGR & WWIN Baltimore; Mary Wilson, vocalist with The Supremes then as a solo artist.
L-R: Ruth Bowen, owner of Queen Booking Corporation; Joe Medlin, National Promotion Atlantic & Decca Records; Dave Clark, Sr VP Malaco Records & the “Godfather of Promotions”; Mary Mason, gospel & talk radio personality WHAT Philadelphia & radio station owner; George “Boogaloo” Frazier, MD & OM KYOK Houston & KOKY Arkansas
L-R: William “Bunky” Sheppard, Promotion Exec at Vee Jay, Motown, Scepter/Wand, Mercury; Ewart Abner, President of Vee Jay Records & Motown Records; Sonny Taylor, radio programmer WWRL, WABC, WGCI, WRKS; Irene Ware, GM & DJ at WGOK & host WDLT, Mobile,AL
Many of these honorees are no longer with us but their contributions to the Black Music industry will never be forgotten.
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