Back in the late 1970’s, Dwight McKee was business manager for Edwin Hawkins, whose arrangement and recording of “Oh Happy Day” had become the biggest gospel “crossover” hit ever. Edwin, Walter and other members of their family formed the touring gr ...
I started in the music business over 34 years ago as a personal photographer for UTFO, Real Roxanne, Whistle, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, and Full Force in Brooklyn N.Y.C. My career in promotions began promoting parties in the NY Dance scene coined Wi ...
I was17 when I got an internship through the Urban League of Kansas City, Missouri. It was a lab class at Tennessee State University when I had my next chance to get "on the mic" and into radio. My first paying radio gig was at1 03 KDF, a Rock & ...
My musical journey began in 1977 as a rapper and DJ (www.thafoundation.com ) with aspirations of becoming the next Hank Spann. My career path changed however, after meeting producer Freddie Perren who advised me to go to college and study music. Aft ...
My journey began as a student at Howard University. I developed a reputation as the “Determined Intern” while working for BET, Polygram Group Distribution and Sony Music. Upon graduation, my formal career started at the Polygram Branch in Los Angele ...
I was born and raised in Washington DC and decided that I would travel across the country to college in California with playing sports in mind, not entertainment. From an early age I had a love for music and after graduating from college, I entered t ...
Think this music love affair started with mom’s Mahalia Jackson albums. Add piano lessons, choir, wicked record collection, bad ass stereos, parties, college radio DJ and it was on. Goodbye KY. Hello LA. Solar was an entrepreneurial farm and grad ...
My career began over 30 years ago at Turtles Records & Tapes. My journey has included WEAS Radio in Savannah as News Director and Talk show hostess, V-103 in Atlanta, and Capitol Records coordinating national radio promotions for Freddie Jackson ...
I first realized my love for radio hanging around WESY in Greenville, MS when I was in high school. The studio was literally in the middle of a cotton field. In 1966 I enrolled in Howard University. Personality radio was king in D.C. at that time. Th ...
The Black Music business started for me with Big Dee Irvin and Ray Charles. Writing for and with the Genius, I got a top 20 hit with “I Can Make It Thru the Days” and a friend for life in Ray. Then, I teamed up with David Oliver writing most of the s ...
