Black Music Month originated in 1979. President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, the achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.
Black Music Month originated in 1979. President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, the achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.
Ben E. King, the R&B singer behind one of the greatest slow jams of all time, “Stand By Me,” has died. He was 76 years old. According to his publicist, the singer died of natural causes. King began his career in the 1950s with The Drifters before going solo a few years later. Some of his […]
