Category: Black Music Roots
Lionel Hampton: Gladys Houses
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TonyBrownsJournal.com presents musician extraordinaire Lionel Hampton the businessman who established two record labels and his own publishing company, founded the Lionel Hampton Development Corporation and built lo...
Uptown at the Apollo
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Richard Pryor, Sammy Davis, Jr., Stevie Wonder and Sam Moore are among the artists who have had their names in lights outside of the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem. They appear with Tony Brown when he turns the pa...
Thank God: An Aframerican Docu-Opera — Part 4
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"The music of the black religious experience," contends Tony Brown, host of the televised "Journal" that bears his name, "is the primary root of all music born in the United States." (807)
Thank God: An Aframerican Docu-Opera — Part 2
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"The music of the black religious experience," contends Tony Brown, host of the televised "Journal" that bears his name, "is the primary root of all music born in the United States." (805)
The Evolution of Sammy Davis
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It's 1983 and Sammy Davis and I sit down and reflect on his television interview with me in 1971. Sammy Davis says, "I’ve survived where other cats would have been down the tubes. A lot of people don’t like themselv...
Songs For The Spirit — Part 2
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Part I & II The popularity of nihilistic and satanic rock music has been blamed for the rise of violence among American youth. The influence of music in American culture is immeasurable. One case in point is th...
Where Was Rock N Roll 35 Years Ago
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Many people and many styles of music influenced Rock and Roll. The styles included Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Bluegrass, Boogie-Woogie, and Rockabilly. Each was a major factor into the introduction of a new style of music c...
