The first female solo artist signed to Motown Records and longtime Ray Charles collaborator with roots in Northeast Louisiana was honored for her contributions to music in Morehouse Parish. Mable John ...

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Motown founder Berry Gordy had a galaxy of star executives helping him build the company into the powerhouse it became, but not many of them shone as brightly as Suzanne de Passe. Joining the company ...

[Note: Before her passing (which was announced today / 04-19-17), I did a phone interview with Ms. Moy in 2015. She said she had just moved back to her family home, and her computer was not set up for ...

CCAE Theatricals is best known for its high-quality musical theater productions that have won multiple awards from the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle in recent years. But three-quarters of the ...

On Easter Monday morning, 1964, 14-year-old Marcia Griffiths stepped onto a stage for the very first time. The occasion was an annual concert held at the Carib Theater in Kingston, Jamaica. The late ...