Celebrating the Late Gill Scott-Heron Who Would have been 71 Today
Radio Facts: – Gilbert Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American soul poet and jazz writer, craftsman, and author, referred most...
Category : Deaths 2011
Songwriter/Performer Nick Ashford of Ashford and Simpson Dies
Originally posted on 2011-08-22 19:30:35Radio Facts – Ashford and Simpson are responsible for some of Motown record's biggest hits. One-half of the legendary Motown songwriting...
Sister who Loaned Berry Gordy $800 to Start Motown Dies
Radio Facts – I was reading an article that stated that same money today would be valued at $6000.00Originally posted on 2011-08-29 00:20:07Esther Gordy Edwards...
Poet/Musician Gil Scott-Heron Dies
Radio Facts: Poet and Musician Gil Scott-Heron, 62, died yesterday (Friday) in New York. Heron is credited with being one of the most influential hip-hop...
Rap Singer Nate Dogg Dies at 41
Radio Facts: Originally posted on 2011-03-16 09:43:36Nathaniel "Nate Dogg" Hale has passed. The rap-singer who recorded on many hit rap and R&B records in the...
Singer/Rap Pioneer Sylvia “Pillow Talk” Robinson Dies
Originally posted on 2020-04-02 01:59:00...
Singer/Rap Pioneer Sylvia "Pillow Talk" Robinson Dies
Radio Facts: Originally posted on 2020-04-02 01:59:00 Originally posted Sept 29, 2011, Sharing another important moment in black music history. Savvy industry businesswoman and Rap...
