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Sounds of Blackness is a vocal and instrumental ensemble from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota who perform music from several genres music including gospel, R&B, soul, and jazz. [2] The group scored several hits on the Billboard R&B and Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts in the 1990s.
James Quentin "Big Jim" Wright (March 19, 1966 – September 29, 2018) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, film score and record producer. A member of the vocal and instrumental ensemble Sounds of Blackness, Wright became a frequent collaborator of production duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and an in-house producer for their company, Flyte Tyme Productions, in the 1990s.
S.O.S. Band: 1986 "Every Step" Beverley Knight: 2009 "Every Time" Janet Jackson: 1997 "Everything" Mary J. Blige: 1997 "Everything I Do" Beyoncé and Bilal 2003 "Everything I Miss At Home" Cherrelle and Alexander O’Neal: 1988 "Everything Is Gonna Be Alright" Sounds of Blackness: 1994 "Fake" Alexander O'Neal: 1987 "Feel Me Now" Melanie B: 2000 ...
Ann Nesby (born Lula Ann Bennett; July 24, 1955) [1] is an American R&B, gospel and dance music singer and actress. She is the former lead singer of Sounds of Blackness; [2] a songwriter with credits including hits sung by Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight; and an actress who co-starred in the 2003 romance musical The Fighting Temptations with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé Knowles.
Johnson has continued her musical career and remains active as a member of the three-time Grammy Award-winning gospel group Sounds of Blackness, as a musician on albums by Maceo Parker and Prince, on labels such as Motown, and on projects of Grammy-winning producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. She also has worked as a jingle singer on ...
Later that year, their newly minted label experienced success with the Minneapolis-based gospel/R&B group Sounds of Blackness. Their debut single, "Optimistic", served as a groundbreaking anthem stressing positivity and encouragement. The song served as a summer and fall anthem and began propelling Jam and Lewis' label.
OPINION: For Black Music Month, theGrio is featuring a weekly series in which our writers name the songs they believe best represent the Black experience. Today, Toure´ weighs in with his list ...
In addition to his academic career, Jones was a tenor singer [3] in Sounds of Blackness, a vocal ensemble from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota [1] that sings gospel, soul, and R&B. [ 3 ] Education