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One would have to have been living under a rock or been in hibernation to not have heard, or at least heard about, "Pants on the Ground," the song sung by 62-year-old "General" Larry Platt on "American Idol. C. Hammer notes that when he recorded his biggest hit, "U Can't Touch This," in 1990, he never imagined that the Grammy-winning song would have such lasting impact. But the Marvelettes can "touch that." Katherine Schaffner says she and the other members of the group were in high school (in Inkster) in 1961 when "Please Mr. Postman" soared to No. 1 on the national charts (R&B and Pop) and it is still popular and heard often today. It's a classic that everyone, regardless of age, is familiar with. MEMORIES: "Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)" (Quincy Jones featuring Tevin Camp...
..., it is amazing that African-American judges are so popular on television. They have played a k...Kind of gives new meaning to the old Pigmeat Markham vaudeville routine, "Here Comes the Judge,...
-The Great Jazz Migration began when noted musician Joe "King" Oliver left New Orleans, La. and settled in Chicago, I'll. He was soon joined by other early jazz greats. Their presence in Chicago laid the foundation for the Southern Black music genre (with heavy sexual overtones) to become a national obsession. Actually, the "migration" may not have been quite so romantic. Instead of being forced by the closing of the New Orleans Storyville district, jazz greats probably left New Orleans for Chicago for the same reason other Blacks left the Souths-failing crops forced the disappearance of jobs while Northern factories recruited Blacks for work to produce arms and other goods for World War I. Nevertheless, many historians view Oliver's relocation to Chicago as the start of New Orleans...
...1981-Old-style Black comedian Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham dies. His standup comedy routine was a ma... some national fame among Whites with his "here comes the judge" routine on the 1970s TV series "L...
-The Great Jazz Migration began when noted musician Joe "King" Oliver left New Orleans, La.? and settled in Chicago, Ill. He was soon joined by other early jazz greats. Their presence in Chicago laid the foundation for the Southern Black ikusic genre (with heavy sexual overtones) to become a national obsession. Actually, the "migration" may not have.been quite so romantic. Instead of being forced by the closing of the New Orleans Storyville district, j&zz greets probably left New Orleans for Chicago for the same reason other Blacks left the South-failing crops forced the disappearance of jobs while Northern factories recruited Blacks for work to produce arms and other goods for World War I. Nevertheless many historians view Oliver's relocation to Chicago as the start of New Orle...
...1981-Old-style Black comedian Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham dies. His standup comedy routine was a ma... some national fame among Whites with his "here comes the judge" routine on the 1970s TV series "L...
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