Death & The BET Awards

Death & The BET Awards

A UI article written by news reporter Randall Barnes on June 22, 2017 spoke of the deaths of some of our most magnificent and notable icons in the music industry and how they were honored at the BET Awards for that year or the following. He stated and I repeat …...
Aretha Louise Franklin: Precious Memories

Aretha Louise Franklin: Precious Memories

My own memories of Aretha Franklin, a native of Memphis TN, go all the way back to nearly the beginning of Motown history, though Aretha’s first recording was for DOXY records. Her discography from as early as 1956 shows that she worked for a plenty of recording...
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin Tributes on This Day

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin Tributes on This Day

Over the transom, Aretha Franklin has been killed and buried by social media no less than five times and each time, she always turned up somewhere alive and well and wondering what people were talking about. Well, today, August 16, 2018, she left us for real at the...