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Roscoe Robinson, Oral History
Roscoe Robinson (b. May 22, 1928) Roscoe Robinson, sometimes called "Scoe" is continuing to sing and record at 92. Born in Dermott, Arkansas to a musical family, Robinson's father was a minister and his mother sang spirituals and he had sisters, one…
Tags: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Advertising, Armed Forces, Blind Boys of Alabama, Blind Boys of Mississippi, Chess Records, Chicago, Dixie Hummingbirds, Don Robey, Fairfield Four, Gary, Gerri Records, Gospel, Gospel Train, Lloyd Woodard, Music, Paul "Tall Paul" White, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, Rhythm and Blues, RnB, Roscoe Robinson, Sam Cooke, SAR Records, Shelley "The Playboy" Stewart, Southern Sons, The Highway QCs, The Royal Quartet, Tuff Records, VeeJay Records
Roy Wood in Chicago
Box 3 Folder 30: "This is folder 30 and it is, we presume, from ‘56. This is a picture of Roy Wood in Chicago, as I recall. Someone is putting his picture up in a walk of fame, something like that. There’s Roy beaming over there. On the background…
Tags: 1950s, Chicago, Roy Wood, VeeJay Records, Vivian Carter
Curtis Mayfield, Oral History
Curtis Mayfield (b. Jun 3, 1942, d. Dec 26, 1999), singer, composer, member of the original Impressions vocal group, looking back on his history and motivations in 1995. The interviewer was Omar Neal, of 1600 AM WXVI radio in Montgomery Alabama.
Roy Wood, 1994 Oral History
Roy Wood (b. Sep 8, 1915, d.Oct 9, 1995), Radio Announcer 1947 – 1994. Pioneer in Black radio, founder National Black Network, Master of Arts in Communications from Columbia University. Roy shares in great detail his own development in the field of…
Tags: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Atlanta, Birmingham, Chicago, Gary, Gaston Motel Bombing, Indianapolis, Mishiwaka, National Black Network, Roy Wood, Segregation, WEDC, WEDR, WIBC, WJLD