Rivero, Marita Barrow-Murray, Barbara White, Conrad Clarke, Brian Spooner, Dighton
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In this clip Jerry Cummings of "Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes" talks about the songwriters at Philadelphia International records. Overall the program focuses on three members of the musical group Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes. Host Barbara Barrow and intern Brian Clarke interview Bluenotes musicians Jerry Cummings, Dwight Johnson, and Bill Spratley, all from the recording label Philadelphia International Records. Topics discussed include their new featured musician, vocalist Sharon Paige, the links between Philadelphia International Records, Harold Melvin Enterprises, Inc., and Melvin and the Bluenotes, the Internationals, a music group Cummings belonged to prior to the Bluenotes, the Bluenotes' new recording, Wake Up Everybody, their current tour, and their recent four-day engagement in Boston. Program includes two performances by mime Fred Johnson (Halim Adbur Rashid). Original air date estimated. Produced by Marita Muhammad Rivero. Directed by Conrad White.
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- African American Musicians
- African American Singers
- African Americans
- African Americans In The Performing Arts
- Cummings, Jerry
- Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes (Musical Group)
- Internationals, The (Musical Group)
- Johnson, Dwight
- Johnson, Fred (Halim Adbur Rashid)
- Melvin, Harold
- Philadelphia International Records
- Spratley, Bill