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R&B Bridgez: Celebrating the Maestro Barry White
Today on this Throwback Thursday, we celebrate the late great Barry White with an R&B Bridgez. Barry White, born Barry Eugene Carter on September 12th, 1944, was born in Galveston during a family visit to Texas in the fall of 1944. His mother Sadie had gone to stay with her Texan relatives. It was not altogether smooth as Melvin White,…
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R&B Bridgez: Celebrating the Multifaceted James Mtume + UB Interview
Today we celebrate the late great James Mtume, who passed away today four years ago on January 9th, 2022. UB spoke to the legend about his catalog and so much more! Born and raised in Philadelphia, James Mtume earned musical fame, starting in jazz with greats such as Miles Davis during the early 1970’s as well as with father, saxophonist…
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R&B Bridgez: Celebrating the Unparalleled Teena Marie + The UB Interview
One of the best to ever write a soulful lyric and sing a note was the late great Teena Marie! We celebrate her today, as she passed away 15 years ago on December 26th, 2010. This feature includes The UB Interview with the legend. There have been so many artists I’ve seen in my lifetime but no one like Teena…
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R&B Bridgez: Celebrating Ready for the World’s 40th Year Anniversary
Today is the 40th Anniversary of Ready for the World‘s debut album self-titled album, released May 14th, 1985. The album is one of the best, 80s R&B debut albums from a male group. The album is the groups only platinum album and a record six singles were released. Ready for the World gained national attention for blending R&B, funk, and…
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R&B Bridgez: Celebrating The Incomparable Miki Howard
Miki Howard is known as one of the most prolific female vocalist in R&B. A legend in her own right. Miki Howard has garnered seven Top 5 hits, with two #1’s with the Soul Train Music Awards crowning her Best New Artist in 1988. This week two of her album releases celebrated anniversaries; The self-tiled “Miki Howard” was originally released…
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R&B Bridgez: Celebrating 30 Years of ‘Inner Child’ with Shanice
“She has a big heart, her song “I Love Your Smile” is a true representation of who she is. And that’s hard to find, for a person who’s been in the industry for as long as she has been. With the ups and downs of the industry, with what happens with careers sometimes, she has always maintained that spirit! I…
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R&B Bridgez: The Life and Music of Vesta | Shanice Contributes
80’s R&B diva Vesta, who began her career as Vesta Williams, passed away at the age of 53 years old. Today December 1st is her birthday, she was born in 1957. Her last public appearance was a month before she passed, Vesta appeared on The Mo’Nique Show & performed her hit R&B single “Congratulations.” Vesta scored a big hit with…
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R&B Bridgez: Celebrating 35 Years of LeVert | UB Spotify LeVert 35 Playlist
After many years of mimicking his father’s group O’Jays, Gerald LeVert and his younger brother Sean LeVert, along with their childhood friend, Marc Gordon formed the group, LeVert. By his late teens, Gerald had parlayed his child-play into a fledgling career as a songwriter. He composed song after song for his father’s group, but learned that sometimes it ain’t who…
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R&B Bridgez: A Music Story entitled ‘Jam And Lewis’
Super Producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis are set to receive The Legends Award, at this Sundays Soul Train Awards. In preparation, we at UB wanted to honor our absolute favorite songwriters/producers. Being based in Minneapolis, they’ve been a huge inspiration to us. UB‘s founder has seen them celebrated at the Minneapolis Black Music Expo to having the honor of…
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R&B Bridgez: BLACKstreet 25
Following phenomenal success with his group Guy and as a writer/producer/keyboardist for hire, New Jack Swing architect Teddy Riley drew up the blueprint for BLACKstreet, a male vocal quartet that would blend the sweet harmonies of classic soul with the production sheen of the liberated ’90s. Riley would sing in his natural voice and through the electronic device the “vocoder”…
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