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  ColoredPeople.net One Year Anniversary and Last Show of 2009! Enter to Win!

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  Date / Time: 12/18/2009 3:00 AM UTC

  Category: Art

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  7" x 6" x 40" high - Polyresin
  
  Join us for a show celebrating our Private artistic network's one year anniversary!
  
  Featured Artists:
  
  Cherene Snow - Cooley High and Black Pearl Sings
  
  Susaye Greene - Last Member to Join "The Supremes"
  
  Max Parthas and Tribal Raine - PrysmaticDreams.com
  
  J Reel & Lady M - PoetryOverMusic.com
  
  Alison Lewis - Singer and Songwriter
  
  Natalie Brown - Singer and Songwriter
  
  Vernon Davis - Poetry
  
  Ian Narcisi - Singer and Songwriter
  
  
  
  Let's Celebrate our ColoredPeople.net family!
  
  Enjoy music and poetry.
  
  Members and guest listeners, call in to share your holiday wishes!
  
  Members and Listener G.i.v.e.a.w.a.y!
  
  Find out who is the ColoredPeople.net member winner of the $50.00 Cheesecake Factory Gift card! Dinner is on us Giveaway!
  
  Find out which network supporter wins giraffe pictured above!
  
  Join your host Tania-Maria Xavier and your co-hosts Gary and Mario from WHPK.org
  
  December 17, 2009 @ 7pm pacific, 9pm central, 10pm Eastern
  
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  The Colors of Music - The Original Lowriders - AKA WAR, The 5th Dimension, The Supremes

  ColoredPeople.net

  Date / Time: 12/4/2009 3:00 AM UTC

  Category: Art

  
  

  "The Colors Of Music" - Our ever so popular show is back and is the last music show of the year! On this show I will be playing my own selections from music groups we have grown to love, these are our very own ColoredPeople.net members:

  

  The Original Lowriders AKA WAR (Chuk Barber - Percussionist)
  
  

  

  The Fifth Dimension (Lamonte McLemore - Creator and singer)
  
  

  

  The Supremes (Susaye Greene - singer)
  
  
  
  Join your host Tania-Maria Xavier at BlogTalkRadio.com/ColoredPeople December 3rd at 7pm pacific/9 central/10pm eastern
  
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  Date / Time: 6/27/2009 2:30 AM UTC

  A Tribute to Huey Long (1904 - 2009) - The Last Original Member of The "Ink Spots"

  

  
  Photo courtesy of inkspotsmuseum.com
  
  We are honored to have Anita Long as a member of our ColoredPeople network. She is Huey Long's Daughter and the Ink Spot's Museum's curator. Anita invites you to attend a Tribute to her father at the museum on August 1, 2009.
  
  Huey Long was a native of Sealy, Texas and enjoyed playing the Ukulele. In 1925 he was shining shoes outside the Rice Hotel in Houston when the banjo player for the Frank Davis Louisiana Jazz Band did not show. Long jumped at the chance to fill in where in the past he only had the opportunity to announce the bands. His life had suddenly changed when he found himself playing in the band with Frank Gibbs on trombone and Punch Miller on trumpet .
  
  In the 30s he migrated to Chicago and with his new instrument, the guitar, he played with Texas Guinan's Cuban Orchestra under the leadership of violinist Clarence Eddie Moore.
  
  In 1935 Long was an assistant arranger to Zilner Randolph, who had the WPA Concert and Swing Band. In 1936 Long did studio work with Richard M. Jones and his Jazz Wizards when four songs were recorded under the Decca label: "Blue Reefer (Tin Roof) Blues, Muggin' The Blues, Bring It On Home To Grandma, and I'm Gonna Run You Down." In same year, he teamed up with Lil Armstrong and also under the Decca label they recorded "My Hi-De-Ho Man","Or Leave Me Alone", "It's Murder","Just For A Thrill", "Brown Gal", and "Doin' The Suzie Q". In 1937 he joined Jesse Stone's orchestra, "Chicago". (Stone is the composer of the 1954 "Shake, Rattle & Roll.")
  
  During 1939-41, still in Chicago, he was a member of Johnny Long's Gig Band, featuring the great Joe Williams and on occasion, Dorothy Donnegan on piano and for a brief time, he replaced John Collins when he joined Fletcher Henderson at the Sunset Cafe. In 1942 he moved to NYC where he Joined Earl "Fatha" Hines and played with legendary Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstein, Budd Johnson.
  
  
  In 1943 Long had formed his own trio which were regulars at the Three Deuces Cafe on 52nd Street and in 1944 he and Herb Kenny were invited by Bill Kenny to join the Ink Spots. Long would be replacing guitarist Charlie Fuqua and songs such as "If I Didn't Care","I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire", "Java-Java", "My Prayer", "Street of Dreams" "To Each His Own", "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano", and many other songs featured Long's guitar intros and vocals. He also recorded several songs with the group, including “I’m Gonna Turn Off the Teardrops,” “I’ll Lose a Friend Tomorrow,” “The Sweetest Dream” and “Just for Me.” He left the Ink Spots in 1946.
  
  Later he returned to his first love "Jazz" and joined heavyweight innovators, the "Beboppers" led by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tenor sax), with Fats Navarro (trumpet), Denzil Best (drums), Al Haig (piano) and Gene Ramey (bass). They recorded two sessions: "In the beginning Be bop" and "Nostalgia"
  
  
  In the 50s Long was a member of the Snub Mosely band and in 1953 he took his own trio on USO tours. In 1955 he moved his family to California and attended Los Angeles City College and majored in music. In the meanwhile, the Ink Spots had broken up and various groups were forming using the same name but with no connection to the original group. In 1960 Long formed his own "Ink Spots" with Orlando Roberson, Adriel Mac Donald and Walter Springer and for two years performed in California as a singer and guitarist.
  
  In the late 60's he returned to New York, played with singer Margo Richards and in 1965 he opened a music studio in the CBS Building, formerly the Ed Sullivan Theatre and was there for ten years working as a vocal coach, writing and playing on occasional engagements.
  
  

  Long lived in NYC for 50 years and was also a piano player, but guitar was his signature instrument.

  
  In 1996 he moved back to Houston where with his daughter, Anita Long, opened the Ink Spots Museum on June 19, 2007.
  
  Huey Long had three children while in New York and his wife Louise Long, who he met in Chicago, was a journalist and one of the first writers for the New York Defender. Anita and her mom have their works published at the Library of Congress and Anita has fond memories of her mother being an activist and fundraiser benefiting the community. "Mom was a great supporter and influential in my dad's life."
  
  

  

  
  
  Long celebrated his 105th birthday on April 25, 2009 and passed away on June 10, 2009. Anita recalls some of her and her father's favorite songs being "I'll see you there", "I'll get by" and "If I didn't care".
  
  Anita says her dad was a supporter of her singing and she comforted him by singing to him "If I didn't care" and "Amazing Grace" on his final day.
  
  He is survived by daughter, two sons, and seven grandchildren.
  
  
  
  The Ink Spots - If I Didn't Care From the late 30s to the early 50s the original Ink Spots were one of the most popular and influential singing groups of the time. In 1939 "If I didn't care" was the Ink Spots' first million selling record ultimately selling 19 million copies.
  
  The group was originally formed in Indianapolis in the 20's and first members were Orville "Hoppy" Jones (Cello as stand up bass), Ivory "Deek" Watson (Guitar and Trumpet), Jerry Daniels (Original singer, Guitar and Ukulele) and Charlie Fuqua (Guitar).
  
  The Ink Spots were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as influences, in 1989; this induction consisted of Bill Kenny, Charlie Fuqua, Deek Watson, and Hoppy Jones and in 1999 the group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.
  
  Lamonte McLemore, the creator of the vocal group the 5th Dimension and also a member of ColorePeople.net, was the nephew of Bob Benson, the group's pianist/arranger 1938/40 and the first Ink Spots to pass away.
  
  The Ink Spots Museum website - Be sure to visit the website featuring Huey Long, the last living member of historic 1930's vocal group which helped build a foundation for the future of Rhythm and Blues.
  
  You are invited to donate to Huey Long's Memorial Fund and as a thank you for your generosity, Anita will send you one of Mr. Long's photographs. Please visit museum's site for more details.
  
  Join Tania-Maria Xavier, the host, on July 2, 2009 at 7pm CST/9pm CST/10pm EST at http://www.BlogTalkRadio.com/ColoredPeople for a tribute to Mr. Huey Long.
  
  
  
  This show is sponsored by DaughterNature.com
  
  
  
  This blog was created by Tania-Maria Xavier with information provided by:
  Anita Long, daughter of Huey Long
  Lamonte McLemore, nephew of first original Ink Spot to pass away
  Ed Astrich, guitarist and friend of Huey Long
  inkspots.ca - Bill Proctor
  
  Special thanks to Special thank you to Anita Long, daughter of Huey Long, George V Johnson Jr. blogtalkradio.com/George-V-Johnson Jr., Dr. Larry Ridley executive director of the African American Jazz Caucus aajc.us and david williams Indiana Avenue Music Historian.
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• Original Air Date: 6/19/2009 3:00 AM UTC

  Quwwa Davis - The Art Through His Eyes - Our Talented Member *(Win An Original Painting)*

  Quwwa Davis' art focuses on the realities our society in general ignores. Homelessness and the indigent are a central theme in his art. "After it is all said and done, I want my art to give people the opportunity to express and convey feelings that a materialistic and artificial society wants to stifle. I also want it to provoke thought and raise consciousness, and spur movement that will uplift and return mankind back to his/her God-given honorable position." ~ Quwwa
  

  Be the owner of this original painting! "Safe and Sound" Tune in to the show to find out how!
  Last day to submit your entry is July 10, 2009

  
  
  

  

  
  
  
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• Original Air Date: 6/5/2009 3:00 AM UTC

  The Colors Of Music - Debut Show Featuring ColoredPeople.net's Talented Singers and Musicians

  Our first ever music show featuring our talented ColoredPeople.net members who are singers and musicians. Join us on June 4, 2009 at 8pm PST/10CST/11EST and listen to:
  
  Legendary Diva Joan Cartwright. Freddie Hubbard, recorded her composition "Sweet Return" on Atlantic Records, in 1983 and I am honored to be the first radio show host to debut Joan's song "Making Love To You" also recorded in 1981.
  
  Chuk Barber - A percussionist with The Original Lowriders, the Soul / Funk group AKA WAR.
  
  Lamonte McLemore - The creator of the legendary five time Grammy Award winning vocal group, The Fifth Dimension. He has written two songs for the group.
  
  Alison Lewis - Singer and songwriter who performs beautifully in a variety of genres.
  
  Tonya Broach (Tonyarie) - Tonya is a phenomenal singer and actress whose vocal range is jaw dropping...
  
  Ajay Johnson - A producer, director, editor, and cameraman. His experience as a music producer shines through with a new *multi artist release on iTunes "Regal Covers Live". This is a wonderful CD with various talented artists and we are honored to bring a couple of cuts of this great production to you.
  Sponsored by: DaughterNature.com
  
  
  In memory of Freddie Hubbard (7 April 1938 – 29 December 2008)
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