I love Christmas music and could listen to it everyday! So, with just 14 days until Christmas, here is a little holiday fun from The Temptations performing in 1987 on The Motown Christmas Special.  It features Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Dennis Edwards, Richard Street, Ron Tyson singing White Christmas, Silent Night and The Christmas Song […]

One of the voices that carried the legendary Temptations has passed away. Dennis Edwards has died. Edwards replaced David Ruffin as the lead singer of The Temptations in the summer of 1968. In a nine-year period, Edwards lead voices help usher in a new era for the Tempts with his such as “Cloud Nine,” “I Can’t […]

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Black Music Month originated in 1979. Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, the  achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.

Black Music Month originated in 1979.  President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, the achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.

Best known by the stage name Eddie Kendricks was an American singer/songwriter noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style and as a co-founding member of…

As the summer season makes its exit, so are men and women leaving summer romances. Depending on the people, most break ups are hard but you get over them fairly easily. In other cases, you’re distraught and can’t contain the outpouring of emotion. That’s fine. Do what you need to do to get over a […]

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) The Hitsville Museum 2648 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48208 When: April 14, 1960 What: Originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr., “Hitsville” became one of the first black-owned record labels. With its iconic artists and songwriters like Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, The Supremes and The Jackson 5, […]

June is Black Music Month so The Urban Daily put tgether the top 10 black musicals.