Ruth Brown
"Miss Rhythm"
The Original Queen of Rhythm & Blues
[1928-2006]
November 27 & 28, 2006
Memorial and Funeral services will take place in Ruth Brown's hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia. A public memorial service is planned for January 2007 in New York City
Also in the news...
Blues great Robert Lockwood Jr. dies
Lil’ Alfred
[1944-2006]
Swamp Pop and Rhythm and Blues Singer
WDIA Founder John R. Pepper Dies
NOVEMBER 24, 2006 - 09:20 PM
The Associated Press is reporting that John R. Pepper II, co-founder of the first nationwide radio station with programming targeting a black audience, died Monday at 91. Pepper died at St. Francis Hospital.
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