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‘Soul Man’ Sam Moore, the Miami R&B legend who sang for six presidents, has died at 89

Sam Moore, the towering tenor of the Sam & Dave soul music duo whose mid-1960s hits “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin’ ” soundtracked the lives of countless fans and then heard in film and TV for generations, died Friday at a Miami hospital, his wife Joyce Moore said........Read more

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Miami Herald-By Howard Cohen-January 11

2025

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Bob Marley, Toots make Rolling Stone mag’s 74 Best Albums of 1974 list

Natty Dread by Bob Marley and the Wailers (#4) and In the Dark by Toots and the Maytals (#52) are the only albums by Jamaicans which made Rolling Stone magazine’s 74 Best Albums of 1974 list.......Read more

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Jamaica Observer-BY KEVIN JACKSON-December 1

2024

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Quincy Jones, musical titan and entertainment icon, dead at 91

Musical titan Quincy Jones, the composer and producer who added his tasteful polish to recordings by everyone from Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, has died,.....Read more

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CNN-By Lisa Respers France

-Mon November 4

2024

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Tosh symposium buoyed by first-hand sharing

Dr Michael Barnett, organiser of the annual Peter Tosh Symposium, says it is important to keep that forum fresh by presenting different sides of the reggae legend, who died in September 1987 at age 42......Read more

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Jamaica Observer-BY HOWARD CAMPBELL-October 20

2024