Some of the world’s biggest names in the music industry have been nominated for enshrinement into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame Class of 2023. At a press conference on May 1, 2023, the nominees with the most votes will be selected.
The National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame Foundation had its history groundbreaking ceremony on September 30, 2022, in Marks, Mississippi, to build a state-of-the-art- facility to celebrate the 230 plus rhythm and blues artists that have been inducted since 2013 including James Brown, Prince, B.B. King, The Temptations, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Jackie Wilson, and Whitney Houston.
The National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame Foundation this year will be honoring four individuals with the following awards to be given annually. The National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame Foundation has also developed another annual musical event coming in 2024 called the R&B MUSIC HONORS that will honor and showcase the best of R&B music of today.
● The LaMont D. Robinson Founders Award
● The Aretha Franklin Lifetime Achievement Award
● The Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame Living Legend Award
● The Mary Wilson Global Music Industry Award
Fans can go now and vote at https://www.rbhofvote.com to vote for their favored artist or group to be inducted. Voting will run until April 24, 2023.
2023 National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame
Aaliyah-Singer – Singer
Beyonce – Singer
Jay-Z – Rapper/Producer
John Legend – Singer/Songwriter
Berry Gordy – Music Executive/Songwriter
Burt Bacharach – Composer/Songwriter/ Producer
David Porter – Singer/Songwriter/ Producer
New Edition – Group
Recording Academy – Grammys
Clive Davis – Music Executive
Mary J. Blige – Singer
Morris Day – Singer
Dee Dee Warwick – Singer
Dick Griffey – Music Executive
Gerald Alston – Singer
Anita Baker – Singer
Roz Ryan – Singer
Carla Thomas – Singer/Songwriter
Hall & Oates – Group
Janet Jackson – Singer
Robert Brown – Music & Event Promoter
Malaco Records – Record Company
George Clinton – Performer/Songwriter
Clyde McPhatter – Singer
Brook Benton – Singer
Jr Walker & The All-Stars – Group
Rufus Thomas – Singer
The Isley Brothers – Group
Frankie Beverly – Singer
Mavis Staples – Singer
Ruby Andrews – Singer
Jeff Fox – Radio Personality
Jermaine Dupri – Music Executive/Producer
Chaka Khan – Singer
Bel Biv DeVoe – Group
Dee Dee Sharp – Singer
SWV – Group
King Arthur – Radio Personality
Xscape – Group
Latimore – Singer
Willie Clayton – Singer
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Group
Earth Wind & Fire – Group
Peabo Bryson – Singer
Tyrone Davis – Singer
Sweet Boogie Productions – Music Production & Events
Deniece Williams – Singer
Luther “Skywalker” Campbell – Rapper/Music Executive/Songwriter
The Stubbs Girls – Group
Priscilla Price – Singer
Freddie Jackson – Singer
Gamble & Huff – Songwriters
Jae The Gospelkidd – Radio Personality
Average White Band – Group
Blue Magic – Group
Babyface – Singer/Songwriter
Jodeci – Group
G.C. Cameron – Singer
Al Lindsey – Singer
The Controllers – Group
About the R&B Hall of Fame: The National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame Foundation is a 501(c)(3) founded in 2010 by basketball legend and American Basketball Hall of Famer LaMont “ShowBoat” Robinson. The first inaugural induction ceremony was held in 2013 and has held induction ceremonies annually since. Every year the Hall of Fame has attracted music fans to come each year to the induction ceremonies. They come from as far away as Europe to our always sold-out Black-Tie Red Carpet Gala.
The National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame will be a great major tourist attraction that could bring 250,000 to 500,000 tourists to the city of Marks, Mississippi, and Quitman County hopes will bring more than 100 jobs and place dollars into the metro annual economy like the Rock Hall does to Cleveland, OH and the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, TN.
https://www.rbhof.com
https://rbhalloffamemarksms.com/about-us/
(If you decide to check out their website, check out the “Vintage Posters” section. WOW!
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COMBO Editor: The name “Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes” hit me so I looked them up:
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were an American soul and R&B vocal group. One of the most popular Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s, the group’s repertoire included soul, R&B, doo-wop, and disco. Founded in the middle of the 1950s as The Charlemagnes, the group is most noted for several hits on Gamble and Huff’s [also in the running for this year’s Hall of Fame award] Philadelphia International label between 1972 and 1976, although they performed and recorded until Melvin’s death in 1997. Despite group founder and original lead singer Harold Melvin’s top billing, the Blue Notes’ most famous member was Teddy Pendergrass, their lead singer during the successful years at Philadelphia International. The remaining members of the Blue Notes have reunited for Soul Train Cruises in 2013, 2015, and 2017.
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The line-up of the group, featuring Melvin, Pendergrass, Bernard Wilson, Lawrence Brown, and Lloyd Parks, was signed to Gamble & Huff’s label in 1972. Lloyd Parks was replaced by Jerry Cummings that same year. Shortly after the arrival of Cummings, the Notes scored several major R&B and pop hits including million-selling singles and albums over the next four years. Among the Blue Notes’ most important and successful recordings are songs such as 1972’s “If You Don’t Know Me by Now” (number 1 Billboard R&B, number 3 pop), their breakout single, “I Miss You” (number 7 R&B, number 58 pop), “The Love I Lost” (number 1 R&B, number 7 pop, 1973) and socially conscious songs such as “Wake Up Everybody” (number 1 R&B, number 12 pop) and “Bad Luck” (number 4 R&B, number 15 pop), both in 1975. “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA on November 21, 1972. “Bad Luck” holds the record for the longest-running number-one hit on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart: 11 weeks. A fourth number 1 R&B hit for the group was 1975’s “Hope That We Can Be Together Soon” which featured female vocalist Sharon Paige.
Read more here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Melvin_&_the_Blue_Notes
Aaliyah Leads the 2023 Nominees for the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame
