Purple rain turned super Feb 6, 2007
Purple rainingPerforming in a driving rain, Prince wore a natty turquoise suit and a bandana/turban that gave him the hipster presence of a modern-day Chuck Willis. A pair of dancers Prince calls "The Twins" slithered up and down each side of the singer like snakes in the Everglades. (Chicago Sun-Times)
R&B queen Ruth Brown dies Nov 19, 2006
"The Original Queen of Rhythm and Blues" also recorded memorable versions of Mambo Baby and Chuck Willis Oh What A Dream. In the '70s, she shifted toward blues and jazz, later earning raves in Allen Toussaints off-Broadway musical Staggerlee and the film Hairspray. (USA Today)
More of this story Oct 28, 2006
Thursday night, he wrung great drama out of Rahsaan Roland Kirk s Volunteered Slavery, other Trucks band staples like Chuck Willis Feel So Bad. Whatever he didn t entirely command, the rest of the band moved in to dismantle, whether it was vocalist Mike Mattison - a raspier Stevie Wonder and always a treat - tackling Big Bill Broonzy s Key to the Highway, or the rhythm section of bassist Todd Smallie, drummer Yonrico Scott and percussionist Count M butu laying out the traditional... (Brockton Enterprise, MA)
Many Notable Atlantans Buried At South-View Apr 19, 2006
Chuck Willis; Musician and recording artist. Atlanta Daily World 2006. (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
Cemetery for ex-slaves turns 120 years old Apr 19, 2006
The Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. Alonzo Herndon, founder of Atlanta Life Insurance Co. John Wesley Dobbs, grand master of the Prince Hall Masons of Georgia, who often was referred to as "the mayor of Auburn Avenue" Jean Young, wife of former Atlanta Mayor and former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young William Crogman, educator, author and past president of what is now Clark Atlanta University Grace Towns Hamilton, first black woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly Lorimer D. Milton, co-founder of... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
