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Richard Berry (musician)

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Richard Berry, Jr. (April 11, 1935 – January 23, 1997) was an African-American singer, songwriter and musician, who performed with many Los Angeles doo-wop and close harmony groups in the 1950s, including The Flairs and The Robins. [1]

65 relations: African Americans, California, California Cooler, Challenge Records (1950s), Chuck Berry, Close and open harmony, Cover version, Crown Records, Doo-wop, Etta James, Extension, Louisiana, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Flair Records, Flip Records (1950s), Frank Sinatra, Garpax Records, Happy Tiger Records, Have Love, Will Travel, Heart failure, Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California, Jefferson High School (Los Angeles), Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, John C. Fremont High School, Lee Maye, Little Star Records, London, Long Beach, California, Los Angeles, Louie Louie, Louisiana, Modern Records, Monroe, Louisiana, One for My Baby (and One More for the Road), Paul Revere & the Raiders, Ray Charles, René Touzet, Rhythm and blues, Riot in Cell Block Number 9, Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, Rollins Band, RPM Records (United States), Sic, Singing, Smash Records, Songwriter, South Los Angeles, Spark Records, Tangerine Records (1963), ..., Television advertisement, The Blossoms, The Cadets (group), The Flairs, The Kingsmen, The Penguins, The Raelettes, The Robins, The Seattle Times, The Sonics, The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry), Ukulele, United States, You Are My Sunshine, 100 Club. Expand index (15 more) »

African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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California Cooler

California Cooler is a brand of alcoholic beverage.

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Challenge Records (1950s)

Challenge Records was founded in Los Angeles in 1957 by cowboy singer Gene Autry and former Columbia Records A&R representative Joe Johnson.

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Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music.

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Close and open harmony

Close harmony is an arrangement of the notes of chords within a narrow range, usually notes that are no more than an octave apart.

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Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.

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Crown Records

Crown Records was a budget albums record label founded as a subsidiary of Modern Records.

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Doo-wop

Doo-wop is a genre of rhythm and blues music that was developed in African-American communities in the East Coast of the United States in the 1940s, achieving mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Etta James

Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) was an American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz and gospel.

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Extension, Louisiana

Extension is an unincorporated community in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), formerly the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Flair Records

Flair Records was an American record label owned by the Bihari brothers, launched in the early 1950s.

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Flip Records (1950s)

Flip Records was a record label that flourished in the 1950s, releasing rhythm and blues and doo-wop music by such artists as Richard Berry, the Six Teens, Donald Wood, the Elgins, and many others.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

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Garpax Records

Garpax Records was an American record label, established by Gary S. Paxton, which first issued the song "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett in 1962.

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Happy Tiger Records

Happy Tiger Records was an independent American record label that was owned by the Flying Tiger Line air freight company.

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Have Love, Will Travel

"Have Love, Will Travel" is a 1959 song written and recorded by Richard Berry.

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Heart failure

Heart failure (HF), often referred to as congestive heart failure (CHF), is when the heart is unable to pump sufficiently to maintain blood flow to meet the body's needs.

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Inglewood Park Cemetery

Inglewood Park Cemetery is a cemetery at 720 East Florence Avenue in Inglewood, California, United States.

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Inglewood, California

Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California.

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Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)

Thomas Jefferson High School, usually referred to as Jefferson High School, is a public high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

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Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

Lyricist Jerome "Jerry" Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Mike Stoller (born Michael Stoller; March 13, 1933) were American songwriting and record producing partners.

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John C. Fremont High School

John C. Fremont Senior High School is a Title 1 co-educational public high school located in South Central, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Lee Maye

Arthur Lee Maye (December 11, 1934 – July 17, 2002) was a Major League Baseball player.

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Little Star Records

Little Star Records was an independent label that was founded by music industry veteran H. B. Barnum in 1961.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Greater Los Angeles area of Southern California.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Louie Louie

"Louie Louie" is an American rhythm and blues song written by Richard Berry in 1955 and best known for the 1963 hit version by The Kingsmen.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Modern Records

Modern Music was an American record company and label formed in 1945 in Los Angeles by the Bihari brothers.

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Monroe, Louisiana

Monroe (historically accessdate) is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)

"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" is a hit song written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for the movie musical The Sky's the Limit (1943) and first performed in the film by Fred Astaire.

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Paul Revere & the Raiders

Paul Revere & the Raiders is an American rock band that saw considerable U.S. mainstream success in the second half of the 1960s and early 1970s.

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Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known professionally as Ray Charles, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer.

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René Touzet

René Touzet y Monte (b. Havana, Cuba, September 8, 1916 – d. Miami, Florida, June 15, 2003) was a Cuban-born American composer, pianist and bandleader.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Riot in Cell Block Number 9

"Riot in Cell Block #9" is a classic and pervasive R&B song composed by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1954.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone, issue number 963, published in December 2004, a year after the magazine published its list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

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Rollins Band

Rollins Band was an American rock band led by singer and songwriter Henry Rollins.

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RPM Records (United States)

RPM Records was an American record label launched in the early 1950s in Los Angeles.

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Sic

The Latin adverb sic ("thus", "just as"; in full: sic erat scriptum, "thus was it written") inserted after a quoted word or passage indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed or translated exactly as found in the source text, complete with any erroneous or archaic spelling, surprising assertion, faulty reasoning, or other matter that might otherwise be taken as an error of transcription.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Smash Records

Smash Records was an American record label founded in 1961 as a subsidiary of Mercury Records by Mercury executive Shelby Singleton and run by Singleton with Charlie Fach.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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South Los Angeles

South Los Angeles is a region in southern Los Angeles County, California lying to south of downtown Los Angeles, California.

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Spark Records

Spark Records was a record label started by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller around 1954.

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Tangerine Records (1963)

Tangerine Records was a record label owned by Ray Charles between 1962 and 1973.

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Television advertisement

A television advertisement (also called a television commercial, commercial or ad in American English, and known in British English as a TV advert or simply an advert) is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization.

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The Blossoms

The Blossoms are an American girl-group that originated from California.

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The Cadets (group)

The Cadets were an American doo-wop group, formed in Los Angeles.

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The Flairs

The Flairs (or Flares) were an American doo-wop group known for their 1961 hit "Foot Stompin', Pt.

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The Kingsmen

The Kingsmen are a 1960s beat/garage rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States.

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The Penguins

The Penguins were an American doo-wop group of the 1950s and early 1960s, best remembered for their only Top 40 hit, "Earth Angel", which was one of the first rhythm and blues hits to cross over to the pop charts.

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The Raelettes

The Raelettes (or occasionally The Raelets or The Raeletts) were an American girl group from the 1950s to 2003, formed, as the name suggests, to provide backing vocals for Ray Charles.

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The Robins

The Robins were a successful and influential African-American R&B group of the late 1940s and 1950s, one of the earliest such vocal groups who established the basic pattern for the doo-wop sound.

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The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times is a daily newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, United States.

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The Sonics

The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington that formed in 1960.

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The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)

"The Wallflower" (also known as "Roll with Me, Henry" and "Dance with Me, Henry") is a 1955 popular song.

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Ukulele

The ukulele (from ukulele (oo-koo-leh-leh); variant: ukelele) is a member of the lute family of instruments.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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You Are My Sunshine

"You Are My Sunshine" is a popular song written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell and first recorded in 1939.

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100 Club

The 100 Club is a music venue located at 100 Oxford Street, London, England, which has been hosting live music since 24 October 1942.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Berry_(musician)

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