November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020
Actor, director, and playwright Chadwick Boseman skyrocketed into the spotlight with his role as Jackie Robinson in the 2013 film
42. He went on to star as James Brown (
Get On Up, 2014) and Thurgood Marshall (
Marshall, 2017), and then became an icon in his own right with his 2018 portrayal of T’Challa in
Black Panther the first Black Marvel superhero. Boseman credited his work ethic to his Anderson, South Carolina, upbringing, and told
G&G in a 2017 interview, “the Southern part of me is always going to come out. It doesn’t matter where you live, or where you’ve been, there’s certain stuff you keep.”
Episode 467 Keith Corbin + Winter
Aired: Sunday, January 10th 2021
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Though he’s only been in the industry for a relatively short period of time, Keith Corbin has already established himself as a talented chef to watch. As the Executive Chef of Los Angeles’ Alta Adams, he’s been garnering wide acclaim for his creative California soul food cooking. We catch up with Keith to talk about preparing meals for his family growing up in Watts, his approach to the menu at Alta Adams and what it’s been like trying to stay afloat during a global pandemic.
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Jan 7, 2021
1954 - Muddy Waters records Hoochie Coochie Man. This is one of the blues songs that shaped rock and roll when the genre was in its infancy. The author/musician Roger Reale explained: The stark realism, the drama, and especially the vocal delivery are what do it for me on Hoochie Coochie Man. It s half conversational; Muddy gets your attention without overdoing it. And those lyrics about a gypsy woman always felt kind of fascinating.
1967 - Charley Pride becomes the first African American solo singer to perform at the Grand Old Opry in Nashville. He is invited to perform at the venerable country music mecca after the success of his hit Just Between You and Me, which makes it to #9 on the Country music chart.
Fifty-four years ago today (Jan. 7, 1967) was an historic day for country music: It was on that date that Charley Pride became the first Black singer to perform at the Grand Ole Opry.
Pride was only the second Black performer ever to play at the Opry, following harmonica player DeFord Bailey, who appeared at the Grand Ole Opry from 1927 to 1941. At the time of his Opry debut, Pride had just earned his first Top 10 single, Just Between You and Me, a song from his sophomore album,
The Pride of Country Music; he had been performing all over the South, but the artist admitted that he was anxious when stepping onto the hallowed stage.
In memoriam: Celebrity deaths of 2020
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Richard ThornburghRichard Dick Thornburgh, former attorney general of the United States and former governor of Pennsylvania, takes a seat at the witness hearing after U.S. Chief Justice nominee Judge John Roberts testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 2005. Thornburgh died on December 31 at age 88. Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI | License Photo
Dawn WellsDawn Wells poses with the original, fully restored S.S. Minnow from Gilligan s Island to meet and greet fans and visitors at the Vancouver International Boat Show in Vancouver on January 23, 2014. Best known for her role as Mary Ann from Gilligan s Island, Wells died of COVID-19 on December 30 at the age of 82. Photo by Heinz Ruckemann/UPI | License Photo