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,C 110 ory
Loui tt Jr. 0 the
movie right to Cab
Callow y' life story. He had
been lkin bout makin
fe ture film about the
band leader, life, but' now
goin to do it on television
i d. He' te med up with
SuzaMe de P e and they're
developing it into a mini eri .
It'll cover the B3-year old
Callow y' life from 1920 to
1940.
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W nna Holl r
John Singleton' company
New Deal Productions has
napped up the righ to the
book "Make Me Wanna
Holler". It' the
utobiography of Nathan
McCall, n ex-con turned
reporter ..
McCall erved time for
armed robbery. He was able
to overcome hi pa t and
became a reporter for the
Washington Post, working in
thei r high-pres ure metro
section.
Look 'out
Arsenio here
comes Whoopl
Whoopi Goldberg is the
latest to join those on the late
night talk circuit. Goldberg
say the show will give her the
opportuni ty to pursue a
lifelong dream, "which is to
talk to the most important and
interesting people in the world
today."
However, unlike the
others, The Whoopi Goldberg
Show" will center in. on a
Ingle entertainment
per onality/news-maker.
Production for the syndicated
nightly half-hour show
<produced through Goldberg's
Whoop, Inc.), will begin next
year for a fall launch.
Looking to
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Top record producers
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis,
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college students the
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The contest is open to art,
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Participant will have the
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Each tape will be judged by
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Prep ration for Put e In Your Mix began
fter Barry returned from y 0 intemation­
I tourin that included hi fi t extensive U.S.
tre 1983. Barry' ho w a ell-out
ev nt in every major city he played and critics
were in awe as Barry hit th s ge ith many
32 tring syncing non- ingers, Bury White
wowed audien with some hon t- good­
ne real music, Sub equent co rts in
Europe (Fr nee, It Iy, Holland, Germany,
Spain, the U. , Denmar H , Greece
and Belgium) generated imilar reaction and
with the release of his ne album internation-
ally, Barry pI to embar on the global
trek that will encomp Latin America,
the Far t and, for the first time, Africa
(including Keny, igeri Senegal, The Ivory
Co t aDd Morocco).
TB TARRY enjoying
renewed the world over is DO urprise
given his accomplishments. The -bom
and bred mu lcian/producer/ar-
ranger/: ongwri r Inger gan musi-
journey working with Love Unlimited, a
trio of femal vocalists that included lfe-to­
be Glodean, back in 1972, scoring a bit with
the c1 ic "Walkin'ln Th Rain With The One
1 Love." In 1973, Barry launched his own
career 10 artist and racked up bit er
hit: "l' G.",.a Love You Just A Liule Mort!
Baby," lie 't Get Enough Of Your Love,"
"You're T1u! First, The Last, My Everything, "
"It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Nest To Me"
y are, or th e
Vanessa Williams has the Right Stuff
RldloScop The Column
Fro," Baa., BroodctU.fha6
S.",k.s ViG S.,.,. SrlUlklllkHt
She picked herself up after her
fall from pageant graces and
brushed herself offwith "The Right
Stuff'. The success of that debut
album placed Vanessa Williams in
serious contention for the R&B
dance queen throne. At 28, Vanes­
sa is more mature, more confident
and in control. It's probably safe
to say she's reached her "Comfort
Zone", which happens to be the
name of her current album.
Venessa's single, "Running Back
To You" has hit the charts and is
steadily on the rise. '
Vanessa struck gold in 1988
with her first album. Singles like
"The Right Stuff', "He's Got The
Look", and "Dreamin", launched
her singing career. She's confi­
dent that this album will top the
last, especially since she expected
the first to do a lot better. "The
Comfort Zo�" is very diverse,
ranging from ballads and jazz
numbers to pop/funk and R&B
tracks. Although Vanessa's been
hailed as a dance/pop artist, she
feels her strengths lie in deep, soul­
ful ballads.
Vanessa shows off her way
wi th ballads on five of the tune off
her latest album. ' "What Will I Tell .
My Heart", is a 1956 Dinah
Washington jazz tune. What's
more, she' currently in "Harley
Davidson and the Marlboro Man"
which tars Mickey Rourke and
Don Johnson. She was also in the
Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor um­
mer bomb "Another You". She's
hoping for bigger and better roles.
And while Van a is immedi­
ately recognizable on the creen,
she's been confused with another
actress who's got the same name.
The other actress, was the hard­
'hearted hit woman in "N4W Jack
City". She's been regi tered with
the Screen Actors Guild since he
w thirteen. When the singing
Vanessa came along, he joined
the· Guild as Vanessa L Williams
in order to distinguish the two.
She' planning to tour later this
year, - just omething al 0 to add
d "Your Sweetnes I My Weaknes , " all cut
in fiv -year period that him emerge
one of th top arti 0 th d . Continuin
tb hit trea vi his wor with the Lo e Un­
limited Orch tra (who e "Love Them" '
ow considered 0 of di co/dance m ic'
emin 1 recording) nd Love Unlimit d,
Barry White' popularity 0 red.
A c nge of record I bels in 1979 tem­
porarily balted th flow of U.S. hits but Barry
remained popular internation performing
arti t, touring co i ting throughout Europe
and J pan. In 1987, B rry returned to the
recording studio once more, signing with
A&M and rele ing The Right Night which
yielding the R&B hit "Sho' YOIl Right" and
ignalled Barry' re-emegence as it hitmaker.
His econd rele for the label, 1989' The
Man Is B further cern nted Barry' chart
hold with the R&B top 10 hit "Wanna Do It
Good To Ya" and it didn't hurt that Barry'
inimitable vocal style was literally all over
Qunicy Jones' Grammy-winning "The Secra
Garden (The Seduction Suite)" from the mul ti­
million selling Back On The Bloc album.
Aside from hi beavy touring schedule in
1990, Barry found time to get with rap star Big
Daddy Kane to record "AU Of Me Wants All Of
You" for Kane's third hit album. Bury' tatus
as one of the mo t influential artists in popular
music was further revealed from Britian Lisa
Stansfield and Soul Il Soul, two acts who
acknowledged the influence that Barry White
bas had on their own musical styles.
Now looking to make the Nineties a decade
of new accompli bment, Barry White un­
leashes Put Me lit Your Mix: "It's time for that
third-time luck'y strike," he miles. "Thi is
my third album for A&M and I feel like it h
11 the ingredien : integrity, ty and sen-
itivJty. It also re ects my passion for my
craft: I 10 mating music and especially
music about love. "
An IUnforgettable' .
tribute to Nat King Cole
N t lie Cole R v 'I Trou I d P st
to her already b y schedule. But
he seems to like her fast pace. As
wife, mother, Singer, and actress,
Vane Williams bas entered her
own kind of "Comfort Zone".
Having put a scandalous past be­
hind her, she' more ecure and
much happier now and she can
finally enjoy her life.
Sultry R&B/pop singer Natalie
Cole reveals how she has come full
circle in her acceptance of her legen­
dary father, details her near-tragic
drug addiction, and talks about her
fairy tale marriage, in "The Untold
Story of Natalie Cole's Comeback
Tribute To Her Patner, Nat King
Cole" in the October Ebony,
As the daughter of one of
America's first Black entertainment
legends, Natalie explains how her
new album, "Unforgettable," which
contains 22 of her father's hits, i
both at tribute to him, as well as a
badge of triumph over her own in­
ecuri ties concerning his fame.
Natalie details how she did,n't
measure up to Cole's brilliance, how
a near-fatal car, accident jolted her
, into seeking help, and describes how
a udden medical condition left her
hoarse for six months and terrified
that sbe ouid never sing again.
The dynamic Inger whose "Un­
forgettable" LP i her most ucce -
ful album to da e, a1 0 tell the
romantic story of how her husband
musician Andre FIscher formerly of
m Ic up R & Cbaka Khan,
propoeed to her on one knee, and
why after a seri of b d relation­
ships, s� initially felt that hi feel­
ings were "too good to be true." ,
N tKln Cole
At a tim w en an entertainer'
inc ingly m ured by th ir imp ct on
glob level, Barry White h emerged on
of the mo t enduring and popul international
arti t of our d y. Wi th an a tounding
worldwide tot 1 of 103 gold lbums, 38
platinum 1 bums, 20 gold ingl and 10
platinum ingles to hi credit and over 100
million ale generated ince 1973, "The
Maestro". (a he' been affectionately tagged)
is indeed one of the mo t important American
recording artis in contemporary m ic.
From Lima, Peru to Athens, Greece and
from Budape t, Hungary to London, England,
Barry White has captivated audiences with hi
instantly recognizable brand of 'love music'"
"Love is universal," says Barry in hi inim­
itable bass-toned voice, "and that's what I ing
about. I get to the nerve of all our problems
human beings which' relationship and in ARRY'S
particular, the relationship between men and the degree to which
women. J always make sure my music is sen- respected by his fully evident hen
sitive and honest. I think that's why I've been ome of the mo t impol1lDt gures in contem­
able to sustain my career for this long and why porary music tumcd up at the tring dates for
I find myself performing the world over almost the recording for Put Me In Yoru Mix.
every year: people want to hear music from the "On one d te, H.B. Barnum, Ge
heart and that's what Barry White does." Page, Qambleci Huff, Smokey Robinson, Hol-
e th Music from the heart is indeed an apt land-Oozier-Holland and Don Cornell . Fo
,y way description for what promises to be Barry the second on, we bad Quincy Jones, Burt
Tempestt Bled' oe, White' mo t dazzling album yet. Put Me In Bacharach, ThomBelland Norman Whitfield.
Vanessa on NBC's "The Your Mix is a collection of material that will What made it so amazing w me of
Cosby Show", who while not only satisfy Barry's multitude of ardent the e people had never met before. I felt sot
m . ntaininga 3.75 grade point .
followers but is certain to expand his audience proud t they would come Ie for one
average at NYU, is not 0 busy
studying that he can't find even further. From the hypnotic title track of my sessions," sa Barry. "It just 0
time for "A Different World" (and first Ingle), !lith its trademar tring electric having uch � talent all in 0
co-star Oaryl Bell ... O"ebbie lines (supplied by a 'live' 22-member triD& place at one time."
Allen, who recently began her , secuonassembledforjbe atbumj to tbe tb The power po ncy of Barry White'
fourth sea on as 'n' sensual "Dark And Lovely (YO" Over ic has I endeared him y
producer-director of "A There)," a duet with Hayes, Barry. at • A to another·legendary music
Differenl WorUl', a been his romantic best "1' 1 ' instant: "I hadn't
tgn h!"llY.�l�iJ-�\),t.�·" .. s;q�ed _ .. �u ...... ica1 _CIQiIlk.)�H��:�::;I •• l';.III.:lIa,Yes Ince Hl77 d when I told
feature m; a roman e album," says Barry. "We t I ,� a track that could be a Bany
���r" �gged "Going To The R&:B, hip-bop. And of course, i� aU c Hay monster, Ike zeroed right
,� love so we have ngs that can � to . in. W9rking with !sa c Hayes on "Dark And