Black Music Month originated in 1979. President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, the achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.
Marvin Isley, bass player for the legendary Isley Brothers, died June 6th from complications of diabetes at 56.
Via Eurweb.com Marvin Isley, the bass backbone of his sibling band The Isley Brothers, died Monday in Chicago at age 56. The cause of death has not yet been announced, though Isley suffered from diabetes severe enough to have caused him to leave the band in 1997. His condition led to the eventual amputation of […]
