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Black Music Month originated in 1979. Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, theĀ  achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.

Jimmy Ruffin, the Motown singer whose best known for the hit ‘What Becomes of The Brokenhearted,’ and ‘Hold on to My Love,’ died Monday in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 78. Ruffin was the the older brother of Temptations lead singer David Ruffin, who died in 1991 at age 50. ‘Jimmy Ruffin was a […]

TV One’s latest “Unsung” episode ventures deep into the makings and breaking of old school super-group The Spinners. TV One highlights the fact that The Spinners, though extremely successful, have never won a Grammy. The Spinners walked away from Motown after their contract was up and the group felt like they had never gotten their […]