Biography: Bernard Edwards, Bernard Reed, Baby Huey, Bernice Edwards, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Bernie Pearl, Bernie Worrell, Berry Gordy, Jr., Bert Keyes, Bert Robinson,

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Bernard Edwards Biography, Photos, Pictures

Bernard Edwards’ supple, big bottom bass lines powered platinum hits by Chic, the ’70s dance/pop band that he co-founded with guitarist/songwriter/producer Nile Rodgers

Bernard Reed Biography, Photos, Pictures

Electric bass player extraordinaire Bernard Reed is one of music’s unsung heroes, a gladiator who has survived more than 35 years in a cutthroat business He was born in Chicago and raised on the west side by his grandparents, who took a liking to the deep-voiced, brown-skinned baby when he was a toddler; his mother and brother, Danny, lived on the north side, but the families visited each other frequently, and with the telephone, were really one family living in two houses

Baby Huey
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Genre: R & B

A locally beloved figure on the Chicago soul scene, Baby Huey never achieved quite the same renown outside of his hometown, despite an exciting live act and a record on Curtis Mayfield’s Curtom label

Bernice Edwards Biography, Photos, Pictures

Blues woman Bernice Edwards grew up in Texas with Sippie Wallace, George, Hociel & Hersal Thomas It was there she learned to play piano, and later accompanied herself while singing blues songs like “Long Tall Mama,” which she recorded in the late 1920s

Bernice Johnson Reagon Biography, Photos, Pictures

Though perhaps most widely known as the founder and guiding force of the Washington, DC-based women’s group Sweet Honey in the Rock, Bernice Johnson Reagon is also a noted political activist, a Distinguished Professor at Washington’s American University and a curator emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution

Bernie Pearl Biography, Photos, Pictures

Bernie Pearl is a native Angeleno who learned the blues from the musicians who frequented the fabled Ash Grove (a folk and blues club run by Pearl’s brother Ed), including Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb

Bernie Worrell Biography, Photos, Pictures

Raised in Plainfield, NJ, Bernie Worrell was a classically trained pianist at three years old Throughout his childhood he played with symphonies and orchestras, and even wrote his own concerto at the age of eight

Berry Gordy, Jr. Biography, Photos, Pictures

The founder of Motown Records, Berry Gordy did what many people of his time believed could never be done: he brought Black music into millions of White Americans’ homes, helping both Black artists and their culture gain acceptance, and opening the door for a multitude of sucessful Black record executives and producers

Bert Keyes
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Genre: R & B

When the history of New York City r&b is written, the name of Bert (or, sometimes, “Burt”) Keyes shouldn’t be overlooked—for much of its existence, Keyes was the music director of Rama Records, one of the earlier New York-based r&b labels to find national success

Bert Robinson Biography, Photos, Pictures

With a terse, powerful sound and soulful manner, it seemed that Bert Robinson was going to become a force to be reckoned with in urban contemporary circles His debut LP, No More Cold Nights, included the stunning single “Heart of Gold,” which reached number five on the R&B chart