Biography: Frankie Paris, Frazier River, Fred "Re-Run" Berry, Fred Below, Fred Grady, Fred Hager, Fred Hammond, Fred Hughes, Fred James, Fred Johnson,

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Frankie Paris Biography, Photos, Pictures

No one seems to feel lukewarm about Frankie Paris & Cold Sweat The New York blues vocalist is intense and draws intense responses Most people rave about his voice and style, which feature his strong, tenor voice belting out soulful blues with gospel intensity

Frazier River Biography, Photos, Pictures

Though Cincinnati is hardly a hotbed of country music, Frazier River proved that the city could support a residency; beginning in 1991, frontman Danny Frazier and his assembled cast of well-known area musicians regularly drew 3,000 people per week for their daily performances at the River Saloon, a large hall located on a riverboat

Fred "Re-Run" Berry Biography, Photos, Pictures

Not a singer but a dancer, the rotound Fred Berry was a regular on the sitcom What’s Happening in the ’70s and also a member of the Lockers dance troupe He appeared for one year in the revised syndicated version What’s Happening Now in the ’80s

Fred Below was born in Chicago on September 16, 1926 Below played drums in high school and went on to study percussion at the Roy C Knapp School of Percussion Primarily a jazz drummer at the time, he played bebop and joined the Army as part of the 427th Army band

Some of the real Chicago blues old-timers, such as Buddy Guy or even Muddy Waters, might have noticed Fred Grady as a somewhat towering and beefy teenager obsessed with the all-night jam sessions at the infamous Checkerboard Lounge

In the rock & roll era, the “A&R” job description usually implies a schmoozer whose musical talents, if any, lie in an instinct for commerce While the latter skill was of obvious importance to record company executives in the ’20s, some of them, such as Fred Hager, also had the type of creative abilities more often associated with performers themselves

Fred Hammond Biography, Photos, Pictures

A multi-instrumentalist, producer and vocalist for the soulful black gospel group Commissioned during the 1980s and ’90s, Fred Hammond also became one of the most popular praise & worship leaders in the field

Fred Hughes had the distinction of being one of the last successful artists on Vee Jay Records before the label collapsed in the middle of the 1960s In 1965, he charted a pair of Top 20 R&B singles with “Oo Wee Baby, I Love You” and “You Can’t Take It Away

Nashville producer Fred James is as much a documentarian as he is musician and entrepreneur, and his Bluesland Productions is considered one of the world’s foremost independent music companies devoted to blues, soul, and American roots music

Fred Johnson Biography, Photos, Pictures

Observed from a distance sitting on a piano bench, this performer named Fred Johnson could easily be mistaken for the earlier classic jazz and boogie-woogie pianist usually credited as Freddy Johnson