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    R & B and Soul

    Name the record label owned and managed by Mrs. Kenny Edmonds?Tough R and B Tidbits

      Yab Yum Records.

    What artists performed in the movie 'Lean On Me' starring Morgan Freeman?Tough R and B Tidbits

      Riff. 'Crazy Joe' was credited to have given them the inspiration for their stage name 'XXXX-Raff'

    Who accompanied Luther Vandross on 'There's Nothing Better Than Love' from the "Give Me The Reason" album?Tough R and B Tidbits

      Gregory Hines.

    Which artist made his TV debut on Ed McMahon's 'Star Search'?Tough R and B Tidbits

      Usher. Who knew???

    Which artist did NOT sing with Eddie Murphy on any of his albums?Tough R and B Tidbits

      Philip Bailey.

    How many commercial (music) albums has Eddie Murphy created?Tough R and B Tidbits

      3. Eddie was always under-rated in this area.

    Name The Artist: Song Title: 'If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another'?Tough R and B Tidbits

      Richard 'Dimples' Fields .

    Name the Artist: Song Title: 'Why Can't We Live Together?'?Tough R and B Tidbits

      Timmy Thomas.

    Name the first chart Single: Artist: 'The Jets'?Tough R and B Tidbits

      Curiousity. Unfortunately they disappeared after three main stream and one Christmas album...

    Whose career did NOT get a boost from Prince?Tough R and B Tidbits

      Rockwell. Though he used many pen names, Prince has shared a piece of the pie with many artists of many genres.

    Name the song in Question 4?Tough R and B Tidbits

      State Of Shock.

    What Rock great joins Michael Jackson in a duet on the Jackson 'Victory' album?Tough R and B Tidbits

      Mick Jagger. Mick is the only 'non-Jackson' with a main singing spot on the album

    Which 'Jazz-man' gave us his rendition of 'Stairway to Heaven' on his bass guitar?Tough R and B Tidbits

      Stanley Jordan. A rendition as moving as the original!

    In what band was BabyFace a member when he was given his stage name?Tough R and B Tidbits

      The Deele. One of three bands in which 'BabyFace' was a member.

    Who is credited with giving 'BabyFace' his stage name?Tough R and B Tidbits

      Bootsy Collins. Name given during a concert when Collins was introducing the band members

    PRIOR to the release of their 1997 reunion album, all 6 members of New Edition had performed on only one song together. What was the song title?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      Word To The Mutha. This song was the precursor to the reunion and was featured on the BBD remix album.

    Who was NEVER a member of 'New Edition'?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      Jordan Knight.

    Who was the only successful white band signed to the Motown label?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      Rare Earth.

    This former friend of Michael Jackson wrote {'Girlfriend';} a song featured on Michael's 'Off The Wall' album. Who was he?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      Paul McCartney. Friends until Michael took Paul's business advice to seize the rights to the music he wrote. Michael took it a step further and seized the rights to the Beatles song (most of which were written by Paul).

    Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers featured a then unknown guitar player who would later find fame on the big screen. Who was he?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      Tommy Chong.

    'Thank God It's Friday' featured performances by which popular group?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      The Commodores. Not to mention Donna Summer!

    Name the Artist: Song Title: 'Out Here On My Own' - from the movie soundtrack 'Fame'?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      Irene Cara.

    Which one is NOT related to Michael Jackson?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      Freddie Jackson.

    Telma Hopkins (from 'Family Matters' TV show) was once a member of what group?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      Tony Orlando and Dawn. At the inception of Dawn, Tony Orlando was an exec with Columbia Records while performing on rival Bell Records.

    Two DeBarge brothers got their start in what popular band?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      Switch.

    BabyFace has performed duets with all but this musical leading lady?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      Celine Dion. He's written and produced for all of them!

    Which 'Nasty' girl's 'Nasty' song was produced by Prince?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      Vanity 6. Vanity's Nasty Girl was featured on two completely unrelated movie soundtracks.

    Which one started as a 'Fly-girl'?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      Jennifer Lopez.

    Who managed the Jackson 5 from 1969 to 1981?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      Joe Jackson.

    Who held the record for performing the single which sat in the number 1 position on the billboard charts for the longest period of time?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      Boyz II Men. The single stayed at number 1 for 21 weeks.

    This R and B singer managed TLC?More Tough R and B Tidbits

      Pebbles. Conflicts with LaFace records and Pebbles resulted in her 'undisclosed' settlement and her dismissal from a career in managing.

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