Barry White Scores Two Grammy Awards for ``Staying Power''; R&B Legend Honored For Private Music Debut.Entertainment Editors BEVERLY HILLS Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2000 Legendary recording artist Barry White was honored today with his first Grammy Awards Grammy Awards Annual awards given by the Recording Academy (officially the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences). The first Grammies (the name is a dimunitive of “gramophone”) were given in 1958. for both Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for his Private Music debut, "Staying Power." Barry adds the Grammys to a long list of accolades that he has garnered over a 40-year career. Released last July, the hit record features the #1 Urban radio smash, "Staying Power," as well as the single "The Longer We Make Love" -- a duet featuring guest performances by Chaka Khan  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. and Lisa Stansfield Lisa Jane Stansfield (born April 11, 1966), better known as Lisa Stansfield, is an English R&B and soul singer from the United Kingdom. Early career and top ten success which is currently on the charts. Said Barry: "It has been an exciting year for me to end the 20th Century with a new record company and my new album, 'Staying Power,' which I am very proud of. It's nice to be recognized by my peers and I look forward to many more years of creativity." Barry White has helped to reshape Private Music into an Urban Adult Contemporary Urban adult contemporary is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have rap music on their playlists. The format was designed by Barry Mayo when he, Lee S. powerhouse alongside fellow labelmates Jeffrey Osborne, Peabo Bryson (also a two-time Grammy nominee this year) and Phil Perry. In addition to "Staying Power," Barry White has been promoting the release of his autobiography, "Love Unlimited: Insights on Life and Love" and he has appeared recently on Fox Television's "Ally McBeal." Private Music is a division of Windham Hill which is a unit of BMG BMG Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Germand: Federal Ministry for Health) BMG Be My Girl BMG Blue Man Group BMG Bertelsmann Music Group BMG Be My Guest BMG Browning Machine Gun BMG Bulk Metallic Glass Entertainment. BMG Entertainment (www.bmg.com) is the $4.6 billion worldwide music and entertainment division of Bertelsmann AG, one of the world's leading media companies, with annual revenues of $16.4 billion. BMG owns more than 200 record labels in more than 50 countries, including Arista Records, RCA Records and Ariola Music. BMG has significant online interests, including a 50 percent stake in GetMusic, a joint venture to promote artists and sell music over the Internet. BMG also owns the world's largest music club, one of the world's largest music publishing The contractual relationship between a songwriter or music composer and a music publisher, whereby the writer assigns part or all of his or her music copyrights to the publisher in exchange for the publisher's commercial exploitation of the music. companies, and has interests in television and compact disc and cassette manufacturing. |
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