Chaka Khan and Jeffrey Osborne Slated for the National Urban League's 2000 Annual Conference.Business Editors & Entertainment Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2000 Gala Benefit Proceeds Earmarked for Education Initiatives The Apollo Theatre Apollo Theatre During and after the Harlem Renaissance, a centre of African-American popular music on 125th Street in New York City's Harlem district. Built in 1914, it hosted musical performers such as Bill Robinson, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Duke will be generating lots of heat this summer when Chaka Khan  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. and Jeffrey Osborne take the stage to perform at the National Urban League's 2000 Annual Conference Gala Benefit Concert, scheduled for Monday, July 31 at 8:00 PM. An exclusive performance for National Urban League Conference attendees, the concert will raise funds to support National Urban League programs, such as the Campaign for African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. Achievement, a movement designed to boost the academic and social skills of African American and other children of color. Event sponsors are Anheuser-Busch Companies, The Coca-Cola Company, Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation. In 1988, Sony Corporation acquired CBS Records, Inc. for $2 billion. CBS Inc., now CBS Corporation, retained the rights to the CBS name, and Sony renamed the label Inc., Time Warner and Toyota. Chaka Khan is one of the premiere vocalists of the 20th century. Since her arrival on the music scene in the early 1970s, Chaka has set standards in every new trend in pop, R&B, rock, disco, fusion, jazz, rap, hip-hop and even classical, collaborating with Jeremy Lubbock. Now a transcendent music icon, Chaka has perfected a style, stage presence and intimacy with her fans that keeps them stuck like glue. Celebrating her 25th year, Chaka's career is still ascending. The son of a jazz trumpeter, Jeffrey Osborne sang with LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability (Love, Togetherness and Devotion) from 1970 until the group disbanded 12 years later. However, he remained subject to the LTD contract with A&M Records, for whom he recorded five albums as a solo artist. His most memorable hits as a solo act include On The Wings Of Love, Don't You Get So Mad, Plane Love, and You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song). After a two-year hiatus, Osborne recorded Love Power a duet with Dionne Warwick, which rose to number 12 on the U.S. charts. Tickets for the National Urban League's Gala Benefit Concert are available only to those registered for the League's 2000 Annual Conference, scheduled for July 29 through August 2 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. One-day registrations are available. Conference events include a career fair featuring on site interviewing and applicant screenings, a voter registration drive A voter registration drive is an effort, often undertaken by a political campaign, political party, or other outside groups (partisan and non-partisan), that seeks to register to vote those who are eligible but not registered. and plenary sessions focusing on improving public education, advancing economic opportunities and increasing pathways to diversity. For more information about the National Urban League's 2000 Annual Conference and Gala Benefit Concert, visit the League's Web site at www.nul.org, or call the conference info line at (212) 558-5385. Founded in 1910, the National Urban League is a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. whose 114 affiliates in 34 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). provide direct services and function as advocates to generate policy reforms that empower African-Americans to achieve economic, academic and racial equality. The League's headquarters is located at 120 Wall Street in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . |
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