Hitmaking Producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Compose Music for TBS NBA Monday .Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2000 Legendary duo have teamed up with TBS Superstation to produce music for TBS NBA Monday Grammy-Award winning producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have teamed up with TBS Superstation to produce music for their NBA broadcasts. TBS Superstation, which carries NBA games, has created a new Monday night basketball franchise titled "TBS NBA Monday." Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have arranged and produced the music package, which is a remake of Stevie Wonder's classic "Higher Ground," featuring rap legends RUN-DMC. Several promotional spots and the "TBS NBA Monday" opening musical-segment will feature the music by the hitmaking Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The promotional spots will continue to run on the network leading up to the "TBS NBA Monday" premiere, January 10, 2000 when the Utah Jazz take on the World Champion San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and are the current NBA Champions after defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2007 NBA Finals. at 8:00 PM (ET). They have also composed and produced music for TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. , the sister network to TBS Superstation, which is currently running on all NBA games on TNT. Jimmy Jam comments, "We are extremely excited about our new relationship with NBA and TBS Superstation. Both Terry Lewis and myself are devoted basketball fans and this gives us the chance to marry the best of both worlds -- music and sports." "TBS Superstation has put together an exciting package for the viewers this basketball season," said Dennis Quinn, Executive Vice President and General Manager of TBS Superstation. "We at the network are pleased that Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have collaborated with us on great new packaging." Over the past twenty years, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have written and/or produced over 100 singles and albums that have reached gold, platinum and multi-platinum sales status for the biggest artists in music history including, Janet Jackson, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Ricky Martin, Mary J. Blige, Patti Labelle, TLC TLC total lung capacity; thin-layer chromatography. TLC abbr. 1. thin-layer chromatography 2. , Boyz II Men Boyz II Men is an American R&B/soul singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1988 as a quintet which originally included Marc Nelson, Boyz II Men found fame as a quartet, with members Nathan Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman, and Wanya Morris, on Motown , among others. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have scored 12 No. 1 Pop singles (over 30 Top 10 singles) and over 25 No. 1 R&B singles (65 Top 10 singles). They are currently ranked No. 5 of all time in producing No. 1 hit records (tied with Quincy Jones). The producing and songwriting duo have amassed multiple Grammy Awards, an Oscar Nomination, a Golden Globe nomination, a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a pavement along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of not only human celebrities but fictional characters honored by , over 80 ASCAP ASCAP abbr. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Awards including 9 for "Writer of the Year," INC. magazine's "Entrepreneur of the Year Award," a Billboard Award for Flyte Tyme Publishing, a NAACP NAACP in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Image Award and received an honorary award from 100 Black Men of America. TBS Superstation, Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS, inc.) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner from the mid-1970s to the late-1990s. , Inc.'s flagship network seen in 78.6 million households, is watched by more people than any other cable network and has been for 22 consecutive years. The Superstation features popular movies, original programming, outstanding sports and favorite comedies. |
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