ANNOUNCEMENTS
INDUCTEES & INDUCTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS
will recieve your 2007 ballots and
Induction information
NEXT WEEK.
Inductees Touring should check with management
for
hard copy mailed
to your attention.
10th Anniversary
INDUCTIONS
FALL 2008
Celebrating
the Class
of
2005,
2006 &
2007
Induction Events:
Ceremony & Performances Honoring
The
Class of
2005, 2006 & 2007
Three Historic
Concerts
Activities will be
Hosted
by Class
of
1998 - 2004 Inductees
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Click Here for
2004 Induction
Slide Show
Vocal Group
Hall of Fame
Promo of Current
Public Television
Special
Begins
Syndication
August 1, 2007
Public Television Promo
The Columbia Theatre
Photo Gallery!
[Photo Gallery]
We've compiled numerous
images of past and present.
Take a trip into the history of
The Columbia Theatre.
The Vocal Group Hall of Fame
New Musuem, Restaurant,
Banquet Center, and Piano Bar
will be closed while under construction until SUMMER 2008.
Offices are now located inside
The Columbia Theatre 82 West
State St. Sharon, Pa. The new musuem
is located at 100 West
State St. Sharon, PA.
Speciel Events will take place
at
the Museum & Theatre
with speciel permits.
(See Special Events Page)
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www.musicFIRSTcoalition.org
People who love music understand that creativity, talent and hard work are required to bring it to life.
The goal of musicFIRST is to
ensure that struggling performers, local musicians and well-known
artists are compensated for their music when it is played both
today and in the future.
Of all the ways we listen to music, corporate radio is the only one
that receives special treatment.
For more than 80 years,
big radio has had a free pass
to play music – refusing to pay
even a fraction of a penny to the performers that brought it to life.
music FIRST is committed to
making sure everyone, from
up-and-coming artists to our
favorites from years-ago,
is guaranteed
Fair Pay for Air Play.
You can help by writing your member of Congress and telling them that you support musicFIRST’s effort to make a performance right a reality for all artists and musicians.
www.musicFIRSTcoalition.org
All Inducted Vocal Groups are Encouraged to Join the Coalition
(Click Link Above)
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Radio’s promotional value is on
the decline. New music distribution platforms – such as satellite, cable and internet radio – provide additional ways for consumers to enjoy music. With the exception of AM and FM radio, each platform pays for the recordings they use regardless of any promotion that might occur as a result, including broadcasters who simulcast their programming on the Internet. However, the bottom line is that
this is about simple fairness: the artists who bring the music to life, who attract listeners to a station, and who make it possible for
radio to make money by
selling advertising deserve to
be compensated when
a radio
station uses their music
to compensate itself.
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May 19 , 1958
Alan Freed joined N.Y. 's
WABC Radio one week after quitting his psistion at WINS.
The samr day The Clovers
signed with Popular Records after seven years with
Atlantic, The Drifters classic "Drip" (Atlantic #85) was released and Jerry Butler &
The Impressions debut disc
"For Your Precious Love"
(Falcon #11) came out.
Top Single
"The Magic Touch"
The Platters 1956 #4
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May 20 , 1957
The Channels
"I Really Love You"
(Whirlin Disc) and The Mellokings classic "Tonite, Tonite" (Herald #77) were issued.
Top Single
"I'll Take You There"
The Staples Singers
1972 #1 R&B
Birthday
Susan Cowsill
(Cowsills) 1960
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May 21 , 1955
The Four Knights first Top 100 singles "If I May" (Capitol #8) charted, One of the groups four pop hits was "My Personal Possessions" (#21) with Nat "King" Cole singers lead.
Top Single
"Sun Ain't Gonna
Shine Anymore"
The Walker Brothers
1966 #13
Birthday
Ronald Isley
(Isley Brothers) 1941
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May 22 , 1955
The Revileers "Forever" (Baton), The Strangers "Blue Flowers" (King ) and The El Rays "Darling I Know" (Checker) were released. Soon after, The El Ray changed their name to The Dells.
Top Single
"Dadd'ys Home"
Shep & The Limelites
1961 #3
Birthday
Jimmy Keys
(Chords) 1930
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May 23 , 1955
The Chairman Of The Board's "Dangling On A String" became the 2nd of their 12 R&B chart singles ( #38 Pop, #19 R&B).
Top Single
"Chapel Of Love"
The Dixie Cups
1964 #4
Birthday
General Norman Johnson (Chairman Of The Board)
1943
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May 24 , 1969
The Emotions charted with
"So I Can Love You," their debut disc on both the Pop (#39) and R&B (#3) charts. The Trio of Hutchinson sisters went on to have 30 R&B hits thru 1984.
Top Single
"Oh Happy Day"
Edwin Hawkins Singers
1969 #5
Birthday
Sara Dash (Labelle) 1942,
Patti Labelle 1944
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The Vocal Group Hall of Fame Foundation needs your
financial support.
Memberships
Grants, Sponsorships
& Donations
are difficult
to acquire &
slow to come.
Funding is required
for operations,
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purchase
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  MSNBC.com 
Jon (BOWZER) Bauman
Vocal Group
Hall of Fame
TRUTH IN MUSIC
Committee Chairman
Thank You
 
 ust see
 
Click above to view the
"Truth In Music" segment
at ABC News.com
Doo Wop Singers to
Imposters: & 'Enough!'
Doo Wop Controversy
Some good news
Governor Pawlenty
of Minnesota signed
Truth in Music
into law,
bringing our total
to
four
new states completed in '08.
They are Indiana, Mississippi, Colorado and Minnesota.
Our Maryland bill is on
Governor O'Malley's desk
and we are trying to arrange
a bill signing ceremony shortly. Vermont has now passed both the House and the Senate.
They have to reconcile a
minor amendment and then
we will be on the Gov's desk
for signature. We expect Ohio and Rhode Island to continue moving along normally.
If they pass this session we
will be law in 26 states
over
half the country!!!
"Truth In Music" Has Arrived! The Truth In Music Bill
was created to protect the
artists
from Identity theft
and to protect the Consumer from being mis-lead to believe
they are seeing
the legendary
artists that
made the
hits
songs
famous,
when in
fact
they are not.
The Truth in Music Law
is designed to stop unscrupulous concert promoters from deceiving the public with “impostor groups” which
have no connection, legal
or otherwise, to the
authentic groups.
Fundamentally, this is a consumer protection bill,
as the public pays hard-earned money to see a show and has no idea what it’s even getting. The bill makes it mandatory for a live performance to include at least one recording member of the group who still has the right to use the group name. Otherwise, the act must be billed as a “tribute” or a “salute” so that the public knows what it’s paying for.
An ancillary effect of this
bill
is to help the authentic artists themselves, who have been struggling for many years to try to stop impostors to no avail. The impostor groups take their jobs, their money, their legacy and their applause.
The bill is necessary because existing law has completely failed to work and impostor groups have multiplied.
There may be as many as
50 groups of “Coasters”
and “Platters” performed nationwide, often
at the same time in different venues. The bill shifts the burden to those groups to prove that they actually have rights to the group names. The specific guidelines the bill provides
give clarity to venues as
to whom to book, and to
the state attorney general’s office as to what constitutes
a violation. This is much more efficient and cost-effective than any other way of dealing with this very specialized area.
Because of the above, we have passed 22 states so far, including NY, CA, FL, NV, TN, TX, MO, PA, NJ, MI, MA, CT, IL, IN, WI, VA, ME, CO, MS, MN,
SC, and ND.
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Truth In Music Bill
This bill makes it a violation
of the consumer fraud act
for
any person to advertise
a live musical performance
or
production through
the use
of an affiliation, connection or association between the
performing
group and
the
recording group...
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