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Lenny Williams, the Glossary

Leonard Charles Williams (born February 16, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead vocalist for the soul/funk group Tower of Power in the early 1970s.^[1]

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Tower of Power members

ABC Records

ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955.

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Andraé Crouch

Andraé Edward Crouch (July 1, 1942 – January 8, 2015) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor.

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André 3000

André Lauren Benjamin (born May 27, 1975), better known as André 3000, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor.

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Back to Oakland

Back to Oakland is the fourth album by Bay Area based band Tower of Power, released in early 1974 on Warner Bros. Records.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Lenny Williams and Billy Preston are 20th-century African-American male singers, 21st-century African-American male singers and American soul singers.

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Black Star (rap duo)

Black Star is an American hip hop duo formed in 1996, from Brooklyn, New York City.

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Black Thought

Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (born October 3, 1971), better known as Black Thought, is an American rapper, singer, actor and the lead MC of the Philadelphia-based hip hop group The Roots, which he co-founded with drummer Questlove.

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Creedence Clearwater Revival

Creedence Clearwater Revival, commonly abbreviated as CCR or simply Creedence, was an American rock band formed in El Cerrito, California.

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Deborah Cox

Deborah Cox (born July 13, 1974) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer.

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Don't Make Me Wait for Love

"Don't Make Me Wait For Love" is a song by Kenny G featuring Lenny Williams on lead vocals—the first single released from Kenny G's 1986 album Duotones.

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Dottie Peoples

Dorothy "Dottie" Peoples is an American gospel singer from Dayton, Ohio.

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Duotones

Duotones is the fourth studio album by American saxophonist Kenny G, released on September 29, 1986 by Arista Records.

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Edwin Hawkins

Edwin Reuben Hawkins (August 19, 1943 – January 15, 2018) was an American gospel musician, pianist, vocalist, choir master, composer, and arranger.

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Expansion Records

Expansion Records is a British record label founded by Northern Soul DJ Richard Searling and Soul Bowl owner John Anderson.

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Fantasy Records

Fantasy Records is an American independent record label company founded by brothers Max and Sol Stanley Weiss in 1949.

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Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century.

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.

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Independent record label

An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME.

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Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper and entrepreneur.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jeezy

Jay Wayne Jenkins (born September 28, 1977), known by his stage name Jeezy (or Young Jeezy), is an American rapper.

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John Fogerty

John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.

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Kanye West

Ye (born Kanye Omari West; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer. Lenny Williams and Kanye West are 20th-century African-American male singers and 21st-century African-American male singers.

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Kenny G

Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (born June 5, 1956), known professionally as Kenny G, is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, and producer.

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Kenny Lattimore

Kenny Lattimore (born April 10, 1970) is an American R&B singer. Lenny Williams and Kenny Lattimore are 20th-century African-American male singers, 21st-century African-American male singers and American soul singers.

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Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock (I’i-zhinka) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas.

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Martha Wash

Martha Elaine Wash (born December 28, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer. Lenny Williams and Martha Wash are American soul singers.

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MC Jin

Jin Au-Yeung (born June 4, 1982), known professionally as MC Jin, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and comedian of Chinese descent.

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MCA Records

MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc. established in 1972, though MCA had released recordings under that name in the UK from the 1960s.

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Mel Jackson

Mel Jackson (born October 13, 1970) is an American actor.

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Mobb Deep

Mobb Deep was an American hip hop duo from Queens, New York formed in 1991.

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Motown

Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.

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Overnight Celebrity

"Overnight Celebrity" is the second single from Twista's 2004 album Kamikaze.

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Record chart

A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period.

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Recording contract

A recording contract (commonly called a record contract or record deal) is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording act (artist or group), where the act makes an audio recording (or series of recordings) for the label to sell and promote.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s.

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Sampling (music)

In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording.

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San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a region of California surrounding and including the San Francisco Bay.

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Scarface (rapper)

Brad Terrence Jordan (born November 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Scarface, is an American rapper and record producer best known as a member of the Geto Boys, a hip-hop group from Houston, Texas.

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Single (music)

In music, a single is a type of release of a song recording of fewer tracks than an album or LP record, typically one or two tracks.

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Sly Stone

Sylvester Stewart (born March 15, 1943), better known by his stage name Sly Stone, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer who is most famous for his role as frontman for Sly and the Family Stone, playing a critical role in the development of funk with his pioneering fusion of soul, rock, psychedelia and gospel in the 1960s and 1970s. Lenny Williams and Sly Stone are 20th-century African-American male singers and American soul singers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Williams

, The Rest Is History (Jin album), The Roots, Top 40, Tower of Power, Tower of Power (album), Tramaine Hawkins, Trey Songz, Twista, Urban Renewal (Tower of Power album), Walter Hawkins, Warner Records.

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Tower of Power members

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