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McClymonds' Own Genius Of The Sax, John Handy
John Handy, Biography John Handy has been honored with the Bill Graham Lifetime Achievement Award from the 1997 Bay Area Music Awards!. Having played professionally ... -
Joe Morgan—Oakland's Little Baseball Giant
Joe Morgan—A Little Man Playing A Big Man's Game “If I had to go into the draft right now, I never would have gotten a ... -
Bill Russell, Basketball Giant
Bill Russell Biography.com Coach, Famous Basketball Players (1934–) Hailed as the greatest winner in sports, Basketball Hall of Fame center Bill Russell led the Boston Celtics to ... -
Frank Robinson—Groundbreaking Baseball Star
“When I took the [manager] job in Cleveland, there was little time for me to think about repercussions. I made the right move, though. The ... -
Oakland's First Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion John Henry Lewis
John Henry Lewis was the first black American to win the light heavyweight championship, a title he held for four years. And as with many ... -
Digital Underground—Rising Up Out Of Oakland's Soulful Soil
Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine While hip-hop was consumed by the hardcore, noisy political rap of Public Enemy and the gangsta rap of N.W.A., Digital Underground sneaked out of Oakland ... -
Jim Hines—One-Time World's Fastest Human
Jim Hines, born in Dumas, Desha County, Arkansas, raised in Oakland, California, where he excelled in athletics at McClymonds High School, is an Olympic track ... -
Oaktown's Got 5 On Luniz
Oakland rap duo Luniz, original named Luni Tunz, consisted of Yukmouth (Jerold Ellis III) and Numskull (Garrick Husbands), two friends who knew each other ... -
Art n' Soul—The Oakland R&B Trio
Art N’ Soul were an R&B trio from Oakland, California that consisted of singer\bassist Tracy (Sam Bostic), keyboardist Latrel, and drummer Dion. In 1996, the trio ... -
Too Short, Oakland's Rap Giant
Artist Biography by John Bush Born in Los Angeles, but an Oakland resident by the age of 14, Too Short was the first West Coast rap star, recording ...
