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Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can (1973 Original Video)
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Bonnie Pointer: Dead At 69
Posted June 9, 2020 from TMZ — Bonnie Pointer of Oakland's The Pointer Sisters has died ... TMZ has learned. The Grammy-winning Motown artist, who was originally part of the ... -
Bay Rising: Oakland Music’s Moment in the Sun, 30 Years Later
Posted May 20, 2020 from The Ringer — By Rebecca Bodenheimer — On February 12, 1990, rapper MC Hammer released his third album, Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt Em. Thanks to ... -
MASTERPLAN- CLINTON PARK, oakland, CA
Clinton Park is an Oakland neighborhood in the flatlands just east of Lake Merritt. In 1955, Clinton was home to one of the first federal urban renewal projects in the ... -
Shakir Stewart—Gone Much Too Early
Shakir Stewart, the executive who succeeded Jay-Z as the head of the hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings, died in 2008 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in suburban ... -
J. Spencer Left Us Too Soon
A 90s hip-hop/jazz fusion saxophone player, J. Spencer (b. c.1971, Oakland, California, USA) originally emerged via Motown Records’ MoJazz subsidiary imprint as a talented harbinger of a ‘new age in ... -
Rosie Gaines Is Essential To Oakland's Musical History
Oakland's own Rosie Gaines is an American singer and musician. After releasing her first album Caring, she was hired by Prince as a singer, vocalist and keyboard player for the ... -
Sheila E.—Oakland Music Royalty
During the mid-'80s, Oakland native Sheila E. was the biggest and brightest of Prince's protégées, unique in seeming that she could stand toe to toe with the Purple One. Certainly during ...
