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Article: Music stars share their inspirations.(MUSIC)(black music singers)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- November 13, 2006
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AS JET celebrates its 55th anniversary, we look back on five decades of music created by some of the world's most brilliant singers and musicians.
It seems Black music has grown and evolved right along with JET.
JET was there to cover the phenomenal careers of such show biz pioneers as Josephine Baker, Lena Horne, Eartha Kitt, Nat King Cole, Quincy Jones, jazz royalty Duke Ellington and Count Basie, and the soul innovators Aretha Franklin, James Brown and Ray Charles.
JET also was there to witness Michael Jackson set world records with his 1981 Thriller album, the top-selling album of all time. And today, JET consistently covers the triumphs of ...