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Article: R&B Foundation Reviving Pioneer Awards
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- April 11, 2006
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NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer
AP Online
04-11-2006
Dateline: NEW YORK
The Rhythm & Blues Foundation, which halted its Pioneer Awards for soul legends three years ago as the organization battled money woes, is reviving the ceremony in June and relocating to Philadelphia, the organization told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
The Pioneer Awards, co-founded by Bonnie Raitt in 1989, were created not only to preserve the legacy of R&B, but to provide financial, medical and other kinds of assistance to struggling soul musicians.
But in 2003, the New York-based organization had fallen on hard times itself. The Pioneer Awards, which in previous years honored acts including the Supremes ...