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Article: Rhythm & Blues Foundation Announces 1994 Pioneer Awards
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- Oakland Post
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- January 26, 1994
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Barbara Lee
Oakland Post
01-26-1994
Rhythm & Blues Foundation Announces 1994 Pioneer Awards.
The Rhythm and Blues Foundation, dedicated to the celebration and preservation of one of America's most important art forms, is pleased to announce the recipients of the Fifth Annual Pioneer Awards. An official part of Grammy week, the Foundation's March 2nd award ceremony will present awards totalling $190,000 to ten seminal vocalists and instrumentalists, and two performance groups at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. In addition, the Foundation will bestow its Ray Charles Lifetime Achievement Award on one of the most irrepressible talents of all-time, Little Richard. Through the Pioneer ...