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Page 0 Portland Observer Novem ber 29. 1979
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Miss Wells is appearing at the S how place Lounge from Novem ber 29th
through Saturday, D ecem ber 8th.
Mary Wells discovered at age 16
B.B. King going to China
Blues great B.B. King is the current favorite goodwill ambassador o f the U.S.
State Department. They are negotiating with the Peoples Republic o f China to
send King on a goodwill tour o f the Chinese mainland. This would make the
Mississippi born artist the first American performer to tour China since the
Communist takeover more than three decades ago.
King recently returned from a tour o f Russia, again on behalf o f the State
Department. In Russia King played to audiences as large as 100,000 people and
was invited to visit a collective farm. "The fa rm ," says King, "was actually like
the plantation which I grew up on in Mississippi. We had a chance to meet some
o f the workers there and learned quite a bit from them because they are a very
proud people -- proud o f what they are doing.”
King said he saw only thirteen Blacks in all o f the U.S.SR. but the all-white
audiences proved an easy chore. "L ik e Louis Armstrong said, ‘ Music is an
universal language’ Blues is the past, present and future with people who have
problems. The Soviets ha\e had thier share . . . they know the feeling o f hap
piness and they know pain."
It was one o f those golden eras in pop music -- a period that would establish
the pace that would be followed for years to come. They called it the "M otow n
Sound and its influence can still be detected, even though the Motown boom
faded almost as quickly as it began back in the early 1960s.
Motown shattered the color line in pop music. The music was soul that found
vast acceptance in the white market.
Motown s roster was filled with many o f the great names - The Supremes,
Diana Ross, M arvin Gaye, Tam m y T errell, Smokey Robinson and the
theS pm nen' Tcmptat,ons- S,cvie Wonder- Mar,ha Reeves and the Vandellas,
Right at the top o f that list has to be Mary W ells, the tirst artist to appear on
Berry Gordy s Mowtown label. Gordy discovered her when she was a 16-year-
old student at D etroit’s Northwestern High School. She had been singing,
mostly in church choirs, since the age o f 3.
G ordy was so impressed with her voice that he decided to sign her as the first
artist for the new label he was planning. The label was Motown.
Mary Wells kicked it o ff in grand style with two quick hit records, “ Bye Bye
Baby” and “ I Don’ t Wanna Take a Chance” , A hit album, "Bve Bye Baby” ,
quickly followed.
A t this point, her third single, "The One Who Really Loves Y o u", was
released and it sold more than a m illion copies — a staggering number for the
late ’50s and early ’60s.
A string ot m illion -seller records followed. Then came the hottest o f all Miss
Wells records. My G u y ", which sold 2'/: m illion copies and pushed the
Beatles out o f the top pop position.
After leaving Motown in 1966, Miss Wells signed with Atlantic Records and
Jubilee Records. With Jubilee she began writing and producing with her
husband, Cecil Womack. Among the results were "T h e D octor” , "T w o
Lovers" and "D ig the Way I Feel".
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FREDERICK G NELSON 5 nexn place
MUSIC MILLENNIUM •se e ,..-iOe
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Jewelry/Watches/Diamonds
Diamond Setting
PATON JEWELERS
PICTURED Crystal Blake of M o to w n R ecord's and Reggie Thomas
prom oter of Superdisco. Crystal w ill M.C along w ith J.W Friday
Look out Portland Hilton Hotel Flash Superdisco 1980 will arrive Flash-
funk along with Captain Boogie, currently featured in the movie Skatemwn
U .Y A and the upcoming disco roller film Captain Boogte. w,H appear alone
with Superdisco to make the last disco o f the 1970‘ s, the most unione disco-
entertainment event Portland has ever seen.
Be there Saturday, December 22, from 8:00 P.M. to 2:30 A M
Flashfunk Superdisco 1980 comes to Portland...
Portland's own Disc Jockey J.W. Friday will M.C the show alone with a
Disco rollerskating disc jockey.
Tickets go on sale December I st, at Meier & Frank ticket office.
Community Calendar
Black ide ntity in Portland will be the topic o f a presentation by the Black
Cultural Affairs Board o f PSL. Ron Herndon will speak on "Negativism of
Portland Toward Blacks". Jawanza Kunjufu o f the Institute o f Positive
Education will discuss "Black Identity: Today and T om orrow " December
6th, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Romeo \illanueva, who is on tour for the Campaign fo r a Nuclear-Free
Philippines will speak Monday, December 3rd at 7:30 p.m. at 4312 S.E. Stark
Childcare will be provided and refreshments served. Villanueva is a former
worker on the reactor which was sold to the Philippines by Westmghouse and
funded by the I S. Export-Import Bank. The event is sponsored by the Trojan
Decommissioning Alliance and the American Friends Service Committee
The Portland CETA Advisory Council will meet on Dec. 6th at 3:00 p m
Room 106, City Hall, to review trainee enrollment numbers and progress ,n the
* acker training program, and to review overall CETA enrollment levels
Daycara w orkshop to learn how to be certified to care for children in vour
home. Sponsored by 4-C and Ockley Green Community School. (283-8269)
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Christmas Advent Festival. Hilton
Hotel, Dec 9th. noon until 8:00 p.m. No admission charge
C rM tiy . writing classes will be held at the Western Forestry Center for
students grades4 through 9 Saturdays. 10:00a m until noon. (228-1367)
N orth P ortland Concerned Cltlaans will discuss Phase I o i Hnr
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5th. 7:30 p.m.. Portsmouth
An extra night at the pops!
It’ s A ‘ ‘ J o y fu l and Ja zz-F u ll”
Christmas season at Portland State
U niversity as jazz artists Jeannie
H o ffm a n on piano and David
Friesen on bass join the PL'S Chorus
and Sinfonietta for another annual
holiday event on December 6th and
7th at 8:00 p.m. in Lincoln Hall
Auditorium .
The event has become a Portland
tradition with the music and dance
presentations varying from standard
carols to the not-so-standard H o ff
m an'Friesen arrangements o f old
favorites.
The University Choir will be direc
ted by Bruce Browne and the Sin
fonietta by John Trudeau. Hoffman
has been a jazz pianist and vocalist
for more than twenty years in the
San Francisco and Portland areas
Her work with bassist Friesen has
earned them a wide circle o f fans.
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Pops P otpourri” - an evening w ith Irving Berlin, Rodgers b Hart,
Jerom e Kern, Duke Ellington, Norm an Leydon, Richard Hurst and Ar-
dyth S hapiro -- w ill b e n e fit the W ash in g to n Park Zoo. The O regon
Symphony Orchestra w ill perform at the Portland Civic A uditorium on
Decem ber 5th at 8 30 p.m .
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