With the increasing number of films aimed towards black audiences in the early 1970s, filmmakers realized that they couldn’t turn to Henry Mancini to provide the musical backdrops for these movies.

R&B singer, songwriter and exemplary record producer Harvey Fuqua, an early mentor to legendary singer Marvin Gaye has passed away as of early this morning at the age of 80. Fuqua died after a heart attack at a Detroit hospital according to reports from the Motown Alumni Association. Known and respected for bringing R&B/doo wop […]

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With the increasing number of films aimed towards black audiences in the early 1970s, filmmakers realized that they couldn’t turn to Henry Mancini to provide the musical backdrops for these movies.