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Veteran Backup Singer Roberta Freeman Remembers Mary Wilson Veteran Backup Singer Roberta Freeman Remembers Mary Wilson "Mary was my show biz Mommy," writes Freeman. "I wish I could tell her how much I appreciate her now" Andy Greene, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Roberta Freeman has worked with everyone from Guns N’ Roses and Pink Floyd to Cinderella and Weezer during her long career as a backup singer, but she points to a five-year stint with Mary Wilson of the Supremes as one of her gr...

While remembering those African-Americans who paved the way, there are still so many people who have made history in the past century.

Mississippi governor signs law for flag without rebel emblem Emily Wagster Pettus Updated:  Tags:  Copyright 2021. The Associated Press. All rights reserved Members of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Honor Guard prepare to raise the new Mississippi State flag at the Capitol in Jackson, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Earlier in the afternoon, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a law that created the new state flag with magnolia at the center, six months after the state retired the last state fla...

California, i think, and we didnt have any money, so they started writing like crazy. and we started doing anything we could to pay the rent. >> we just happened to play the whiskey go go, and jimmy had a camera and took some pictures of the chicago transit at the marquee at the whiskey. and when i go by there, i think of jimmy and i standing there. >> we were opening for bb king or something like that. albert king. walter turned around to walk out, he probably -- he might have told you this sto...

Frozen in time. april 4th, 1968. its a day shes only talked about with the closest of family members until now. were you having a conversation with anyone? >> no. i was not. i was not. i was just standing there. like in shock. >> reporter: witness number 43. mary ellen norwood. this memphis police report lists her as female, colored, 21, and employed at the lorraine as a waitress and cook. what was it like working here? >> i loved it. i did. i really loved it. >> reporter: walter and lori bailey...

Which we find ourselves. >> you are optimistic. you sound optimistic. >> not, i am not an optimism, i am a blues man. blues producers prisoners of hope. when bb king says nobody loves me but my momma. he says it with a while, with style. a blues man is focused on the love. what love feels like in private. how do we preserve whatever traditions of love and beauty we have left. so much of our democracy is completely shattered given this present situation. >> i was reading your book, and one of you...

>> we happened to play the whiskey a go-go and pictures on the marquis and when i go by, i think of jimmy and i standing there. >> we were opening for bb king or something like that. albert king. walter turned around and he might have told you this story. >> i got a tap on my shoulder and i turned around and i was putting a saxophone away. it was jimi hendrix. he called me by name. he said the horns are like one set of lungs, the guitar player is better than me. >> it sounds like one set of lung...

Terrific book. "i would die for you." check it out and always good to see you. two months after prince, the most important and beloved public figures of the 20th vinch. i had a chance to discuss allys legacy with big withers who performed during alis 1974 rumble in the jungle. >> it was interesting because you had people that would normally never come in contact with each other. i mean and elsewhere would you get bud, norman, bb king, james brown, and the pointer sisters? theyre not likely to ...

the gibson company of tennessee has made some of the most recognizable guitars. as part of our artisan series, cnn style visited gibsons nashville factory to discover the craftsmanship behind the instruments used in some of the most iconic rock anthems. ♪ >> gibson electric guitars have been the instrument of choice for rock and blues legends. from bb king and chuck barry to bob marley. >> what makes it less fall or gibson great is the second you play it, youre a musician, you know the diff...

Foul play surrounding the death of blues legend bb king. medical examiners say an autopsy reveals the evidence that king was poisoned, tests conducted on the body show he died of various causes including alzheimers disease, heart condition and type 2 diabetes. two of bb kings children have accused their fathers business manager and personal assistant of murder. im kelly wright. back to "red eye." >> welcome back. it is time to find out what we got wrong and what we missed from tvs andy levey. >>...