R&B Music Hall of Fame

R&B Music Hall of Fame sets big weekend to induct sophomore class featuring Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, Norm N. Nite and more

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Michael Jackson, pictured during his performance at Super Bowl XXVII in 1993, will be inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in Canton on Sunday. His father, Joe, is also part of R&B Hall’s sophomore class, and is receiving a lifetime achievement award as well. (Rusty Kennedy, Associated Press)
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By Chuck Yarborough, The Plain Dealer 
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on August 19, 2014 at 3:05 PM, updated August 19, 2014 at 5:04 PM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Membership in the Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame will grow by 14 groups, artists and individuals inducted as the Class of 2014 in Canton on Sunday.

It’s the sophomore class for the hall, brainchild of Clevelander and former Harlem Globetrotter LaMont Robinson, and the passion of the hall’s executive, Fred Wheatt.

Going into the hall this year will be Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, the Whispers, the Sweet Inspirations, Marvin Gaye,Norm N. Nite, Joe Jackson, the Delfonics,the Funk Brothers, Gene Chandler, Chubby Checker, the Andantes, B.B. King and Macy Gray.

Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson 5, also will receive the Rhythm & Blues Lifetime Achievement Award.

It’ll all go down in a series of events this weekend, starting with at the Soul Food Party in the Park at Canton’s Nimisilla Park from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, then with the pre-induction Celebrity White Party at Canton’s Cultural Center for the Arts from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, and culminating with the red carpet and induction ceremony and concert from 5 to about 11 p.m. Sunday at the Canton Palace Theatre.

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