For Immediate Release:
Kitoto Von Hebb / Bobby Hebb EP to be released on February 6 at the Apollo Theater
First release from Bobby Hebb / Sunny boxed set due on Feb. 6
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"TWIST & SHOUT: New York Celebrate The
Beatles" at the legendary Apollo Theater, has announced the
addition of Dionne Warwick, Mary Wilson (Supremes),
Lulu, Barbara Harris (The Toys) and
Margaret Ross WiIliams (The Toys) to the
Thursday, February 6 star-studded charity concert being held as part of "NYC FAB
50: Celebrating the Music of The Beatles" 50th Anniversary Celebration. Tickets
now on sale through Ticketmaster, ranging from $20-150.00.
Dionne
Warwick, five-time
Grammy Award winning music legend and a 2014 Grammy Award nominee once again,
has been a conerstone of American pop music & culture. Dionne's career,
which spans more than 50 years, has established her as an International music
icon and concert act. She has earned more than sixty charted hit songs and sold
over 100 million records, including more than 18 consecutive Top 100 singles. A
friend to The Beatles in the 60's, Warwick was part of some of
the most
famous fund-raising musical events in history, including “We Are the
World,”"Live Aid” and “That’s What Friends Are For.” She became a United Nations
Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a U.S.
Ambassador of Health.
Mary
Wilson is a
founding member of the world’s most famous female trio THE SUPREMES,
who recorded twelve #1 hits from 1964 to 1969. Back in 1964 the
Supremes' “Where Did Our Love Go” reached #1 in the U.S. pop charts, and
they released four more number one hits, “Baby Love,” “Come See About Me,”
“Stop In the Name of Love,” and “Back in My Arms Again,” making them the only
group to have five consecutive #1 hits.The legendary singer’s career did not
stop there, and she continues to soar to untold heights. Mary is a
best-selling author, motivational speaker, businesswoman, former U.S. Cultural
Ambassador, the recipient of an Associate Degree from New York University in
2001, and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Paine College in Augusta,
Georgia.In 1988, Mary Wilson accepted the prestigious Lifetime Achievement
Award on behalf of the Supremes when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame. In 1994, the Supremes received a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame, and in 1998 they were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of
Fame.
Lulu is
in her fifth decade entertaining, and the Scottish dynamo has put her
unmistakable stamp on some of the soul songs that meant the most to her with a
new album executive produced by Sir Elton John. Lulu, who had hits in the
60s with “Shout” and “To Sir With Love,” has recorded landmark songs
originally recorded by the artists who helped to write the dictionary of soul.
“Shout,” Lulu’s debut hit in 1964, first charted for the Isley Brothers in the
US in 1959 and then again in 1962, while “‘To Sir With Love” entered the
Billboard Hot 100 in the same week in 1967 as Sam & Dave’s “Soul Man,” and a
few weeks later kept it off the No.1 spot.
Margaret
Ross Williams is the lead
singer of the
legendary girl group THE
COOKIES. Margaret Ross Williams sang lead on many classics. The Cookies
scored their biggest hits with the King/Goffen-penned "Don't Say Nothin Bad
About My Baby" and "Chains." "Chains" was covered by The Beatles. Formed in
Brooklyn in the 50s, The Cookies were a staple of the Brill Building. Aside from
their close association with Carole King & Gerry Goffen, they sang on such
hits as Neil Sedaka's "Breaking Up is Hard to Do," Little Eva's "The Locomotion"
& many
others. Photo is with Carole King.
Barbara
Harris of The TOYS - In
September of 1965 a record was released on the DynaVoice label that was to
become an international, all-time classic. "A Lovers Concerto" by "The Toys"
entered the charts and in just six short weeks surpassed the likes of The
Beatles, Supremes, Elvis Presley, Rolling Stones, Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, etc.
The song reached reached #1 and sold millions. The voice singing lead was
that of Barbara Harris, and she sounds just as great today as she did half a
decade ago.
Kitoto Von Hebb, the daughter of two musical parents, one
being "Sunny" author/singer Bobby Hebb, is from a family with deep and
impressive musical roots. Her great uncle, Harold "Hal" Hebb was a member
of the Marigolds, the group that performed for Elvis Presley at the Governor's
Mansion in Tennessee. Bobby Hebb toured with The Beatles and was a friend
of theirs. His biggest hit, "Sunny," was recorded in New York City.
Released as a single, it reached #3 on the R&B charts, #2 on the Billboard
Hot 100, sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. When Hebb
toured with The Beatles in 1966, "Sunny" was, at the time of the tour, ranked
higher than any Beatles song then on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. BMI rated
"Sunny" number 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century."
Also on the bill are
Lloyd Price, a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame artist,
is one of the legends and pioneers of rock & roll. He
is known worldwide for his hits "Personality," "Stagger Lee" and "Lawdy
Miss Clawdy." “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” topped the R&B charts for seven weeks and
was covered by the likes of Elvis Presley (who performed it on
his 1968 NBC-TV special), John Lennon and Elvis Costello.
Bettye LaVette is a Grammy Award nominee who has performed
at the Kennedy Center Honors and is heralded for re-inventing songs from the
British bands who were initially influenced by American R & B music. She
joined Todd Rundgren, Patti Austin and others for a Hollywood Bowl concert
dedicated to The Beatles, and has thrilled audiences at the annual John Lennon
charity tribute concert held in New York.Gary U.S. Bonds is an honoree of the Rhythm & Blues Foundation, a “favorite son” of the Blues Brothers and his classic recording “Quarter to Three" appears on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll" list. His first hit was “New Orleans” and he teamed with Bruce Springsteen for his comeback hit “This Little Girl.” The Beatles backed Bonds on an early European tour, but were actually fired from the tour.
Melvin Van Peebles is the ultimate Renaissance man: actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist, visual artist and composer. Best known as a revolutionary film-maker (and to younger movie-goers as the father of Mario Van Peebles), his music has run the gamete from soul, funk, jazz rap and improvisational. An album released on The Beatles U.S. label, Capitol, was described as “filled with stylistic curveballs, Broadway-like compositions, and his animated verbal delivery.”
Barrence
Whitfield is a Boston-based,
internationally-followed R & B vocal powerhouse best known for his live
concerts as the front-man in Barrence Whitfield & the Savages. Delivering
soul, blues, funk, roots, jump and even rockabilly, Barrence has been
described as "a soul screamer in the spirit of Little Richard, Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke.” Anyone who can be compared to one of
The Beatles' greatest influences, Little Richard, is a singer who had to be
part of this tribute.
Roseanna Vitro is the Grammy-nominated vocal stylist
and reigning member of the jazz community who has served as an official Jazz
Ambassador sponsored in 2009 by Jazz at Lincoln Center and the U.S. State Dept,
and in 2004 by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She was inducted
in the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame.
Franke Previte is the Musical Director for the
concert under the supervision of Producer Dennis D'Amico. Franke won an Academy Award
for best Achievement in Music; Best Song for Dirty Dancing's "(I've Had) The
Time of My Life, and has sold over 50 million records. He is the leader of
The Brotherhood," a band of master musicians performing for the Apollo audience
of "Twist & Shout: New York Celebrates The Beatles." Pianist for The
Brotherhood is Roger
Kellaway, a jazz/pop/classical pianist & composer who
has worked with everyone from Elvis to Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie to Yo-Yo Ma,
Joni Mitchell to Mancini and Quincy Jones to Michael Tilson Thomas. His
discography runs more than two hundred and fifty albums. Kellaway’s most prized composer credit,
“Remembering You,” is the closing theme for the TV’s “All in the Family.” He has
written (and conducted) twenty-nine film scores including Barbara Streisand’s “A
Star is Born,” for which he received an Academy Award nomination. Roger’s most
recent commission, a twenty-two minute piece for two pianos, bass &
drums, is a jazz exploration of nine songs by Sir Paul McCartney.
The Apollo Theater at 253 West 125th Street, is one of the most
famous live music venues in the world, and even hosted a memorable Paul
McCartney concert in December of 2010.
100% of net proceeds from ticket sales
benefit the Food Bank for New York City. Artists subject to change. The
production is not affiliated with Apple Corp Ltd or The Beatles.
About Food Bank For New York
City:
Food Bank For New York City
recognizes 30 years as the city’s major hunger-relief organization
working to end food poverty throughout the five boroughs. As the
city’s hub for integrated food poverty assistance, Food Bank tackles the hunger
issue on three fronts — food distribution, income support and nutrition
education — all strategically guided by its research. Through its network
of community-based member programs citywide, Food Bank helps provide
400,000 free meals a day for New Yorkers in need. Food Bank’s hands-on
nutrition education program in the public schools reaches thousands of children,
teens and adults. Income support services including food stamps, free tax
assistance for the working poor and the Earned Income Tax Credit put millions of
dollars back in the pockets of low-income New Yorkers, helping them to achieve
greater dignity and independence. Learn how you can help at foodbanknyc.org.
Further information at www.NYCFAB50.com.
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