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News Briefs
Melba Moore, the singer-ac
tress now a spokesperson for
the timmy-Peabody Award
winning series of ITT's "Big
Blue Marble,” is scheduled to
aDDear this month in Flint,
Michigan. Pittsburgh, Pa.,
and Houston. Texas
Aretha Franklin's “Spar
kle'' album on Atlantic Re
cords, music from the Wamei
Bros, motion picture, compos
ed and produced by CiifIE
Mayfield, has been certified
gold for U.S. sales in excess of
500,000 units. The album* re
leased on May 24, was certi
Latasha Perry, 2-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Clinton J. Perry Jr. of 13S
Clanton Road, was the winner
of a baby contest at the United
- House of Prayer for Ail Peo
ple, Sunday, August 8. She was
one of four contestants. The
contest was sponsored by the
Senior Nurses, an organiza
tion within the church. The
young miss won a *10 first
prize.
American Bandstand
To Feature Rodney,
England Dan
Dick Clark welcomes guests
Rodney, the computerized
puppet, and England Dan and
John Ford Coley to the ABC
Television Network’s "Ame
rican Bandstand", SAT +
URDAY, AUGUST 14 from
(12:30 to 1:30 p.m.)
England Dan and John Ford
Coley will perform "I'd Really
Love to See You Tonight” and
"There Will Never Be Another
For Me.” Rodney will enter
tain the audience and rap with
_host Dick Clark.
"J.D.’s Revenge" is No 17
in the past week s "50 Top
Grossing Films” list with the
revival of "Lady Sings The
Blues” and "Mahogany" No
27.
Cleavon Little, who starred
as the zany sheriff in "Blazing
Saddles", returns to Warner
Bros, to co-star with Richard
Pryor, Pam Grier. Bean Brid
May llllien and Rirhi?
-Havens in the studio's new
filnj based on the life of
Wendell Scott, the first Black
Champion racing car driver.
Shooting on the Third World
Cinema Production is now
going on in Georgia with Mel
vin Van Peebles directing.
“I Have A Dream”, the hit
stage play starring Billy Dee
Williams as Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., has been optioned
by Paramount TV for a two
hour TV special. The play,
which has been on tour for 12
weeks^was taped at Philadel
phia's Shubert Theatre It has
played to audiences in Chica
go, Washington, La, and At
lanta. Featured in the cast are
Judyann Elder, Marion Ram
sy and Kenny Moore. It's still
scheduled to open on Broad
way at the Ambassador Thea
tre on Sept. 20.
me Bingo Long Traveling
All-Stars & Motor Kings" is a
solid comedy hit and now MCA
is releasing the soundtrack of
the movie, produced by Mo
town, with William Gold
stein’s score capturing the era
in jazz, blues and Dixieland.
You can also catch Theliha
Houston on some solid vocals.
Vivian Reed, who stars in th
smash hit musical, "Bubbling
Brown Sugar,” was awarded
the 1976 Dance Educators of
America Award for her "over
whelming contribution in the
field of musical comedy" at
the Waldorf
American Heart Association
is using the Supremes' Mo
town single, “I’m Gonna Let
My Heart Do the Walking”, in'
a promotional effort which has
3,000 copies going out to as
many radio stations adding a
spoken line: “Let your body
do more walking for your
heart’s sake.”
Singer Johnny Hartman has
a new record, “Johnny Hart
man-Johnny Hartman,” a
takeoff on you know what. It’s
not released yet, but watch out
for it.
This artist's rendering shows what the Amay
James Recreation and Human Resources
Center will look like upon completion in July
1977. The City Council, other City government
representatives and West Boulevard commu
nity leaders were on hand Thursday, July 29
Tor a groundbreaking ceremony, officially
kicking off construction. When completed, the
Amay James Center will feature a Human
Resources Center, Recreational Building and
outdoor recreational spaces. The $872,000
facility is being built on a 20-acre tract of land
adjacent to Amay James Elementary School.
Photo supplied by Charlotte Public Service
Information Department.
Billy Paul To Star On Soul Train
Two current favorites, Billy
Paul and The Trammps, are
featured artists this weekend
on Soul Train, television's soul
entertainment showcase.
An original and innovative
song stylist, Billy Paul sings'
"When Love Is New,” "People
Power” and "Let s Make A
Baby." Now at the peak of his
career which began at age 12
in his native Philadelphia,
Paul’s first break came with
his recording of "Me and Mrs.
Jones" although he had ap
peared in concerts with such
stars^s^Charli^J^arker^JJ^^
nah Washington, Nina Si
mone, Miles Davis, The Im
pressions, Sammy Davis, Jr
and Roberta Flack.
Also hailing from Philadel
phia, the Trammps are it
talented and versatile musi
cians who signed their first
record contract in 1975. Popu
lar on the disco scene, some of
their hit singles are: “Zing
Went, the Strings Of My
Heart,” “Sixty Minute Man"
and “Where Do We Go From
Here,”.
For their Soul Train debut,
they perform from their al
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bum of the same name,
“That's Where the Happy Peo
ple Go" and their chart-climb
ing "Hold Back The Night."
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UNCC Trusteed Approves Dr. Graves
i/r. oenjamin Barnes
Graves, the president of the
University of Alabama at
Huntsville, will be visiting
professor of business adminis
tration at the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte
during the coming year.
His appointment was ap
proved Friday by the UNCC
Board of Trustees. Also ap
proved was the appointment
of an attorney, William Mc
Kinley Steimer, as assistant \o
the Chancellor.
These were among 30 new
appomlmnnlsjipprov^ hy the
UNCC Board.
In other action, Dr. Douglas
Lee Grimsley of UNCC was
named chairman of the De
partment of Psychology He
holds the Ph.D. degree from
Syracuse University.
Dr. Terrence Houser Scout
was promoted to assistant
professor of sociology upon
completion of his Ph.D and
Dr. Cora Lee Wetherington
was promoted to assistant
professor of psychology upon
completion of the doctoral
degree.
Dr. Graves has been Milner
Professor at the University of
Mississippi and President of
Millsaps College and has bee
a guest lecturer at variou
institutions in the eastern Uni
ted States. He holds the PhX
degree from Louisiana State
University.
Mr. Steimer is working to
ward the Ph D degree from
the University of Chicago and
holds the J.D. degree from the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
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