(pictured right: current issue of The Urban Network with Alicia Keys)
I found a copy of The Urban Network - Keeping You Industry Connected (February 2004/Usher Cover) - today while doing some routine cleaning up.
I haven't seen this magazine in a while in stores because I would normally pick it up at Tower Records when I would swing through and of course we all know by now Tower has been closed in the D.C. area since December 22nd, 2006.
The last article in the back was so well done and informative, I am surprised I didn't remember it but I knew I kept this magazine for a reason. It is a special compilation on the 40 most influential professionals in the history of the music business. Many names I knew and know but there are many I had only heard of or read in some books I have so it was good to put the faces with the names. I cannot republish the whole article here but the names gives one a good start in the right direction for doing any research.
~LT
The Urban Network 40
A Black History Month Salute
Complied by David A. Mitchell, A. Scott Galloway and Elsa Lathan...special thanks to Cynthia Badie & The Living Legends Foundation for their assistance in preparing this historic piece.
Volume 15 Number 6
www.urbannetworkmags.com
The following collective represents 40 of the most influential professionals in the history of the music business. Now, we at Urban Network understand that no listing can ever be all-encompassing or completely comprehensive. But the purpose of this article is to make our younger readers aware of some of the trailblazers who paved the way in our business, and to give our more seasoned readers an opportunity to reflect on the influence of these pioneers--many who are still vert active in the in the industry. We purposely omitted any recording artists except in rare cases where they performed entrepreneurial duties as heads of their own record labels. For our critics, this piece will certainly lend itself for debate. Enjoy the read!
Ewart Abner
Larkin Armold
Clarence Avant
Al Bell
Jheryl Busby
Andrew & Mildred Carter
Vivian Carter & James Bracken
Dave Clark
Chicago Radio Pioneers Jack Cooper, AL Benson, and E. Rodney Jones
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs
Don Cornelius
Frankie Crocker
George Daniels
Kenneth "Babyface/'Face" Edmonds
Royce Fortune Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
Jack "The Rapper" Gibson
Dick Griffey
Berry Gordy
Holland-Dozier-Holland
Cathy Hughes
Jocko Henderson
Cecil Holmes
Hal Jackson
King James
Robert L. (Bob) Johnson
Quincy Jones
Tom Joyner
Magnificent Montague
Antonio "L.A." Reid
Sylvia Rhone
Sylvia Robinson
William "Bunky" Sheppard
Russell Simmons
Vernon Slaughter
The Sutton Family
Bruce Webb
Norman Whitfield
Georgie Woods
Andre "Dr. Dre" Young
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