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THE O'JAYS and STEPHANIE MILLS
2012 Featured Performers
The O'Jays are living legends. With over 24 Top
Ten hits and 59 total charted songs, performing
for over 50 years, they are light years away from
easing up on the gas. The O'Jays have contributed
10 Gold Albums with 9 going Platinum and 10 #1
hits. Their "For the Love" album released in 2001,
was a chart topper, and in 2002, was nominated for
a Grammy.
Hailing from Canton, Ohio, Eddie Levert, Sr. & Walter
Williams, Sr. two of the original members, and Eric
Nolan Grant will perform such classic hits as, "Back
Stabbers", "For the Love of Money", "Darlin' Darlin'
Baby", "Love Train", and "Used Ta Be My Girl" while
executing their synchronized steps, choreographed
by the late Cholly Adkins.
At concerts in America and overseas, their soulful singing brings in "standing room" only audiences.
Says Walter Williams., "We have three generations at our concerts... the kids, the moms and dads,
and the grandmas and grandads." They were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004
and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2011, the O'Jays were awarded BET's "Lifetime
Achievement Award". After 50 years of continued success, the O'Jays are still going strong!
Stephanie Mills
was born on March 22, 1957 in Brooklyn, New
York. She honed her rich vocals singing gospel music. At age nine,
she won 1st Prize at New York’s famed Apollo Theater’s talent contest
for six weeks straight. That success led to her being chosen as the
opening act for the Isley Brothers.
In 1975, Ms. Mills starred in the Broadway production, "The Wiz",
an adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s classic book, "The Wizard of Oz."
For five years she mesmerized audiences nightly as Dorothy , “the
little girl with the big voice”.
Singer Jermaine Jackson referred Mills to Motown head Berry Gordy,
who signed her to the label in 1976. In 1978, she signed to 20th
Century Records. Her first LP for the label, “Whatcha Gonna Do With
My Lovin” went gold, going to number 12 on the R&B Chart. Future
hits included “Sweet Sensation”, “Never Knew Love Like This Before”,
“I Have Learned To Respect The Power Of Love” and “Something In The Way You Make Me Feel.”
In 1989 she recorded the song “Home” as a posthumous tribute to The Wiz’s producer, Ken
Harper, and the song’s composer, Charlie Smalls, which went to #1 on the R&B Chart. Today, Ms.
Mills is still performing to "sold out" audiences.