CHRC and City Council Honors King Records Artists for Black History Month

CHRC and Councilmember Yvette Simpson closed out celebrating Black History Month with “Local Legends Lunch & Learn Series II honoring King Records”, Wednesday, February 24th, along with six of its recording artists. 

Each of the artists gave a brief explanation of how they came to be at King Records and City Council honored each artist with a Resolution: 

• Funk genre pioneer Bootsy Collins, who recorded with the late James Brown in his backup band known as the "Original J.B.'s
• James “Jimmy” Railey, one of the original Famous Flame
• James Brown’s original backup singers; sisters Geneva Kinard Woode and Denise Kinard Crawley, The Sisters of Righteous, who sang backup for James Brown and Vicky Anderson    
• Otis Williams, a producer and Otis Williams & The Charms and   
• Phillip Paul, a jazz and studio drummer.