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Rhythm & Blues Foundation
Founded
1988
Key people
Damon Williams (Chairman) Jeff Harleston (Executive Committee) Bruce Resnikoff (Executive Committee) Iris Gordy (Executive Committee) Claudette Robinson (Executive Committee) Ted Reid (Executive Committee)
Website
www.rhythmandbluesfoundation.org
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The Rhythm and Blues Foundation is an independent American nonprofit organization dedicated to the historical and cultural preservation of rhythm and blues music.
The idea for the foundation came in 1987 during discussions about royalties with entertainer Ruth Brown, entertainment attorney Howell Begle, and Ahmet Ertegun, the head of Atlantic Records.[1] Ertegun provided a $1.5 million donation, and the foundation was officially established in 1988 in Washington, D.C., and in 2005 moved its offices to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The foundation provides financial support, medical assistance and educational outreach through various grants and programs to support R&B and Motown artists from the 1940s through the 1970s.
The Rhythm and Blues Foundation has also produced their Annual event the Pioneer Awards since the 1980s, then under the Direction of Suzan Jenkins, Executive Director. It also administered the Doc Pomus Financial Assistance Program, The Motown/Universal Music Group Fund, and the Gwendolyn B. Gordy Fuqua Fund providing emergency assistance to legendary aging artists.
^Selke, Lori (October 23, 2017). "Forebears: Ruth Brown, The Fabulous Miss Rhythm". NPR.
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