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ion. 1993 — Dies at age 84 in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. 1993 — Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously, from President Bill Clinton. "I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy.
dal of Freedom, posthumously, from President Bill Clinton. "I wish I could say that racism and prejudice w
ked with Archie Bell & the Drells, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, EFTA00692976 and The Sweet Inspirations. They also produced Mercury Records artists Jerry Butler and Dee Dee Warwick, scoring numerous hits along the way. With a solid track record now behind them, Gamble and Huff formed Ph
s at Westbound Records where the group met George Clinton, admired their music. The two albums' avante-gar
llboard Hot 100 in early 1973. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in May of that year. The band signed with Mercury Records in 1974. By then, their line-up had changed again, with keyboardist Billy Beck instead of Morrison and Jimmy "Diamond" Williams on drums instead of
that “he saved magic.” Since then, Blaine has produced nine additional primetime specials. Blaine has performed magic privately for U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Gates, Henry Kissinger, Mayor Bloomberg, Mark Zuckerberg, and Muhammad Ali, as well as Presi
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017531 →e To The Moon,” the first recording played by astronaut Buzz Aldrin when he landed upon the moon’s surface in 1969. When he became vice-president at Mercury Records in 1961, Quincy became the first high-level black executive of an established major record company. Toward the end of his association with the label,
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017544 →nvironmental Media Association (1989-present), to mobilize the entertainment industry to become more environmentally responsible. In 1999, President Clinton bestowed the National Medal of Arts on Mr. Lear, noting that “Norman Lear has held up a mirror to American society and changed the way we look at it.
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017548 →ecome more environmentally responsible. In 1999, President Clinton bestowed the National Medal of Arts on Mr. Lear,
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017548 →Entities connected to both Bill Clinton and Mercury Records

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