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NHTE 532 John Ellison
Now Hear This Entertainment
English - April 24, 2024 04:30 - 50.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 69 ratingsMusic Arts Performing Arts music interview educate entertain singer songwriter musician performer now hear this Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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He wrote the R&B standard, “Some Kind of Wonderful,” and is still today singing, writing songs, and playing guitar. He earned a GRAMMY nomination for Male Vocalist of the Year, and, he received no fewer than five BMI lifetime achievement awards, was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, is about to be inducted into the Rochester (New York) Music Hall of Fame, and received three Canadian Lifetime Achievement Awards. He has played with, written for, and performed alongside the likes of Nina Simone, James Brown, The Temptations, Wilson Pickett, Grand Funk Railroad, Huey Lewis & the News, Buddy Guy, Joss Stone, and more. In late January he released a 12-song album.