February 26, 1990 Cornelius E. Gunter, rhythm and blues singer, died. Gunter was born November 14, 1936 in Coffeyville, Kansas. He began recording in 1953 singing backup on Big Jay McNeelly’s “Nervous Man Nervous.” In 1957, he sang the title song for the movie “The Green Eyed Blonde.” From 1958 to 1961, Gunter performed as […]
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Cornelius E. Gunter – February 26th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on February 26, 2015 in African American History, February, Music
Tags: February 26, November 14, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, singer
Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge – February 26th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on February 26, 2014 in Acting, African American History, February
Tags: Broadway, comedian, February 26, November 29, OBIE Award, Tony Award
February 26, 1933 Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge, comedian and stage and film actor, was born in New York City. Cambridge won a four-year scholarship to study medicine, but instead decided to become an actor, leaving college in his third year.
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