- management - November 6, 2000
Jeff Chelesvig has been promoted to president of the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines (Iowa). He has been with the facility since 1995.
- Executive Turntable
record companies: Steve Bartels is promoted to executive VP of promotion for Arista Records in New York. He was senior VP of promotion.
- MANAGEMENT - February 7, 1998
Richard Lisk has been named director of promotions for Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pa. Merri Lutzker Stephens has been promoted to manager of public relations ......
- R&B Foundation Names New Chief
Cecilia K. Carter has been appointed executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Rhythm & Blues Foundation.
- Tie-ins: VW Plays Backup for PBS On Scorcese's The Blues
Volkswagen is jazzing up its image ......
- Correcting Award Recipient in Blues Foundation ReleaseIssued May 25.
Entertainment Editors CORRECTION...by Blues Foundation In BW0590-5/25, (TN-BLUES-FOUNDATION) Reveals 21st Annual W.C. Handy Blues Awards Winners released May 25, second graf, fourth line should read ......
- Pd Reissues Ok For Pre-rock Heroes
Nigel Parker's unguarded comment that "many performers live out their lives in penury" ["Clock Ticking on Elvis Hits," Billboard, July 24] seems to suggest that ......
- R&B Pioneer Awards Latest Postponement
The Rhythm & Blues Foundation has postponed its Pioneer Awards ceremony, originally scheduled for Oct. 4 at the Apollo Theatre in New York. Executive director ......
- Blues To Highlight N.Y.'s SummerStage
SummerStage, the annual performance series at New York's Central Park, will open with a weekend of blues-themed programming to coincide with the congressionally proclaimed "Year ......
- R&B Foundation Elects Board Officers
Entertainment attorney Kendall Minter has been elected to a two-year term as chairman of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. He succeeds singer Jerry Butler, a ......
- Sony, Universal Team For 'the Blues' Cd, Dvd
As first tipped by Billboard in November 2001, Sony Music and Universal Music Enterprises will collaboratively release CD companions to Martin Scorsese's seven-part PBS series ......
- Fundraising Flat At R&b Foundation
The Rhythm & Blues Foundation is singing the financial blues.
- Supremes Among 2003 R&B Pioneer Honorees
The Rhythm & Blues Foundation has announced its 2003 Pioneer Awards honorees, to be presented Feb. 20 in New York, as part of the events ......
- Blues Foundation Postpones Awards
The Blues Foundation has postponed until fall 2002 the presentation of its lifetime achievement awards to singer/guitarist Buddy Guy and Sun Records founder Sam Phillips....
- Honors For Alligator
Chicago-based Alligator Records is among the recipients of this year's Keeping the Blues Alive Awards from the Blues Foundation.