The Message of Curtis is a message of hope and love. The story is written in two parts. Part one,´The Mirror", is a story about a man named Steve that is forced to deal with the influence of evil in his life, as well as gaining a second chance in love. Towards the end of the story, he meets and is given aide by an angel from God. Curtis helps Steve in more ways than one. Part two is entitled "Gabriel-the storm of storms" This story is about Chris, the son of Steve who is a talent scout for a large music company in New Orleans. He meets Curtis and feels that he has discovered a hidden talent, only to find he has much more to share with Chris than just his musical talent, as he is an angel from God with a message. He shares this message throughout the story with Chris and others, while at the same time a major hurricane, Gabriel, is striking the states of Florida and Louisiana,

This is a chronology of the most famous songs from the years before rock 'n' roll. The top hits for each year are described, including vital information such as song origin, artist(s), and chart information. For many songs, the author includes any web or library holdings of sheet music covers, musical scores, and free audio files. An extensive collection of biographical sketches follows, providing performing credits, relevant professional awards, and brief biographies for hundreds of the era's most popular performers, lyricists, and composers. Includes an alphabetical song index and bibliography.

EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.

Moving to the wonderful little town of Weston filled Lewis and Jennifer Hanson with excitement, and of course the normal nervous apprehension. He had a prestigious new job and she would teach at the school where their daughter and son would attend. And they had found the perfect new house, high on a hill and filled with beautiful wood. But all too soon their dream turned into a living hell. They were not alone in the house. And their housemates had plans that would turn it all into a fight for life itself in The Deadly House

Kylie Washington’s business is failing, and there isn’t much she can do about it. Short of living in her car and eating scraps for the rest of her life, she has to take the Hunters' offer. She has her father to think of, he made the paper what it was.​ Curtis has loved Kylie his entire life—but she loves Daniel. Stepping back from the beauty has been the hardest thing he’s ever done. But he will help her and her father even if he has to beat her butt to make it happen.​ But someone else wants the Washington building too. There is something inside that he wants badly enough to kill for—even his own father. ​ Vaughan isn’t going to take ‘no’ for an answer, and if Kylie does say it, he had already decided to kill her and take it anyway.​ Kylie and Curtis fight each other at every turn. When one says ‘no,’ the other says ‘yes.’ That is until Vaughan LaMancusa steps into the picture, and they work together to keep their families safe. But will it be enough? Will they live happily ever after?

Although in 2000 he became the first sideman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, “King Curtis” Ousley never lived to accept his award. Tragically, he was murdered outside his New York City home in 1971. At that moment, thirty-seven-year-old King Curtis was widely regarded as the greatest R & B saxophone player of all time. He also may have been the most prolific, having recorded with well over two hundred artists during an eighteen-year span. Soul Serenade is the definitive biography of one of the most influential musicians of the 50s, 60s, and early 70s. Timothy R. Hoover chronicles King Curtis’s meteoric rise from a humble Texas farm to the recording studios of Memphis, Muscle Shoals, and New York City as well as to some of the world’s greatest music stages, including the Apollo Theatre, Fillmore West, and Montreux Jazz Festival. Curtis’s “chicken-scratch” solos on the Coasters’ Yakety Yak changed the role of the saxophone in rock & roll forever. His band opened for the Beatles at their famous Shea Stadium concert in 1965. He also backed his “little sister” and close friend Aretha Franklin on nearly all of her tours and Atlantic Records productions from 1967 until his death. Soul Serenade is the result of more than twenty years of interviews and research. It is the most comprehensive exploration of Curtis’s complex personality: his contagious sense of humor and endearing southern elegance as well as his love for gambling and his sometimes aggressive temperament. Hoover explores Curtis’s vibrant relationships and music-making with the likes of Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, Isaac Hayes, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Sam Moore, Donny Hathaway, and Duane Allman, among many others.