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Monday, 1 August 2022

R.I.P. Nichelle Nichols (28 Dec 1932 - 30 Jul 2022)


Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols (aka Grace Dell Nichols) who starred as  Lieutenant Uhura died yesterday aged 89. You may wonder what that has to do with a soul music blog but you may or may not be aware that she was also a singer.

Her first break came in 1961 appearing in Oscar Brown's 'Kicks and Co.' musical. She later appeared in 'Carmen Jones' and 'Porgy and Bess' and toured with Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton bands.
In 1967 she recorded an album "Down To Earth" for Epic and a single was released featuring two tracks not on the album which was picked up on by the UK Northern Soul scene "Know What I Mean" / "Why Don't You Do Right?"



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