{"id":56682,"date":"2019-10-23T10:20:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T09:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=56682"},"modified":"2019-10-23T10:20:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T09:20:58","slug":"stars-come-out-to-celebrate-philly-music-history-at-2019-walk-of-fame-gala-and-induction-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/10\/stars-come-out-to-celebrate-philly-music-history-at-2019-walk-of-fame-gala-and-induction-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars Come Out to Celebrate Philly Music History At 2019 Walk of Fame Gala And Induction Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philadelphia Music Alliance (PMA) returned \u201chome\u201d to the Avenue of the Arts in style today, with an afternoon ceremony inducting seven new honorees to the Walk of Fame, followed by the grandest evening gala celebration it has hosted in a generation, at one of Philadelphia\u2019s most classic event destinations.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Hooters, TheO\u2019Jays, Evelyn \u201cChampagne\u201d King, WMMR air personality Pierre Robert, music industry executive Jody Gerson, and philanthropist Dorrance\u201cDodo\u201d Hamilton formally joined the Philadelphia Music Walk of Fame as members of its Class of 2019. With Mayor Jim Kenney presiding, their bronze plaques were unveiled before throngs of onlookers in front of Dorrance Hamilton Hall, preceding a stellar gala event before 500 patrons at the iconic Bellevue Philadelphia, at the opposite end of the Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe response was just tremendous,\u201d said PMA chairman Alan Rubens. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled that we were able to stage an historic day capped by a gala of this magnitude. And it’s especially sweet that we could bring the entire day\u2019s proceedings back home to the Avenue of the Arts, where we launched the Walk of Fame over 30 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s honorees class is filled with legends from especially diverse backgrounds, allowing us to once again display the variety of this city\u2019s phenomenal music genres \u2013 from classical to rock to Philly soul \u2013 as well as honoring one of the music industry\u2019s most respected and accomplished executives, and a beloved philanthropist whose contributions to music education in our city is without peer.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Legendary Sound of Philadelphia producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff join the O\u2019Jays as the multi-platinum R&B vocal group\u2019s newly installed plaque is unveiled this afternoon along the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame. Credit: Scott Weiner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sirius XM Volume & 80s on 8 host Mark Goodman, a Philadelphia native and WMMR alumnus, came home to host the grand evening gala, with rousing live performances by each of the artist inductees \u2013 the Philadelphia Orchestra, The O\u2019Jays, The Hooters, and Evelyn \u201cChampagne\u201d King. Also coming home for the evening was fellow Philadelphian and newly announced Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee Todd Rundgren, a longtime Walk of Fame alumnus, making a special guest appearance to induct The Hooters. Among fellow Walk of Fame alumni, Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff, Sound of Philadelphia legendary architects, inducted the O\u2019Jays with the Philadelphia Award; Larry Magid, legendary concert promoter and chairman emeritus, inducted Jody Gerson, and \u201cThe Geator\u201d Jerry Blavat, oldies radio personality, introduced the \u201cRadio Row\u201d Award and BEN-FM morning personality Matt Cord to induct Pierre Robert. His longtime rock star friends Jon Bon Jovi and bandmates Tico Torres and David Bryan, as well as Graham Nash, all sent personal video congratulations to Robert projected on oversized screens.<\/p>\n

Life, the producer who discovered Evelyn \u201cChampagne\u201d King singing as she cleaned the restrooms of Gamble & Huff\u2019s Philadelphia International Records, returned to induct the Disco\/R&B songstress. Other guest presenters were Ukee Washington, CBS3 news anchor, inducting the Orchestra (Matias Tarnopolsky, Orchestra President & CEO, accepted); and David Yager, President & CEO, University of the Arts, inducting Dorrance Hamilton. Returning as the evening\u2019s house band was the world-renowned Urban Guerilla Orchestra.<\/p>\n

Several other Walk of Fame alumni were on hand at the gala, including former teen idol Bobby Rydell, Sarah Dash of Labelle; Jerry Gross of The Dovells; Charlie Ingui of The Soul Survivors; legendary music industry trade publisher and philanthropist Kal Rudman (Friday Morning Quarterback), and Sigma Sound Studios founder and Sound of Philadelphia engineer, Joseph Tarsia. Additional notables at the affair included surging Philly hip-hop artist Tierra Whack, Academy Award-winning songwriter Franke Previte (Dirty Dancing), Grammy-winning producers Phil Nicolo and Joe Donofrio; Grammy nominated producer Rick Chertoff; soap opera star Frank Dicopoulos (CBS Guiding Light), orchestra leader and singer Eddie Bruce; jazz musician Gerald Veasley, and R&B songstress Carol Riddick, current co-star of the new touring musical The Un4gettables.<\/p>\n

All proceeds from the gala support the new PMA Music Education Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Philadelphia Music Alliance (PMA) returned \u201chome\u201d to the Avenue of the Arts in style today, with an afternoon ceremony inducting seven new honorees to the Walk of Fame, followed by the grandest evening gala celebration it has hosted in a generation, at one of Philadelphia\u2019s most classic event destinations.<\/p>\n

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