Producer Kevin “Slow Jammin'” James has brought together a collection of the ultimate slow jams from American soul group The Dramatics, whose members included Ron Banks, L.J. Reynolds, Lenny Mayes, ...

Revered, classic soul and gospel groups The Dramatics, Midnight Star and Sounds of Blackness will have Detroit’s Hart Plaza moving and grooving the weekend of July 18-20 when the Charles H. Wright ...

The early seventies saw some of the most gorgeous soul music ever made. The Stylistics, The Chi-Lites, and Blue Magic all used strings, heartbreaking lyrics, and transcendent falsetto voices to create ...

In 1972, The Dramatics released a song that would become the defining hit of their career. Their single, "In the Rain," soared to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles and crossed over to the Top 10 ...

Banks died yesterday (March 4) at his Detroit home of a reported heart attack. He was 58. By Gail Mitchell Ron Banks, singer and a founding member of veteran R&B group the Dramatics, died yesterday ...

Unfortunately, at this time we don’t have specific details of his health prior to his passing except that he had just had surgery, according to legendary singer, writer and producer, Michael Henderson ...

Ron Banks, whose silky falsetto helped give the Dramatics one of the most enduring careers in R&B, has died at home in Detroit. He was 58. Banks died at about noon Thursday, possibly of a massive ...

James Brown famously told Bobby Byrd in the intro to 1974’s “Make It Funky”: “Whatsanever I play, it’s got ta be funky!” My sentiments are the same, only I call it “stank,” and it applies to ...

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History will host the 2025 African World Festival in Detroit's Hart Plaza from July 18-20. The event celebrates the African diaspora and marks the ...

Ron Banks, singer and a founding member of veteran R&B group the Dramatics, died yesterday (March 4) at his Detroit home of a reported heart attack. He was 58. By Gail Mitchell Ron Banks, singer and a ...

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Singer Ron Banks, a founding member of R&B group the Dramatics, died Thursday (March 4) at his Detroit home of a reported heart attack. He was 58. Banks, whose sweet falsetto ...