Clarence Alexander Avant (February 25, 1931 – August 13, 2023) was a prominent American music executive, businessman and film producer. Widely recognized as "The Black Godfather", Avant's career was characterized by his advocacy for equitable...
Tabu Productions was an American record label founded by Clarence Avant in 1975. It focused on R&B and funk.
Clarence is a masculine given name. It was adopted as a first name from the Duke of Clarence, a title given to sons or younger brothers of English and British monarchs, which in turn derives from the estate name Honour of Clare. Its popularity as a...
Too is the second album by the R&B band the S.O.S. Band, released on the Tabu label in July 1981. It was produced by Sigidi Abdullah.
James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III (born June 6, 1959) and Terry Steven Lewis (born November 24, 1956) are an American R&B/pop songwriting and record production team. Their productions have received commercial success since the 1980s with various...
Cheryl Anne Norton (born October 13, 1958), better known by her stage name Cherrelle, is an American R&B singer and songwriter who gained fame in the mid-1980s. Her signature hits include "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On", "Where Do I Run To",...
Stalingrad (Russian: Сталинград) is a 1990 two-part war film written and directed by Yuri Ozerov, and produced by Quincy Jones and Clarence Avant. Revolving around the eponymous Battle of Stalingrad, the film was a co-production between the Soviet...
S.O.S. is the debut album released by the R&B band the S.O.S. Band on the Tabu label in the summer of 1980. It was produced by Sigidi Abdullah. The album was a hit at nightclubs and "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" became a disco classic.
Alexander O'Neal (born November 15, 1953) is an American retired R&B singer, songwriter and arranger who rose to prominence in the mid-1980s as a solo artist, with eleven top 40 singles on the US R&B chart, three of which also reached the top 40 of...
Just the Way You Like It is the fifth studio album released by the R&B band The S.O.S. Band on the Tabu label in August 1984. It was produced mostly by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis with additional production from the band themselves.