A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME THE PORTION OF NORTH ACADEMY STREET IN THE CITY OF GREENVILLE FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH EAST NORTH STREET TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH NORTH MAIN STREET PEABO BRYSON “ROBERT BOULEVARD” AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS ALONG THIS PORTION OF HIGHWAY CONTAINING THIS DESIGNATION. Whereas, born in Greenville on April 13, 1951, Robert Peabo Bryson has become a singer, composer, producer, and accomplished entertainer of the highest caliber and personal achievement. This musical ambassador of goodwill has taken his soulful sounds to more than seventy nations around the world, and as one of the premier male vocalists of contemporary music of the last quarter century, he has scored and performed more than ten numberone hit recordings in both the rhythm and blues and pop crossover categories, reaching gold on twelve occasions; and Whereas, in addition, with twenty albums to his credit, Peabo Bryson owns the distinction of being the first artist in music history to have separate records topping four different charts; and Whereas, in his growingup years, Peabo’s musical gifts were nurtured by a loving grandmother and mother, who exposed him to the many musical legends who passed through the family farm near Mauldin, stars such as Sam Cooke, Little Richard, and Billie Holiday. Peabo praises his grandmother and mom for teaching him work and work hard”; and “to Whereas, at age fourteen, Peabo began singing as a star of the traveling revue Al Freeman & the Upsetters. Two years later in
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME THE PORTION OF NORTH ACADEMY STREET IN THE CITY OF GREENVILLE FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH EAST NORTH STREET TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH NORTH MAIN STREET “ROBERT PEABO BRYSON BOULEVARD” AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS ALONG THIS PORTION OF HIGHWAY CONTAINING THIS DESIGNATION. Whereas, born in Greenville on April 13, 1951, Robert Peabo Bryson has become a singer, composer, producer, and accomplished entertainer of the highest caliber and personal achievement. This musical ambassador of goodwill has taken his soulful sounds to more than seventy nations around the world, and as one of the premier male vocalists of contemporary music of the last quarter century, he has scored and performed more than ten numberone hit recordings in both the rhythm and blues and pop crossover categories, reaching gold on twelve occasions; and Whereas, in addition, with twenty albums to his credit, Peabo Bryson owns the distinction of being the first artist in music history to have separate records topping four different charts; and Whereas, in his growingup years, Peabo’s musical gifts were nurtured by a loving grandmother and mother, who exposed him to the many musical legends who passed through the family farm near Mauldin, stars such as Sam Cooke, Little Richard, and Billie Holiday. Peabo praises his grandmother and mom for teaching him “to work and work hard”; and Whereas, at age fourteen, Peabo began singing as a star of the traveling revue Al Freeman & the Upsetters. Two years later in
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