Yia Talent Contest Winners/ Various - Yia Talent Contest Winners (Various Artists)Big Crown Records is proud to present the reissue of one of Brooklyn's most sought after "holy grail' soul records, YIA Talent Hunt Winners. Youth in Action, Inc. (YIA) was formed in 1963 when the Central Brooklyn Coordinating Council received a grant to develop a youth services program in the Bedford Stuyvesant community. It was originally organized to identify and address the social problems that were leading to the high crime rate in Bed Stuy.

When she refuses to do so

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The concerts given there attracted visitors from all over the world

'Be-Bop Baby'

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their lives and burdens are the subject for this dramatic series from Lifetime

Her first music teacher was Marina Kheifets

"I try to put a little bit of hope into everything I do

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The funky godfather of R&B's only all-blues recording

By her last semester of college