Thursday,
March 11, 2004
Singer
Jeffrey Osborne Highlights Lincoln University’s 150th Anniversary
Celebration in Washington, D.C. as America’s First Historically
Black University on Sat., April 17, 2004
“On the Wings of Love,” “Love Ballad” and
“Stay With Me Tonight,” are among Osborne’s big
hits as a solo artist and lead singer for R&B group L.T.D.
WHO: R&B
and pop singer Jeffrey Osborne.
WHAT:
Brown, a 1949 Lincoln graduate, is expected to perform with a
Lincoln “all-star” jazz/blues combo.
WHEN:
Saturday, April 17, 2004 TIME: 7:00 p.m. -- 11:00 p.m.
WHERE:
National Museum of Women in the Arts / 1250 New York Avenue, NW,
Washington, D.C.
DETAILS:Singer
Jeffrey Osborne will perform many of his hit songs at Lincoln’s
150th Anniversary Gala in Washington, D.C. Osborne has been on
the cutting edge of the R&B and pop music scene for more than
three decades. Osborne recently introduced a new CD, Music
Is Life. From his years with the soul/R&B group L.T.D
(Love, Togetherness and Devotion) in the 1970s, to a successful
solo career that began in 1982, Osborne is clearly one of America’s
most recognizable voices. With such hits as “Stay With Me
Tonight,” “On the Wings of Love” and “We’re
Going All The Way,” Osborne’s love songs have achieved
popularity on both the R&B and pop charts. Osborne’s
first taste of success came as lead singer for L.T.D. with the
1976 hit, “Love Ballad.” The song was number one on
Billboard’s R &B chart and 20th on the magazine’s
pop chart.
Located in
Pennsylvania, Lincoln University is nationally recognized as a
major producer of African Americans with undergraduate degrees
in the physical sciences (biology, chemistry and physics); computer
and informational sciences; biological and life sciences. Lincoln
has the unprecedented distinction among all colleges and universities
of having two of its alumni -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood
Marshall, and poet Langston Hughes -- honored with first-class
commemorative postage stamps in February 2003, and January 2002,
respectively.
Lincoln University
combines the best elements of a liberal arts and sciences-based
undergraduate core curriculum and selected graduate programs to
meet the needs of students living in a highly technological and
global society. The University enrolls approximately 2,000 undergraduate
and graduate students. Tickets for the event are $250. For tickets,
contact Lincoln's Office of Special Events and Community Relations
at 610-932-1235.
For more
information about the University, visit Lincoln's Web site at
www.lincoln.edu. Media Contact: Samuel W. Pressley, director,
Lincoln University’s Office of Marketing and Communications,
610-932-1094; home (609) 582-9574.
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