"Your Blues man..."


From Feder

Known to generations of fans as “The Blues Man,” Pervis Spann was a legendary overnight disc jockey, concert promoter and radio station owner. He died at 89 Monday in his South Side home from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Spann was among the original stars of WVON, known collectively as “The Good Guys,” at the station launched by Chess Records founders Leonard and Phil Chess in 1963. As a promoter, Spann was credited with advancing the careers of Aretha Franklin, B.B. King and the Jackson 5. In 1975 with partner Wesley South, Spann formed Midway Broadcasting, current operator of news/talk WVON 1690-AM. South died in 2010. Spann’s daughter, Melody Spann Cooper, oversees WVON as chair and CEO of the company.

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Don't tell Reader what the "N" in WVON stands for!

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Had a late night music show on a very weak signal 105.9. A unique voice & way he carried himself.

"This is Pervis Spann. The all-night blues man".

It's fine, unless you say it or refer to it.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Don't tell JORR that WVON hasn't been relevant since before he enrolled at Gordon. Which should tell you something

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Jerry Riles and Cliff Kelley disagree.

Btw, what station was Mr. A on at night doing blues music?

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I don't remember Mr. A. But I do remember Clifford Kelley going to prison.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

I remember why he went to prison.

Took a bribe to keep a family from getting zoning passed to open a landfill in a ward that was not his own.

$25K in cash, delivered in a briefcase by the chauffer of a high powered CEO.

Cliff and Raymond went to prison. Raymond never said who gave him the money.

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