"LUCKY ME"" !!!! I SAY THANK YOU TO AL GOODMAN, BILLY BROWN & THE LATE HARRY RAY FOR SHOWING ME THE ROPES IN THIS WORLD OF MUSIC ON STAGE & IN THE STUDIO,AND MAKING DEALS ON THE STREET. ANOTHER BIG THANKS TO WALTER MORRIS,MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE MOMENTS,FOR TELLING THE GROUP ABOUT ME TO GET THE JOB OCT.10,1973. I WAS BORN IN RICHMOND,VA/ WENT TO SCHOOL IN PETERSBURG, VA.BLANDFORORD ELEM.,PEABODY HIGH,PETERSBURG HIGH, VA.STATE COLLEGE/SUMMER MUSIC PROGRAM/& STUDIED THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE LIVE ON STAGE WITH THE LATE "BILL JONES"! AT THE FAMOUS "PEPPERMINT LOUNGE&THE MOUSE TRAP SUPPER CLUB IN PETERSBURG,VA. MOVED TO HACKENSACK,N.J./TEANECK,N.J./LITTLE FERRY,N.J./LINDEN,N.J./TENAFY,N.J/POINT PLEASANT BEACH,N.J./BRICK,NJ/ MOVED TO LONGPOND,PA. / NOW LIVING IN POCONO PINES, PA. I LEFT PETERSBURG, VA. WITH THE FAMOUS GROUP, THE "MOMENTS" (AKA)TODAY AS- RAY-GOODMAN & BROWN. WE OPENED THE SHOW ON SOME OF THE TOP STAGES IN THE WORLD FOR THE TOP NAMES IN MUSIC, GLADYS KNIGHT& THE PIPS/ARETHA FRANKLIN,JAMES BROWN,THE TEMPTATIONS, OJAYS,WHITNEY HOUSTON,THE ISLEY BROTHERS,AL GREEN,BARRY WHITE,THE SOLID GOLD DANCERS, CHAKA KAHN,REDD FOXX,NANCY WILSON,POINTER SISTERS,THE SPINNERS,THE JACKSON 5(AKA)THE JACKSONS,MILLIE JACKSON, SMOKEY ROBINSON,THE COMMODORES,PARLIMENT FUNKADELIC,CAMEO,THE BARKAYS,THE WHISPERS,EARTH-WIND&FIRE, FREDDIE JACKSON, LONNIE YOUNGBLOOD, WE ALSO DID TOP T.V.SHOWS, DICK CLARKS BAND STAND, THE BIG DON C.!! OF SOULTRAIN, THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW,THE DIANAH SHORE,T.V.SHOW( TAPED@THE FAMOUS M.G.M.GRAND HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS.I'VE PLAYED DRUMS ON RECORDINGS FOR FIVE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME ARTIST,ETTA JAMES,THE DELLS,SOLOMON BURKE,HANK BALLARD,AND ALSO GRAND MASTER FLASH, THE FAMOUS RAPP GROUP. I WAS THE STUDIO DRUMMER @ ALL PLATINUM RECORDS WHICH BECAME "SUGAR HILL" RECORDS OWNED BY SYLVIA ROBINSON, & THE LATE JOE ROBINSON. I ALSO WAS ON TOUR WITH SMOOTH JAZZ SAX GREAT "NAJEE" WITH MY BAND THE "RIMSHOTS" WHO HAD TWO SINGLES IN THE BILLBOARD MAGAZINE "EMERGENCY" & "NEVER-SAY-NEVER" AND ON TOUR WITH MR. ROCK ME TONITE "FREDDY JACKSON, IN 1990 I WENT ON A SHORT TOUR WITH "NAJEE" WITHOUT THE RIMSHOTS BAND ON SHOWS WITH THE LATE "LUTHER VANDROSS" I ALSO WAS IN THE MAY ISSUE OF THE # 1 DRUM MAGAZINE IN THE WORLD "MODERN DRUMMER" FOR 2007. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE MODERN DRUMMER STORY, GO TO GOOGLE .COM AND PUT MY NAME IN AS CLARENCE ALONZO OLIVER AND SKROLL DOWN TO "ON THE MOVE" SECTION. ALSO GO TO YOUTUBE.COM LOOK FOR LADYA AND SKROLL DOWN TO LADY A AND DESTINY/MOTOWN TRIBUTE, ALSO IN 2006 I SHARED THE STAGE WITH THE FAMOUS "REGIS PHILBIN" @ THE GREAT WOLF LODGE, IN THAT SAME YEAR, I WORKED WITH THE GREAT DRUMMER "BERNARD PURDIE" ON A DRUM SHOW @ THE POCONOS MUSIC EX.CHANGE, IN BROADHEADSVILLE,PA./ ON AUG.6,2007 MY GROUP/LADY A & DESTINY OPENED THE SHOW @ THE ROBIN HOOD DELL EAST IN PHILLY, PA. FOR THE QUEEN OF SOUL/ MS. ARETHA FRANKLIN & CO-STAR THE GREAT RAYGOODMAN&BROWN!!!AND ALSO IN PHILLY WE SHARED THE STAGE WITH EX-VIC PRES. AL GORE!!! SO!!! STAY TUNED!!! FOR MORE TO COME!!!!!
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