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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Morris Butch Stewart
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Morris Butch Stewart.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 46 min., 2 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Music producer and songwriter Morris "Butch" Stewart, Jr., was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 13, 1953. At twenty-two years old, he began singing backup vocals for Ramsey Louis, and by twenty-five had founded his own songwriting company, JoyArtMusic. The company wrote television and radio theme songs, as well as produced jingles for advertising. Stewart wrote the theme song to The Oprah Winfrey Show. Stewart also wrote music and lyrics for several artists, including Earth, Wind and Fire. He also collaborated on children's education music projects and founded his own label, Copia Records. He and his wife, Brenda Mitchell Stewart, founded the Art of Making Music Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raises money for music education in underprivileged schools. Stewart's two children, have followed him into the music production business. Stewart passed away in 2017, at age 64.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Morris Butch Stewart
Morris Butch Stewart
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performers
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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