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[email protected] 618-203-7353 RELEASE DATE: May 2, 2020 Healing Illinois Event “An Evening of Inspiration with Howard Hewett, Grammy Award Winning Vocalist” Dateline: Cairo, Illinois The Alexander/Pulaski County NAACP announces, “An Evening of Inspiration” with National Recording Artist, Howard Hewett.” This special, virtual event will be held on Saturday, May 15 at 7 p.m. A “watch party” will be held at the Shawnee Community College Auditorium, 8364 Shawnee Community College Road in Ullin, Illinois with a limited number of attendees. Free and open to all via zoom by registering at
[email protected], or live stream from the Legacy Training Facebook page and youtube channel. With his silky smooth, straight-from-the-heart soulful style, Howard Hewett is gifted with one of the most instantly recognizable voices in contemporary music. As the lead singer of the supergroup Shalimar, he enjoyed success with hits like “Second Time Around”, “Make That Move”; “A Night to Remember”; “Dead Giveaway”; and the now-classic, “This is For the Lover in You.” As a solo artist, he scored R&B hits including “I’m For Real” followed by “Stay”, “I Commit to Love” and the contemporary gospel classic, “Say Amen.” Other solo hits include “Show Me”, “Once, Twice, Three Times”, “I Can’t Tell You Why” a remarkable cover of the legendary group The Eagles. He has recorded duets with legendary leading ladies of music such as, Anita Baker and , Dionne Warwick. Hewett has recorded on numerous movie soundtracks including the multiplatinum “Footloose” soundtrack and the first “Beverly Hills Cop” soundtrack, which landed him a Grammy for his composition, “Don’t Get Stopped in Beverly Hills”.