phyllis hyman

An image of singer Aretha Franklin singing.
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Soul Sista: The Women Who Changed Soul Music
Soul Train Awards 2021

Look back at the incredible careers of some of the important women to perform on "Soul Train," including Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, Phyllis Hyman and Whitney Houston.
12/03/2021
Phyllis Hyman - Who knows the heights this R&B songstress could have reached had she not taken her own life in 1995, at the age of 45. "I'm tired. I'm tired. Those of you that I love know who you are. May God bless you," read her suicide note.(Photo: David Corio/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

This Day in Black History: July 6, 1949

R&B singer and actress Phyllis Hyman was born.
07/06/2013