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- Reggie Calloway is a Grammy nominated American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician and record executive. His career spans 45 years in the entertainment industry. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as the founder and leader of the music group, Midnight Star whose album No Parking on the Dance Floor reached #2 on Billboard's R&B Album charts and was certified Platinum X2. Calloway later teamed up with his brother Vincent, forming the R&B duo Calloway whose single I Wanna Be Rich charted at #2 on Billboard's Pop chart. Casanova, recorded by LeVert and written and produced by Calloway, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Song and charted at #1 on Billboard's R&B's chart. He has written and produced songs for Natalie Cole, NSYNC, Klymaxx, The Whispers, and Teddy Pendergrass, among others. Love Overboard, written by Calloway and recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips, won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Group or Duo with a Vocal. Music written and produced by Calloway has been sampled in recordings by such artists as Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Busta Rhymes, Eric B. & Rakim, E-40, Doug E. Fresh, A Lighter Shade of Brown, Usher (musician), Young MC, Sugar Ray, and numerous others. Calloway is an avid speaker and advocate for the rights of creatives in the entertainment industry. He serves as President of the California Copyright Conference Scholarship Fund and serves on the national advisory board for the Archives of African American Music and Culture as well as serving on the board of directors at The Funk Music Hall of Fame and IAFAR. In 2022, Calloway was inducted into the Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame. (en)
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