tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975210514788260510.post7180270172168914305..comments2024-03-19T01:37:31.871-04:00Comments on Old Mon Music: The Goddess of Love Phyllis HymanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975210514788260510.post-1351144089594088252011-12-18T17:17:52.545-05:002011-12-18T17:17:52.545-05:00She was a very beautiful and talented singer, no o...She was a very beautiful and talented singer, no one could sing like Phyllis Hyman. She was definitely a one of a kind singer. She was never given the recognition or props she deserved. May God bless her soul and grant her eternal peace. I love all of her music and always will. Thanks for sharing the gift God bestowed upon you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975210514788260510.post-38052706441674179752009-06-18T18:25:20.931-04:002009-06-18T18:25:20.931-04:00Minnie - thanks for the comment. Here's the p...Minnie - thanks for the comment. Here's the problem:<br /><br />I did do some research before I wrote the post, and there are several sources that mention her parents ethnic background:<br /><br />http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Phyllis_Hyman<br /><br />http://cwanswers.com/8921/phyllis_hyman<br /><br />http://www.devendo1981musicmovies.com/phyillishyman.htm<br /><br />say Italian mom, Afro-American dad<br /><br />http://www.rnbhaven.com/90s-music/artists/Phyllis-Hyman/164<br /><br />http://e-turnity.org/phyllishyman.html<br /><br />http://camron46music.blogspot.com/2008/05/phyllis-hyman_26.html<br /><br />say Afro-American mom, Italian dad<br /><br />http://artist.maestro.fm/Phyllis_Hyman.html?v=biography<br /><br />Afro-American parents<br /><br />I went to the library to get her bio; they didn't have it, but they did have a reference service that looks up queries; the Carnegie's music department says she's Italian - Afro American.<br /><br />I appreciate your comment, but until I find something definitive (I am trying to run down her biography) I'm going to run with Italian-Afro American.<br /><br />And if I find something different, I'll certainly post a correction - RonRon Ieracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784507810080514099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975210514788260510.post-75409294340674719802009-06-14T21:46:44.893-04:002009-06-14T21:46:44.893-04:00Phyllis Hyman's father was Phillip Hyman, the ...Phyllis Hyman's father was Phillip Hyman, the descendant of an African American slave named Ismael. Her mother was Louise. See the liner notes of Phyllis Hyman's last album "I Refuse to Be Lonely." There may have been some Italian ancestry in Hyman's ancestry, but it was located in her ancestry before her immediate parents. Please correct.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07460300744783387072noreply@blogger.com