The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Clarence Avant

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Clarence Avant

4/14/2012

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2012.101

Music executive Clarence Avant (1931 - ) known as the “Godfather,” is one of the most influential African American music executives in the world. Avant was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 4/14/2012, in Beverly Hills, California. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 17; Total Run Time: 09h 44m 41s

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Avant, Clarence

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Music executive Clarence Avant was born on February 25, 1931 in the small town of Climax, North Carolina. He went to school through his junior high years in a one-room school house before attending James B. Dudley High School in Greensboro, North Carolina. At the age of sixteen, Avant decided to move to New Jersey to live with his aunt and cousin. He began working as a manager at Teddy P's Lounge, owned by Teddy Powell, where he met the blues artist Little Willie John. Little Willie John was so ...