Philadelphia Music Alliance To Induct The Hooters, Philadelphia Orchestra Onto Walk Of Fame
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's Music Alliance will induct a line-up of musicians spanning a wide range of genres to its Walk of Fame, including The Philadelphia Orchestra, R&B group The O'Jays and '80s rock band The Hooters.
The class of 2019's other honorees include Philadelphia socialite and philanthropist Dorrance "Dodo" Hamilton, who died in 2017; disco queen Evelyn "Champagne" King; and Jody Gerson, the current CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group and the first woman to run a major music-publishing company. Longtime rock-radio DJ Pierre Robert is this year's dual Radio Row Award recipient and Walk of Fame inductee.
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The announcements were made Wednesday at the Independence Visitor Center.
The group will be formally inducted on Oct. 22 during a gala at The Bellevue.
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