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Brooklyn singer, Will Downing, was born in 1963 and appeared on the scenes in the early 1980s. Singing with Arthur Baker’s group, Wally Jump Junior, Downing then used Baker as a producer when he was signed to Island Records. Before releasing his own album, Will Downing appeared on tracks with many other artists, including Daryl Payne, Marc Sadane, Warp 9 and Jennifer Holiday. In 1988, Downing finally made his solo debut, releasing the self-titled Will Downing. The album featured a new version of John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme.” The track did not fair well on the R&B charts but it managed to reach #4 on the Dance charts.

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Welcome to Busytown. My, what a nice town! In Busytown, there are lots of things people can do. Last week, they could go to the Carrie Underwood concert or the Will Downing concert or the Big Nosh food festival or the QuadSquad roller derby bout.

*If there wasn’t a Donald Byrd, there would be no Will Downing . Plain and simple. The legendary trumpeter may have passed away in February, but his influence flows alive and well in Downing, who clearly remembers how Byrd’s appearance with his 125th Street band at a music class he took at Virginia Union University put [...]

* Will Downing is not ashamed to admit the years have been kind to him. With 25 years logged in, the singer is marking the achievement with his 16th album, “Silver.” While fans can expect “classic Will Downing ,” EUR’s Lee Bailey discovered that new sounds will be present to round out the singer’s latest offering. “This [...]

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LUBBOCK -- Will Downing scored a pair of goals and Reece Barden added another as the Midland High boys soccer team held off Lubbock Coronado for a 3-2 District 2-5A victory Saturday at McCool Field.

*Rewind to 1988, CDs outsold vinyl for the first time while a little known singer from Brooklyn released a self-titled debut on Island Records called Will Downing. Fast-forward to 2013, CDs have taken a backseat to MP3s but that singer from Brooklyn has withstood the test of time. Today, Downing, the Grammy® nominated reigning “Prince [...]

An East Providence, R.I., promoter is charged with advertising and selling tickets to a fake concert by R&B and jazz singer Will Downing, police said.

*In a revealing article titled ‘What R&B Can Learn from Country Music,’ Soul Tracks publisher Chris Rizik has tapped a groundswell of comments from old school R&B fans, musicians, songwriters, music executives, and others including artist Will Downing. Citing the detailed music summary for 2012 that was just released by Nielsen and Billboard magazine, Rizik [...]
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