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Michael Nixon's record store promotional event for Mary J. Blige's album "Share My World"
Michael Nixon on street with bullhorn promoting record store event for Mary J. Blige
Rolls-Royce 1937 Phantom III used by Michael Nixon for promotions
Record release party for Ray Charles’ "True to Life" album
Michael Nixon arranging WEA promotional merchadise in record store
Michael Nixon in his Inglewood office holding a Soul Assassins vinyl record

About Michael Nixon Collection

Michael Nixon is a veteran of the Black music and entertainment industry with over 40 years of experience in marketing and promotion. After working in radio, television and the record industry—including stints at WHUR-FM, WBLS, WEA Distribution, Elektra, RCA, and HBO—Nixon shifted to music industry magazines. In 1988, he was hired as advertising director for the magazine Black Radio Exclusive (BRE), while also pursuing acting roles in television. By the following year, Nixon was on the cutting edge of marketing for the emerging hip hop scene. He created the music industry's first weekly radio rap chart for the San Francisco based publication The Gavin Report, then assisted with the creation of Rap Sheet, possibly the world's first hip hop newspaper. From 1993-1994, Nixon worked as an account executive for Billboard magazine, where he had accounts with many of the major record labels and radio stations The Michael Nixon photographs date between approximately 1977 and 2006, including time spent by Nixon at Howard University through his professional career in the music industry.

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- Nixon [78]
Sub Collection
Date
- 1960-1969 [1]
  
  1969 [1]
- 1970-1979 [13]
  
  1977 [10]
  
  1978 [3]
- 1980-1989 [4]
  
  1986 [1]
  
  1987 [1]
  
  1988 [1]
  
  1989 [1]
- 1990-1999 [25]
  
  1996 [7]
  
  1997 [13]
  
  1998 [5]
- 2000-2009 [11]
  
  2000 [3]
  
  2001 [2]
  
  2002 [2]
  
  2004 [3]
  
  2006 [1]
Person
- Nixon, Michael [51]
- Brocks, Josiah [6]
- Calloway, Sway [2]
- Charles, Ray [2]
- DJ Tech [2]
- Mac, Bernie [2]
- Malbry, Paul [2]
- Mikey? [2]
- Moore, Michael (musician) [2]
- Murray, Keith [2]
- Ali, Mohammed [1]
- Bibbs, Dwight [1]
- Big Paul [1]
- Brocks, Josiah [6]
- Brown, Violet [1]
- Calloway, Sway [2]
- Charles, Ray [2]
- Chino XL [1]
- Cold 187 [1]
- Corn Dog [1]
- DJ Polo [1]
- DJ Tech [2]
- Datcher, Mary [1]
- EMZ [1]
- Edwards, Ron [1]
- GI [1]
- Huff, Carla [1]
- Jarreau, Al [1]
- Jones, Quincey [1]
- Kool DJ Red Alert [1]
- Mac, Bernie [2]
- Malbry, Paul [2]
- Mikey? [2]
- Moore, Michael (musician) [2]
- Morris, Anthony [1]
- Morris, Felicia "The Poetess" [1]
- Morton, Marcus [1]
- Mshaka, Thembisa [1]
- Murray, Keith [2]
- Nardone, Mike [1]
- Nixon, Michael [51]
- Norwalt, Rose [2]
- P-Funk [1]
- Perraso, Bill [1]
- Rushen, Patrice [1]
- Samson, Brian "DJ B Fly" [1]
- Santana, Carlos [1]
- Simmons, Russell [1]
- WC [1]
- Walker, Johnnie [1]
- White, Michael [1]
Topic
- Sound recording industry [56]
- Promotional materials [51]
- African Americans [50]
- Group portraits [49]
- Sound recording stores [16]
- Portrait photographs [15]
- Rap musicians [7]
- African American models [6]
- African American universities and colleges [6]
- Publicity photographs [5]
- African American actors [1]
- African American athletes [4]
- African American comedians [2]
- African American disc jockeys [2]
- African American jazz musicians [1]
- African American models [6]
- African American musicians [4]
- African American sound recording executives and producers [2]
- African American universities and colleges [6]
- African American writers [2]
- African Americans [50]
- Def Jam Records [1]
- Group portraits [49]
- Hispanic American musicians [1]
- Parades & processions [1]
- Portrait photographs [15]
- Promotional materials [51]
- Publicity photographs [5]
- Rap musicians [7]
- Record labels [1]
- Rhythm and blues musicians [2]
- Rock musicians [1]
- Scrapbooks [3]
- Soul musicians [2]
- Sound recording executives and producers [1]
- Sound recording industry [56]
- Sound recording stores [16]
- rock musicians--United States [1]
Corporate Name
- WEA [8]
- Wherehouse Records [8]
- Howard University [6]
- AZ [5]
- Beverley Connection Mall [4]
- World on Wheels [4]
- Mannish [3]
- Nike [3]
- Rolls-Royce [3]
- Crenshaw High School [2]
- 5th Ward Boys [1]
- AZ [5]
- Air Jordan [1]
- Bad Boy [1]
- Beverley Connection Mall [4]
- Budweiser [1]
- Crenshaw High School [2]
- Def Jam [1]
- Def Jam; Tower Records [1]
- EA Sports [1]
- EPMD [1]
- Ganksta NIP [1]
- House of Music [2]
- Howard University [6]
- Mannish [3]
- Mr. X [2]
- N5 [2]
- Nike [3]
- Phat Farm [1]
- Reebok [1]
- Relativez [1]
- Rolls-Royce [3]
- Shaft [1]
- Sony Records [1]
- Soul Assassins [1]
- The Nutty Professor [1]
- VIP Records [2]
- WEA [8]
- Welcome to Death Row [1]
- Wherehouse Records [8]
- World on Wheels [4]
- Young Buck [1]
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