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Barbara Lewis
Southwest Field Promotions Manager, MCA/Universal Records

 

Barbara Lewis has been a mainstay, central figure and source of motivation for women in music and entertainment for more than twenty years. When African American women were practically unheard of in music promotions, Barbara Lewis was making moves and getting noticed in her native New Orleans.

 

A 1971 graduate of Southern University with a degree in Psychology, Barbara Lewis has been honored six (6) times as the promotion Person of The Year! She reigned as "Queen of the Southwest" from 1981 to 1988 as Promotion Manager for CBS Records (now Sony Music). As her career continued to blossom, 1988 found Barbara Lewis being named National Director of Promotion for CBS, a position that would only last a year, as "big" eyes was watching Barbara. Capitol Records saw the leadership skills possessed by Ms. Lewis and in 1989 named her Vice President of Urban Promotion. 1992 at Capitol brought more responsibility and a bigger paycheck as Barbara Lewis was named Vice President/Operations Manager, a position she would hold through 1995.

 

As new industry challenges evolved, Capitol disbanded its Urban division. Not one to keep all her eggs in one basket, Barbara returned home to New Orleans, started up her own company, B&B Productions and Consultants. B&B Productions provided a doorway into the music industry for many "young labels" that had good music, but did not know what to do with the product. B&B Productions was the saving grace, information resource and outlet for many Southwest artists and producers. The company has continued to thrive and so has Barbara, today she serves as Southeast Field Promotions Manager for MCA/Universal Records, based in her native New Orleans! We salute Barbara Lewis… a NABFEME Shero.

 



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