LOS ANGELES - Call it a confab of MOWTOWN ALL STARS: the cast and crew of "Lady Sings the Blues" gathered on the Paramount lot, on November 1, 2005 to celebrate the DVD release of the 1972 Billie Holiday biopic, "Lady Sings the Blues." 

"You know, it's reunion time, which is so wonderful, "You don't get a chance to get everybody all together. And it's so wonderful to see Billy Dee (Williams) and to see B.G. (Motown Records founder and the film's executive producer Berry Gordy) and to see some of the Motown people," says the film's star, Diana Ross.  

Who is the Indian Gentleman with the striking looks that everyone was taking pictures of? Well it’s the Gordy’s new project, International Pop Singer Reggie Benjamin, whose music fuses the sounds of HIP-HOP/POP with the beats of India and classical Indian vocals and has had successful tours overseas, recently signed with Kerry Gordy, of Kerry Gordy Enterprises, Inc., (KGEI). He is the first artist of Indian descent to join KGEI’s roster of entertainment industry stars. 

 Reggie Benjamin was seen with the Gordy’s and actually arrived with them on the Red Carpet along with, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, and many more celebrities.

This is the first time ever an Indian has been signed and is now part of the Motown Family, this is incredible. You can see more about him on his website. www.reggiebenjamin.com

 Raj P Desai

 Freelance Journalist

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