Englewood Makes History

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  • Helicon Home Colony was an experimental community and societal framework. Political activist Upton Sinclair founded it. The plan was for the community to be run democratically with a board of directors. The community would farm to supply its food source and the children would be…
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  • Trude Heller was a music producer and nightclub owner. She created Trude Heller's, a club in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. She opened another club in Palm Beach, Flordia. She also co-founded Tru-Glo-Town Records.
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  • Harry Henderson Jr. was a music producer and computer programmer. He was born in Englewood and graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1963. He attended William Paterson College and enlisted in the Army. He managed numerous groups including Main Attraction, Chocolate Syrup,…
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  • Jimi Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix, November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose revolutionary approach to the electric guitar permanently reshaped modern music. While Hendrix would later become an international icon, some of the…
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  • Englewood native Tony Herbert is a bass player and longtime friend of the Isley Brothers’ inner circle, associated especially with the band Sunrize, which served as a kind of extension/fringe project to the Isleys. In “Take Me to the Next Phase: Coming of Age with The Isley…

  • Hermandad Hispana was a social work group dedicated to coordinating the Spanish-speaking community's social, religious, and cultural needs. The organization helped those in need with immigration information, job support, educational support, and various social services. The…
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  • Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg arrived at Temple Emanu-El of Englewood in the mid-1950s during a moment of institutional expansion and social change. Coming from a previous pulpit in Nashville, Tennessee, he assumed leadership just as the congregation was preparing for the High Holy…
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  • Albert George Hibbler was a singer. He sang pop music, R&B, and jazz. Hibbler was born blind. He began his career with Dub Jenkins and his Playmates. He later worked with Jay McHann and then Duke Ellington's orchestra. He won the Esquire New Star Award as best male singer in…
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  • Hillside Sound Studios was a recording studio founded by Dae Bennett.
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