Williams and Kent http://www.bmi.com/affiliate/rss/C804 This BMI RSS feed contains news articles, events, and musicworld articles for a specific affiliate or group. en affiliates@bmi.com Copyright 2008 2008-07-24T20:09:00-05:00 A Toast to Songwriters Williams and Kent http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233949 Artists, Kent, Melvin, Williams and Kent, Williams, Kenny, Musical Styles, Singer-Songwriter, Urban Kenny Williams and Melvin Kent stopped by the New York office to share the success of their current hit song recorded by Alicia Keys. The pair co-wrote the original song "Let Me Prove My Love to You" from which elements were taken and used in Keys' single, "You Don't Know My Name," currently #4 on the Billboard Top 100 chart.

"Let Me Prove My Love to You" was first recorded by R&B/soul band The Main Ingredient whose biggest hit was the 70s classic "Everybody Plays the Fool," also co-written by Kenny Williams.


Toasting Williams and Kent are (front row): BMI's Erica Tompkins, Co-Publisher and Williams' wife Mary Seymour; songwriter Kenny Williams; artist Jemeka; songwriter Melvin Kent; (back row): Williams and Seymour's son Kenny Seymour; BMI's Wardell Malloy, Charlie Feldman and Samantha Cox; Kent's lawyer Ken Salzman; and BMI's J.W. Johnson and Beka Callaway.
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