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Stanford Everyday People

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Stanford Everyday People

| image = EP Performing.jpg

| caption = Everyday People performing at Stanford in 2010

| origin = Stanford University

| genre = Hip hop, R&B, Motown, Soul music, A cappella

| years_active = 1987–present

| website = http://everydaypeople.org/wp/

}}

Stanford Everyday People, popularly known as EP, is Stanford University's only Hip-Hop, R&B, Motown and Soul a cappella group.{{cite news|title=Stanford / It's all in the voice|url=http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/STANFORD-It-s-all-in-the-voice-Some-of-the-2603859.php|accessdate=June 3, 2013|newspaper=SFGate|date=October 8, 2005}}{{cite web|title=Music at Stanford|url=http://music.stanford.edu/Ensembles/|publisher=Stanford University Department of Music|accessdate=June 15, 2013}} The group is known for its tight, soulful sound and wearing all black.{{cite web|title=Going 'Off the Page' With PASU|url=http://www.bakitwhy.com/articles/going-offthepage-pasu-stanford|work=BakItWhy: Pilipino American Lifestyle|publisher=BakItWhy|accessdate=June 15, 2013}}{{cite news|title=Beyond the barbershop: Stanford's diverse a cappella scene|url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2011/08/11/beyond-the-barbershop-a-capella-at-stanford/|accessdate=June 3, 2013|newspaper=Stanford Daily|date=August 11, 2011}} It was founded in 1987 and has released ten studio albums to date.{{cite web|last=Benjamin|first=Stevens|title=Recorded A Cappella Review Board Revie|url=http://www.rarb.org/reviews/34.html|work=Recorded A Cappella Review Board|publisher=RARB|accessdate=June 13, 2013}} EP has toured the United States, Jamaica and the Bahamas.{{cite web|title=Stanford Everyday People Website|url=http://everydaypeople.org/wp/?page_id=254}}

History

Founded in 1987 by Stanford University juniors Larry Shorter and Tony Stovall, the group's name is a tribute to Sly and the Family Stone's vision of inclusiveness and acceptance of all races, genders, and creeds as well as their 1967 hit of the same title.{{cite web|title=Stanford Everyday People Website|url=http://everydaypeople.org/wp/|accessdate=June 3, 2013}}{{better source needed|date=February 2020}}

In 2017, EP performed with artists Wiz Khalifa and Ouyang Nana at the Breakthrough Prize awards ceremony.{{cite web |url=https://www.collegeaca.com/content/stanford-everyday-people-accompany-wiz-khalifa--ou-yang-nana-for-nat-geo-performance |title=Stanford Everyday People Accompany Wiz Khalifa & Ou-Yang Nana For Nat Geo Performance |publisher=Blue Line Media, LLC |accessdate=October 29, 2019}}

In addition to performing at campus and Bay Area events, EP has toured the United States, Jamaica and the Bahamas.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

EP is an entirely student-run organization: the arrangements in its repertoire have all been arranged and transcribed by its own members, past and present.{{Citation needed|reason=surely this information is stated somewhere reputable, just needs citation|date=October 2019}} While EP generally performs with a group of 8-16 singers, graduating members always remain a part of the group.

Discography

File:EP at Stanford.jpg

  • Dress Black (1989)
  • Shades of Soul (1993)
  • Wail (1996)
  • 2648 West Grand Blvd. (1998)
  • EP Jones (1999)
  • Extended Play (2001)
  • Lovespeak (2004){{cite web|title=LoveSpeak Album|website=Amazon |url=https://www.amazon.com/Lovespeak-Everyday-People/dp/B008PMON6M|accessdate=June 3, 2013}}
  • The Next Episode (2009){{cite web|title=The Next Episode Album at eGroups|url=http://egroups.stanford.edu/p-122-the-next-episode.aspx}}{{cite web|title=The Next Episode Review|url=http://www.rarb.org/reviews/1041.html}}
  • The Sweetest (2014)
  • Evolution (2018) - EP

Awards and nominations

{{Awards table|5}}

|-

| 1994

| Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards

| Best Mixed Collegiate Soloist

| Sean White

| style="background: #F4F2B0" | {{Center|Runner-up}}

| {{cite web |title=1994 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Winners |url=http://www.casa.org/cara1994w |website=The Contemporary A Cappella Society |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811052859/http://www.casa.org/cara1994w |archive-date=11 August 2019 |url-status=unfit}}

|-

| rowspan="2" | 1997

| rowspan="2" | Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards

| rowspan="2" | Best Mixed Collegiate Soloist

| Osi Imeokparia

| style="background: #F4F2B0" | {{Center|Runner-up}}

| {{cite web |title=1997 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Winners |url=http://www.casa.org/cara1997w |website=The Contemporary A Cappella Society |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811001016/http://www.casa.org/cara1997w |archive-date=11 August 2019 |url-status=unfit}}

|-

| Crystal McCreary

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web |title=1997 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Winners |url=http://www.casa.org/cara1997w |website=The Contemporary A Cappella Society |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811001016/http://www.casa.org/cara1997w |archive-date=11 August 2019 |url-status=unfit}}

|-

| rowspan="3" | 1999

| rowspan="3" | Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards

| Best Mixed Collegiate Album

| 2648 West Grand Blvd

| style="background: #F4F2B0" | {{Center|Runner-up}}

| rowspan="3" | {{cite web |title=1999 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Winners |url=http://www.casa.org/cara1999w |website=The Contemporary A Cappella Society |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027074549/http://www.casa.org/cara1999w |archive-date=27 October 2019 |url-status=unfit}}{{cite news |last=Daly |first=Bobby |title=Unaccompanied recognition: Stanford groups win national a cappella prizes |date=8 April 1999 |newspaper=The Stanford Daily |volume=215 |issue=34 |page=1}}

|-

| Best Mixed Collegiate Song

| "You're All I Need to Get By"

| style="background: #F4F2B0" | {{Center|Runner-up}}

|-

| Best Mixed Collegiate Soloist

| Crystal McCreary

| style="background: #F4F2B0" | {{Center|Runner-up}}

|-

| rowspan="4" | 2000

| rowspan="4" | Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards

| Best Mixed Collegiate Album

| EP Jones

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2" | {{cite web |title=2000 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Winners |url=http://www.casa.org/cara2000w |website=The Contemporary A Cappella Society |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811001022/http://www.casa.org/cara2000w |archive-date=11 August 2019 |url-status=unfit}}

|-

| Best Mixed Collegiate Song

| "The House That Jack Built"

| style="background: #F4F2B0" | {{Center|Runner-up}}

|-

| Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement

| Kevin Kumar

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" | {{cite web |title=2000 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Nominees |url=http://www.casa.org/cara2000n |website=The Contemporary A Cappella Society |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614060526/http://www.casa.org/cara2000n |archive-date=14 June 2019 |url-status=unfit}}

|-

| Best Mixed Collegiate Soloist

| Mariama White-Hammond

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan="3' | 2002

| rowspan="3" | Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards

| Best Mixed Collegiate Album

| Extended Play

| style="background: #F4F2B0" | {{Center|Runner-up}}

| {{cite web |title=2002 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Winners |url=http://www.casa.org/cara2002w |website=The Contemporary A Cappella Society |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614230906/http://www.casa.org/cara2002w |archive-date=14 June 2019 |url-status=unfit}}

|-

| Best Mixed Collegiate Song

| "Spend My Life With You"

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" | {{cite web |title=2002 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Nominees |url=http://www.casa.org/cara2002n |website=The Contemporary A Cappella Society |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027074611/http://www.casa.org/cara2002n |archive-date=27 October 2019 |url-status=unfit}}

|-

| Best Mixed Collegiate Soloist

| Nathan Reed for "I Do"

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan="2" | 2005

| rowspan="2" | Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards

| Best Mixed Collegiate Album

| Lovespeak

| style="background: #F4F2B0" | {{Center|Runner-up}}

| rowspan="2" | {{cite web |title=2005 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Winners |url=http://www.casa.org/cara2005w |website=The Contemporary A Cappella Society |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618104835/http://www.casa.org/cara2005w |archive-date=18 June 2019 |url-status=unfit}}

|-

| Best Mixed Collegiate Solo

| Cindy Lou for "Save Your Love For Me"

| {{won}}

{{end}}

= ICCA results =

The International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) first judged live a cappella performance competitions in 1996.

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Level

! Category

! Recipient(s)

! Result

! class=unsortable | Citation

1997

| West Region Quarterfinal #3

| Best Solo

| Christine Chang for "We Belong"

| style="background: #F4F2B0" | {{Center|Runner-up}}

| {{Center|{{cite web |title=Results: Official Results for the ICCA, ICHSA, and The Open (1997) |date=1997 |location=Stanford University |publisher=Varsity Vocals |url=https://varsityvocals.com/results-page/?fwp_year=1997 |access-date=16 February 2020}}}}

rowspan="2" | 1998

| rowspan="2" | West Region Quarterfinal #1

| Best Group

| Everyday People

| style="background: #F4F2B0" | {{Center|2nd}}

| rowspan="2" | {{Center|{{cite web |title=Results: Official Results for the ICCA, ICHSA, and The Open (1998) |date=1998 |publisher=Varsity Vocals |location=University of Southern California |url=https://varsityvocals.com/results-page/?fwp_year=1998&fwp_type=icca |access-date=16 February 2020}}}}

Best Soloist

| Marcy Komae for "You're All I Need to Get By"

| {{Won}}

rowspan="3" | 2001

| rowspan="3" | West Region Quarterfinal #3

| Best Group

| Everyday People

| style="background: #FADEDE" | {{Center|3rd}}

| rowspan="3" | {{Center|{{cite web |title=Results: Official Results for the ICCA, ICHSA, and The Open (2001) |date=2001 |publisher=Varsity Vocals |location=University of California, Berkeley |url=https://varsityvocals.com/results-page/?fwp_year=2001&fwp_type=icca |access-date=16 February 2020}}}}

Best Soloist

| Mariama White-Hammond

| {{Won}}

Best Soloist

| Nathan Reed

| style="background: #F4F2B0" | {{Center|Runner-up}}

rowspan="5" | 2002

| rowspan="4" | West Region Quarterfinal #2

| Best Group

| Everyday People

| style="background: #AFFBA3" | {{Center|1st}}

| rowspan="4" | {{Center|{{cite web |title=Results: Official Results for the ICCA, ICHSA, and The Open (2002) |date=2002 |publisher=Varsity Vocals |location=Brigham Young University |url=https://varsityvocals.com/results-page/?fwp_year=2002&fwp_type=icca |access-date=16 February 2020}}}}

Best Soloist

| Nathan Reed

| {{Won}}

Best Soloist

| Eric Lee and Gabrielle Slaughter

| style="background: #F4F2B0" | {{Center|Runner-up (tie)}}

Best Intro

| "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"

| {{Won}}

West Region Semifinal

| Best Soloist

| Nathan Reed

| style="background: #F4F2B0" | {{Center|Runner-up}}

| {{Center|{{cite web |title=Results: Official Results for the ICCA, ICHSA, and The Open (2002) |date=2002 |publisher=Varsity Vocals |location=Stanford University |url=https://varsityvocals.com/results-page/?fwp_year=2002&fwp_type=icca |access-date=16 February 2020}}}}

rowspan="2" | 2005

| West Region Quarterfinal #4

| Best Group

| Everyday People

| style="background: #FADEDE" | {{Center|3rd}}

| {{Center|{{cite web |title=Results: Official Results for the ICCA, ICHSA, and The Open (2005) |date=2005 |publisher=Varsity Vocals |location=University of Oregon |url=https://varsityvocals.com/results-page/?fwp_year=2005&fwp_type=icca&fwp_paged=2 |access-date=16 February 2020}}}}

West Region Semifinal

| Outstanding Soloist

| Carryn Kunz for "You're All I Need to Get By"

| {{Won}}

| {{Center|{{cite web |title=Results: Official Results for the ICCA, ICHSA, and The Open (2005) |date=2005 |publisher=Varsity Vocals |location=Stanford University |url=https://varsityvocals.com/results-page/?fwp_year=2005&fwp_type=icca |access-date=16 February 2020}}}}

Notable alumni

{{Unreferenced section|date=November 2019}}

Notable alumni include:

  • Actor Barney Cheng
  • Award-winning{{which|date=December 2019}} singer-songwriter Jamie Green
  • Singer-songwriters and producers Kevin and Sean Kumar
  • Broadway actress Katie Nutt
  • Jazz vocalist Katie Nutt
  • Prince Fahad Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia.

See also

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://everydaypeople.org/wp/ Everyday People's Website]
  • [https://www.youtube.com/user/StanfordEverdayPpl/videos?view=0&flow=grid&sort=p Everyday People's YouTube Page]

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