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Black Radio Exclusives "2008 Jeep Unlimited Radio Personality of The Year", an inductee to The Living Legends Hall of Fame, the #4 spot as “Best Urban DJ of all-time”
Harper played high school basketball at Boys & Girls High School in Brooklyn and was an All American standout rebounder that played in the NIT tournament with his alma mater Syracuse University. After spending a brief stint with the CBL which garnered him a try-out with the Detroit Pistons, he was selected in the sixth round of the NBA draft as their #57 pick.[1] Vaughn wasn't chosen by the team but his deep bass voice and transition to radio disc jockey after failing to make the NBA is where he had the greatest impact, the Quiet storm radio program lasted 35 years on black owned Inner City Broadcasting's flagship New York FM radio station, WBLS-FM.
Orangeman
Harper played on the Orangemen squad as a starter from 1966 to 1968, as a sophomore he started in all but three games for Syracuse in the NCAA East Region tourney. Despite playing in only three varsity campaigns he is 10th on the Orangemen's all-time rebounding chart. As a senior, Vaughn led the Orangemen in scoring, averaging 13.5 points per game for his career.[2] In 1967 the starting five, George Hicker, Rick Dean, Steve Ludd, Ritchie Cornwall and Harper were 19-2 and ranked 8th in the nation before losing four of the last five games of the season. In a game against Colgate, Harper pulled down 23 rebounds.[3] Because of his leaping ability, and the lack of height on the team, Harper jumped center for most of his Syracuse career. Upon graduation, he was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 6th round of the 1968 draft, but failed to make the team.
Quiet storm
In 1976, Harper became a nighttime Radio DJ for WBLS (107.5 FM) in New York City. Known for mellow voice and soft music selections, Harper's 'Quiet Storm' program became a radio staple in the New York tri-state area over the next 35 years.[4] Harper also used his celebrity and basketball skills to form the WBLS Sure Shots Benefit Basketball team in 1972 with a.m. DJ Ken "Spider" Webb, playing challengers across the metro area. Vaughn was also involved in local charity events, lending his voice to the WBLS Sureshooters program and UNCF fund raisers. Following a stroke in 1993, Harper lost his voice and left the station in 1995 and made a radio comeback to WBLS in 2003. He had to fight his way back, spending some time at WBGO, WWRL and WTJM before returning to the Quiet Storm. Originally recruited to the broadcast field and trained by WBLS program manager Frankie Crocker, Vaughn is often referred to as Mr. Velvet Voice, because his smooth voice is as personable as it is distinctive, contributing to the preservation of "Personality" radio. On the commercial front the Quiet Storm radio personality has spanned the globe with commercial success as; voice talent for Clear Channel Urban properties, the voice of Great Kings Of Africa,[5] (a Budweiser sponsered Black History month special),[6] host of Japan's Suntory Quiet Storm (rated #1 for three years straight); the CEBA Awards for advertising excellence,[7] master of ceremonies for Amateur Night at the Apollo,[8][9] the UNCF national telethon along with serving as the in-flight announcer of Delta Airlines "A Journey Of Soul" (black music month special).[10] Since 2010 Harper together with his wife Sandra adopted the Harlem Dowling Children’s Services as a way to continue assisting youth charity organizations.[11] Harper, a Diabetic, credits his wife with keeping him healthy after a few scares in the Aughts. “You have to know your history,” Sandra Harper pointed out. “You have to take the disease seriously.” Heredity is important too. She noted that many of the males in her husband’s family had diabetes.[12]
Game D.J.
Harper reached beyond the radio industry as the voice of the in-game radio station host in Rockstar Games most successful video game Grand Theft Auto 4, he is featured as the voice of VIBE RADIO. Harper's sultry voice on 98.8 directs the R&B and Classic Soul that accompanies the action while young adults are playing the game. A variety of real celebrities provide voices for the radio DJs on the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack, including fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, musicians Iggy Pop, Femi Kuti, Jimmy Gestapo and Ruslana, along with real-life radio talk show host Lazlow Jones.
Birthday bash
Throughout his career, Vaughn’s accomplishments have been featured in trade publications such as Cashbox, Billboard, and Urban Network and in popular news periodicals: NY Daily News, NY Post, NY Times, and The Amsterdam News.[13]Alyson Williams hosted the 2015 Vaughn Harper Birthday Bash, an annual event that draws radio talent and an eclectic New York party scene.[14] Reminiscent of the Best of Friends party club scene[15] of the 70s and 80s and the Frankie Crocker romps at Leviticus,[16] the party at Downtown Community Television Center kicked off with a special tribute to the Manhattans and Ray, Goodman & Brown, both 70s pop-soul groups. Special guests in attendance included, Norman Connors, Gerald Alston and Billy Brown. He continues to host along with Williams a Friday night party at MIST in Harlem.[17]