Keisha Lance Bottoms recalled how her famous soul-singing father Major Lance never met a stranger and always kept his friends. Lance was the defining voice of 1960s Chicago Soul who teamed up with Curtis Mayfield and producer Carl Davis to launch OKeh Records. Lance racked up back-to-back Billboard smashes, with his 1963 breakout hit The Monkey Time reaching number two on the Billboard R&B chart and spawning a national dance craze.

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His Wyoming pad was initially listed for $39.5 million in June 2026. On Oct. 21, Perry reduced the asking price by $3.5 million, bringing it to $36 million. The home was built in 2019 and has about 12,000 square feet of living space, with nine bedrooms and eight-and-a-half bathrooms.

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