when the song comes on it's time to dance said hakeim Holmes vice president of the Essence Festival he said the band's music brings such comfort and joy that there's a healing aspect to it and he said songs Like We Are One bring people together as everyone sings along in an interview published over the summer in Essence magazine Beverly called music the love of my life he said in the interview that he didn't know exactly why his music appealed across all ages but that he believed God made a path for my music to reach each generation Howard Stanley Beverly born December 6th 1946 in Philadelphia was so taken with the 1950s Arby group Frankie Lyman and the teenagers that he changed his name to Frankie