Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
What a way to start the weekend. The Marvelettes seem to understand, metaphorically, at least. The Marvelettes: "Rainy Morning" If, instead of gloom and doom, you'd like a pick-me-up, keep an eye on the dancers. The Mighty Hannibal does "Jerkin'...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- As an irresistible force of social and cultural change, Berry Gordy's legendary Motown Records made its mark not just on the music industry, but society at large, with a sound that that has become one of the most significant musical accomplishments and stunning success stories of the 20th century. Diana Ross & The Supremes, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles,...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Typically I like any excuse to put Marvin Gaye, The Marvelettes and Gladys Knight and the Pipps in the blog, but this comes after bad news. As pointed out by East Bay editor David Reid, Norman Whitfield, a prolific writer...
Discobelle.net (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
We caught up with Miss Moretti in NYC where we got a chance to tag team it with her on the 1’s and 2’s, but now she’s back in LA where she has been a club fixture holding it down alongside pals DJAM, Steve Aoki and Cut Chemist. We also got her brand new [...]
lalate news (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
Norman Whitfield is dead. Norman Whitfield’s death is sad news to Temptations and Rose Royce fans. Funeral arrangements not yet announced. Norman Whitfield wrote “Car Wash” and virtually every Temptations Motown for an entire decade. Whitfield was a prolific songwriter producer who authored some of LALATE’s favorite Motown songs. Whitfield didn’t just write good songs [...]
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 14/09/2008
Where: Ocean City's Inlet Parking Lot.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Solange is reluctant to discuss her older sister and it’s understandable why: All anyone seems to want to know is about their relationship, and yet one of them is still trying to make a name for herself.
Material Interest (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Five things worth knowing today - It's Krishna Janmashtami, or the birthday celebration of the Hindu god Krishna, a day in which citizens of Mumbai form human pyramids to try to steal high-hanging pots of yogurt. If that doesn't sound...
The Run of Play (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Team nicknames in soccer are too simple. Even a child can see this, and yet, although the child was our future and this happened in 1979, nothing ever changes, least of all the fact that it is chromosomally impossible for the human brain to imagine the color blue fighting against itself. What do you think [...]
Guest Music Bloggers (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
Press Release To schedule interviews, please contact: Cheryl Hughey Promotions at 314-660-1755 or cherylhughey@charter.net Time Life Releases Motown Collection Moorestown, NJ Time Life has issued a five-volume (10 CD) collector’s set featuring songs by The Temptations, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, Four Tops, Martha & The Vandella’s, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Mary Wells, Marvin...
Tom McMahon (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
* "Go Away Little Girl" — Steve Lawrence (1963) and Donny Osmond (1971) * "The Loco-Motion" — Little Eva (1962) and Grand Funk (1974) * "Please Mr. Postman" — The Marvelettes (1961) and The Carpenters (1975) * "Venus" — Shocking...
Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
The Marvelettes recorded their hit "Mr. Postman" in 1961, but that Motown classic could just as easily be a 2008 Virgin Islands anthem.
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 18/06/2008
Let's play a gameRemember when games called for balls and bean bags instead of computer screens and joy sticks? With summer coming up, it makes sense to revisit those pastimes that take us away from the computer screen and out into the...
LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008
The Marvelettes - A French Tamla Motown EP release. I love girl group covers like this from other countries!
MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
(by Dan ‘Monty’ Montalto) It’s not easy being the younger sister of a mega-famous-the-world-over pop icon. No, seriously. Just ask Solange Knowles, Beyoncé’s 21-year-old kid sis. Let’s face it, when your sister is so famous that she practically owns the rights to the second letter of the alphabet, it’s pretty hard to convince anyone that based solely [...]
