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Ramblin' with Roger (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Back in 1998, when I went to Detroit, I visited 2648 West Grand Boulevard. No, "visited" is not the right word; I made a pilgrimage to Hitsville USA , the house that served as the recording studio for a great number of artists recording for Motown Records. It is a physically unimpressive building, even dowdy, but it was the launching pad for a great amount of music that I own, tunes by Marvin...
BestCovery (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Scoring over 40 hits on the R&B Top 40 charts, the Miracles started out as the Five Chimes in the mid-'50s while the members were still in high school. The Detroit vocal group consisted of William "Smokey" Robinson, Warren "Pete" Moore, Clarence "Humble" Dawson, Donald Wicker, and James "Rat" Grice.
Popdose (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Let’s begin with the facts. Motown: The DVD contains 18 vintage clips of Motown artists performing some of their best known songs. Only five of the 18 are actually live performances. Of these, Gladys Knight and the Pips’ performance of “Grapevine” at the 1972 Save the Children Concert and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles [...]
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Thao Nguyen of Thao with the Get Down Stay Down has written a long, impassioned article for Bitch magazine on breakup songs. Titled "Break Me Off a Piece of that Breakup Song," it looks at "the perverse pleasure of musical pain" you get from wallowing in sad songs, and lists ten of Nguyen's favorites. The Virgina native-turned-San Francisco musician should know. Her newest CD,...
The Poop (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
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An Island Life (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
To celebrate 50 years of Motown, a brand new DVD has been released with 18 TV performances by some of the greatest artists of all time: Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Four Tops, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, and many more. “Motown Records changed the sound of popular [...]
The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
It seems to be Motown time yet again, with Smokey Robinson appearing on the BBC's Electric Proms concert last night and the Divas of Motown tour hitting London in a couple of weeks time. Smokey looks ridiculously young given that it's a good 50 years since his beautiful light voice was first heard on record. But his voice soounds as sweet as ever and his poetic lyrics still sound fresh and original....
Great Minds Think Like Me (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
This is truly One of the best Motown songs. Did you know? "The Tracks of My Tears" is a 1965 hit single by The Miracles for the Tamla (Motown) label. It is considered among their best recordings,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Althouse (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
And now, Soupy's not here! Critics were unkind, calling ["The Soupy Sales Show"] "a mishmash of mediocrity" that was meant for "kids with low IQs." But viewers lapped it up, making it the No. 1 local show by 1962. A survey at the time revealed that more than a third of Sales' fans consisted of adults. Some of them were hosting pie-lobbing parties in their basements....
iCelebZ.com (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Motown Records is presenting television performances of their icons in a new DVD. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of their founding, "Motown 50 - The DVD" will feature 18 classic and rare TV show appearances of their greatest artists from 1965 through 1971. Some of the DVD's highlights include the Marvelettes on "Teen Town" with the record's first Pop #1 hit "Please Mr. Postman,"...
M80s Soundtrack for an 80s Generation (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
'I Second That Emotion' is a 1967 hit single released originally by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles for the Motown label. The song was the group's first Top 5 hit on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart. Less than two years later, the single was covered by Motown labelmates Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations, reaching the top 20 in the UK. The single was released by the UK group Japan...
Eclecticity (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
The Love I Saw In You Was A Mirage. A Top Ten R&B hit in 1967. I remember just loving this tune as a mere boy of 10. I thought it worth a replay. MP3 File
The Liberators of Hip Hop (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
Artist: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Song: Much Better Off Album: Special Occasion I know I have been on somewhat a hiatus for some time but I have been having lost in mail charger problems. But thanks to the good old journalism computer lab at FAMU I was able to get this information to you all. It took me a minute to figure out where the sample for this song came from but I knew once I got to...
Music2Nite (Free subscription) | 29/08/2009
Continuing the celebration of Motown's 50th Anniversary, UMe / Motown releases MOTOWN 50: FANTHOLOGY, a two-CD collection of favorite classic Motown hits, as voted by fans. Available everywhere on September 1, 2009. Motown 50: Fanthology available September 1 Amazon.com CD purchase page UMe / Motown TRACK LISTING: Disc 1 1. “My Girl” – The Temptations 2. “What’s Going...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
Filed under: Spinner Interview Smokey Robinson has found a better way to describe his 50 years in show business than anyone else could with the title of his new CD, 'Time Flies When You're Having Fun.' The soulful, steamy album is all Robinson originals, except for his cover of the Norah Jones hit 'Don't Know Why' and one special bonus track. Guests on the album, which was recorded with the musicians...
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