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Las Vegas: The Supreme Mary Wilson to perform at Suncoast
Mary Wilson, one of the three women who soared to stardom as the Supremes, will bring her soulful stylings to Las Vegas' Suncoast Hotel & Casino on May 11 and 12. More than 50 years have passed since three teenagers growing up in the Detroit projects --...
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PASSINGS: Deke Richards
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Deke Richards, 68, who as part of the songwriting and producing team known as the Corporation was responsible for many of the Jackson 5's early hit songs for Motown Records, died Sunday at a hospice in Bellingham, Wash., of esophageal cancer, according to...Tags: Bobby Darin, Music, Obituaries, Berry Gordy, Music Industry
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Motown producer-songwriter Deke Richards dies
Deke Richards, who as part of the songwriting and production team known as the Corporation was responsible for many of Motown Records' signature songs, died Sunday at a hospice in Bellingham, Wash., of esophageal cancer, according to a statement from...
Tags: Music, Diana Ross, Berry Gordy, Queens of the Stone Age (music group), The Supremes (music group)
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Live: LMFAO has fun with debauchery
Pop & HissLMFAO's Redfoo and Sky Blu stay in character and play debauchery for laughs and fun at Staples Center as part of Sorry for Party Rocking Tour.... -
Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies at 70; bassist for Booker T. & the MG's
As the bass player on dozens of the most soulful hits in the history of pop music, Donald "Duck" Dunn often found himself out on the road playing to fans who had assumed he was black like the stars he supported, notably Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and...Tags: John Belushi, Clint Eastwood, Japan, Music, Saturday Night Live (tv program)
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Critic's Notebook: LMFAO's brand of party rock uniquely American
Pop & HissLast week LMFAO had the No. 1 song in America. Again. This time it was for the L.A. rap/dance/pop duo's ode to self-infatuation, "Sexy and I Know It" — an infectiously simple dance-floor ditty with a relentless rhythm and a video that has been... -
B.B. King, Mick Jagger lead blues session at the White House
Pop & HissB.B. King, Mick Jagger and others will perform at the White House tonight, Feb. 21, in a program hosted by President and Mrs. Obama celebrating the blues. High school students from around the country will get to explore the blues during the day at the... -
Tracing the history of music with Spotify's new Facebook timeline
Pop & HissSpotify unveiled a Facebook Timeline that seeks to offer a chronology of music from the last 900 years. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts takes a look at the entries and makes a few suggestions.... -
'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Motown hits!
Show TrackerA little bit of Motor City was revved into the “Dancing With the Stars” ballroom for a special hand-clapping, hip-swaying Motown-themed event.... -
Nick Ashford of Ashford & Simpson songwriting team dies at 70
Nick Ashford, half of the Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson that penned elegant, soulful classics for singers Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye and funk hits for Chaka Khan and others, died Monday, his former publicist said. He was 70.
Ashford, who along...Tags: Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Diana Ross, Career and Workplace, Fine Arts
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Esther Gordy Edwards dies at 91; sister of Motown Records founder
When Berry Gordy Jr. wanted to borrow $800 from his family to found Motown Records in 1959, he knew that the most formidable resistance would come from his oldest sister, Esther.
"You're 29 years old and what have you done with your life?" his sister...Tags: Museums, Arts and Culture, Berry Gordy, Contracts, Freedom of the Press
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This time, it's Barbara Morrison's turn for a favor
Sitting in the hall that she operates in Leimert Park on a recent afternoon, Barbara Morrison is uncharacteristically sedentary. She recently lost a leg to diabetes. While she speaks with customary grace and cheer, the jazz vocalist is in a period of...Tags: Joe Williams, Arts and Culture, Fine Arts, Music Industry, Dr. John (music artist)
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