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Detroit Free Press Brian McCollum column
Detroit Free PressCould some answers finally be on the way for Sixto Rodriguez? After decades of murkiness about his record sales and royalties, a legal and accounting team has begun an inquiry for the enigmatic singer-songwriter, the Free Press has learned. The move...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Sony Corp., Searching for Sugar Man (movie), Music, South Africa
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Review: 'The Sapphires'
Tulsa WorldEvery so often, a film like "The Sapphires" comes along, and I'm glad it does. This sweet charmer put a smile on my face at the start, and it just stayed there. The movie has more soul than it does substance. It's sentimental but not sticky-sweet. The...Tags: Music, Discrimination, Movies, Entertainment, Chris O'Dowd
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SUMMER CONCERT GUIDE: THE SUMMER OF BROTHERLY LOVE
The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.Summer has always been a special time when it comes to music. A great concert under the stars can more than make up for the asinine traffic jams you had to sit through on the way to the venue. Music thrives in the heat and humidity of summer, and it...Tags: Big Boi, Los Lonely Boys (music group), Charles Bradley, Verizon Center, Bruce Springsteen
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Making Noise: Matt Newberg records his groovy songs about love
Portland Press Herald, Maine'Into a Dream" is the latest album from Bath musician Matt Newberg, and it's home to eight original songs inspired by the Motown sound. It was recorded with the help of James Whalen and mastered by Frank Hopkins. On the record, you'll hear guitarist...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Apple iTunes
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Steve Jobs' approach a lesson for Broadway's 'Motown'
In 2011, Nick Bilton of The New York Times asked Walter Isaacson, the biographer of Steve Jobs, an interesting question: "Did he try to control what you wrote in the book?" "I anticipated that," Isaacson replied. "But he didn't. He kept surprising me by...
Tags: Social Media, Ashton Kutcher, Diana Ross, Music, Apple iPod
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Songs, not stories, get top billing in 'Motown'
NEW YORK — Berry Gordy, the man who discovered Diana Ross and The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells (and on and on), was a peerless record producer when it came to handpicking talent and building careers. But Berry Gordy, the...
Tags: Human Accomplishments, Music Theater, Diana Ross, Music, Artists
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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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Smokey Robinson sizzled at the Ferguson Center | a review
It's common to see legendary artists sleepwalk through their concerts. After all, what do they have to prove? They earned their reputations decades ago. Now, all that's necessary is to show up, sing a few hits, smile and get out of town. Smokey...
Tags: Music, Norah Jones, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Entertainment
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Quick Takes: 'Walking' to the top
"The Walking Dead," which has already shattered viewer records for AMC, scored another milestone with its season finale. The end of the third season of the zombie apocalypse drama scored its biggest audience ever with 12.4 million viewers Sunday night,...Tags: Demographics, Music Theater, Modern Family (tv program), The Voice (tv program), Music
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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: The Supremes (music group), Obituaries, Berry Gordy, Bobby Darin, Music
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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: The Supremes (music group), Queens of the Stone Age (music group), Berry Gordy, Lil Wayne, Music
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Detroit's decline
Since the Motown sound went silent -- except on oldies stations -- and General Motors and Chrysler (but not Ford) required life support from Washington, there has been little to recommend Detroit, Mich., to visitors, much less its residents. The...Tags: General Motors Corp., Corporate Crime, Finance, Bankruptcy, Organized Crime
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Mar 26, 2013
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