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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Motown

Motown stories: 8 news summaries

 New Jackson 5 
 Tracks Drop in Nov. 

New single 'That's How Love Is' available online now

Oct 6, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Jackson 5 may well be back on the charts this November with the release of I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters, a collection of never-before-heard material and alternate versions of beloved tunes. One of the new songs, “That’s How Love Is,” can be heard on... More »

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Universal Music Group • album release • Michael Jackson • Michael Davis • Jackson Five • Motown • unreleased song • Berry Gordy

 Obamas Honor Stevie Wonder 

Soul legend gets lifetime achievement award, White House concert

Feb 26, 09 1:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The First Couple last night honored Stevie Wonder with an award, a White House concert and an acknowledgment of the role his music has played in their relationship, reports ABC News. The president presented the Motown legend with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song lifetime achievement award. Guests, including Paul... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • singer • Stevie Wonder • Motown • President Obama

 Motown Giants Mark 
 50 Years of Music 

Abdul "Duke" Fakir: Studio A is hallowed ground

Jan 12, 09 7:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Musical legends gathered today at Hitsville, USA—Motown Records' original headquarters—to celebrate the Detroit label's 50th anniversary, Billboard reports. The Four Tops' Abdul "Duke" Fakir was joined by musicians from bands such as the Miracles and Martha & the Vandellas to pay tribute to Barry Gordy, who started... More »

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music • Detroit • singers • Motown • Four Tops • Abdul "Duke" Fakir • Ivy Joe Hunter

Movie Review

 Mac Gives Soul to Uneven Film 

Critics divided, but star wins them over

Nov 7, 08 3:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Soul Men is the cinematic swan song of both Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes, and they undoubtedly deserve better, “given how easily it slips into conventionally vulgar and predictably crude” humor, writes John Anderson in Newsday. Still, get past the “old-man jokes, low-rent sex humor” and the... More »

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movie review • Samuel L. Jackson • Motown • Bernie Mac • Isaac Hayes

 Four Tops Singer Dead At 72 

Stubbs' baritone was featured on many Motown hits

Oct 17, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Baritone Levi Stubbs, the heart of the Four Tops, died today in Detroit at age 72, the Detroit News reports. With Abdul Fakir, Lawrence Payton and Renaldo Benson, Stubbs recorded many iconic hits of the Motown era, including Bernadette, Reach Out (I’ll Be There), and Standing in the Shadows ... More »

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music • obituary • singer • soul • Motown • Levi Stubbs • Four Tops

obituary

Motown Great Norman Whitfield Dies

Grammy-winner who wrote 'Heard it Through the Grapevine' was 67

Sep 18, 08 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Norman Whitfield, the visionary producer who helped shape the Motown era, has died at 67 from diabetes complications, the Los Angeles Times reports. Whitfield produced most of the Temptations’ recordings, and co-wrote dozens of Motown standouts, including Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard it Through the Grapevine.... More »

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music industry • Detroit • obituary • Motown

 Duffy Latest to Give
 Motown a UK Twist 

Welsh import, following Winehouse et al., makes US TV blitz this week

May 12, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 23-year-old Welsh singer is the latest in a wave of pop artists—female, British ones—to channel 1960s Motown, the Wall Street Journal reports. Duffy, who storms the US this week with TV talk-show appearances and a performance at the Apollo tonight, is already a hit across Europe, her... More »

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music • Amy Winehouse • Aretha Franklin • Wales • soul • Motown • Duffy • Apollo Theater • Rockferry

Martha Reeves' Stolen Equipment Turns Up 

Detroit pawnshop has 'big piece of electronic something' belonging to Motown star

May 9, 08 9:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Recording equipment reported stolen from former Motown star Martha Reeves has turned up in a Detroit pawnshop, the Free Press reports. The equipment was taken last week from the childhood home of Reeves, who's now a Motor City councilwoman. More »

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Detroit • robbery • city council • Martha Reeves • Motown • pawn shop

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