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Little Richard – The Soulful Designer of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Born Richard Penniman, Little Richard was one of rock ‘n’ roll’s founding fathers who helped shatter the color line on the music charts, joining Chuck…
The Detroit sound that molded American/Global Music
Motown founder Berry Gordy plays the piano while a group of his record label employees, including Smokey Robinson (rear) and Stevie Wonder (right), clap and…
We Are the World
This is 45 plus hours of music recordings that can be appreciated by diverse ears. Brace yourself as the beats get down, up and all…
Aretha Franklin Open-Casket Public Viewing at Detroit Museum & Father’s Church
Fans will be able to pay their respects to Aretha Franklin during a public viewing at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History,…
Where’s the Soul?
In the early 1950’s Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Johnnie Taylor, and their contemporaries were artists I came into being on planet Earth, thereby placing me…
MICHAEL JACKSON, MARY J. BLIGE, TEMPTATIONS TOP 1ST EVER ALL-TIME R&B/HIP-HOP CHART
*Just for kicks, Billboard decided to rank the top R&B/hip-hop artists, songs and albums over the past six decades. After crunching the numbers, Motown legends The Temptations, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and…
National Recording Registry Recognizes the Supremes & John Coltrane
News from the Library of Congress 2016 National Recording Registry Recognizes the Supremes’ “Where Did Our Love Go and saxophonist John Coltrane’s 1964 oeuvre “A…
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