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Urkel Plays Cee-Lo Green In New Video
Jaleel White, aka Steve Urkel, plays Cee-Lo Green in his new clip for ‘Cry Baby’. Cee-Lo Green. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.The fifth single from Cee-Lo Green’s The Ladykiller album of late last year is ‘Cry...
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Cliff Richard Announces An All-Star Soul Album
Pop icon Cliff Richard has announced a new album of soul duets with The Temptations, Robert Flack and more. Cliff RichardThe squeaky clean British pop idol will deliver an album of new soul tunes and...
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Super-Producers Pair With Unlikely Collaborators For Re:Generation Doco
Skrillex, The Doors, Nas, Mark Ronson and more are part of the collaboration project and doco Re:Generation. Nas - Photo By Damien LoversoThe Re:Generation project has paired six electronic producers...
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The Sapphires’ Soundtrack Songs Announced
Classic Motown and soul songs will soundtrack The Sapphires film, sung by Jessica Mauboy and the original stars. The SapphiresLast month details of the new Australian film The Sapphires emerged, a true...
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Bob Babbitt Of The Funk Brothers Dead At 74
Bob Babbitt, whose bass work can be heard on the majority of Motown hits of the late 60’s and early 70’s, passed away on Monday at a Nashville Hospice after suffering from brain cancer. He was 74. Bob...
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Suzi Quatro Recovers After Accident And Prepares For Her New Show
In April, Suzi Quatro fell while getting off of an airplane in Kiev, breaking her right knee and left wrist. Since that time, she has been recovering and, even though she continues to be in pain, she...
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Motown Great Frank Wilson Passes Away
One of Motown’s bright lights behind the scenes in the 1960’s, writer and producer Frank Wilson, passed away on Thursday from prostate cancer. He was 71. Frank WilsonAs a writer and producer, Wilson...
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Human Nature To Stay In Las Vegas For Two More Years
Just one week after Human Nature announced the end of their three year residency in Las Vegas the Australian pop group have announced that they have signed a new two year agreement with the new venue...
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Damon Harris Of The Temptations Loses His Cancer Battle
Damon Harris, who had a short but very fruitful tenure with The Temptations in the early 70’s, died last Monday (February 18) after a fourteen-year fight with prostate cancer. He was 62. Damon...
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New Elton John Album In The Works
Elton John is looking for a September release for his 30th studio album, The Diving Board. Elton John, Photo: Ros O'GormanThe album is what he calls “the most piano-oriented album of my career” and was...
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Richard Street Is The Second Temptation To Pass Away Within A Fortnight
Richard Street, a 22-year veteran of the Temptations, died in Las Vegas earlier today after a short hospital stay. He was 70. Richard StreetIt was the second death of a member of the group in the last...
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Plum Roles For Marvin Gaye Biopic Offered To Law And Order Stars
Hot on the heels of the announcement that Jesse L. Martin has been, once again, selected for the role of Marvin Gaye in the movie Sexual Healing, we get news that Martin’s old boss on Law and Order is...
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Lead Singer Of Detroit Spinners Passes Away At 76
Bobby Smith (also known as Bobbie), the man who took the lead on some of the Spinners’ biggest hits, died on Saturday in Orlando, Florida from pneumonia and influenza. He was 76. Detroit SpinnersSmith,...
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Motown Songwriter Deke Richards Dead At 68
Deke Richards, the songwriter who led the Motown writing and production team The Corporation, died on Sunday from esophageal cancer. He was 68. Deke RichardsRichards was planning on following the the...
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Smokey Robinson Signs With Verve
Smokey Robinson has been signed by the legendary Verve label by its chairman, David Foster, and is preparing his 29th career album in the form of a duets set. Smokey RobinsonThe album, which will be...
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Bubbles The Chimp Abandoned By The Jacksons
Michael Jackson’s beloved pet chimpanzee is surviving on public donations. Michael Jackson and BubblesBubbles became a world famous primate when he was rescued from a medical lab and adopted by the...
View ArticleStevie Wonder Makes A Stand Against State Of Florida
In the wake of the Trayvon Martin verdict in Florida, Stevie Wonder has made the decision to avoid Florida and all other “Stand Your Ground” states until the laws are changed.Wonder was performing in...
View ArticleVale Motown’s Maxine Powell
Motown’s etiquette coach, Maxine Powell, has died at age 98.Powell died on Monday morning at Providence Hospital in a Southfield, MI.Maxine’s knowledge of etiquette came through her family. She was...
View ArticleCeeLo And Smokey Robinson Sing The Way You Do The Things You Do
Smokey Robinson has recorded a new version of ‘The Way You Do The Things You Do’ with CeeLo Green.Smokey Robinson is adding a duets album to his catalog that sees guest artists singing with Smokey on...
View ArticleStevie Wonder To Perform Songs In The Key of Life Live
Stevie Wonder will bring a complete performance of his classic album Songs in the Key of Life to eleven arenas around North America.Songs in the Key of Life was Wonder’s third Grammy winning Album of...
View ArticleMotown Legend Jimmy Ruffin In Intensive Care In Vegas Hospital
Reports have surfaced that Motown singer Jimmy Ruffin is gravely ill in the intensive care unit of a Las Vegas hospital.According to Soul Tracks, “We are sad to inform SoulTrackers that Motown great...
View ArticleThe Commodores Win Court Case Over Name
The Commodores have been given a preliminary victory in court over a prior member who continued to use their name.According to TMZ, a judge has ruled that Thomas McClary gave up his right to the...
View ArticleGladys Knight To Perform In The UK In 2015
Gladys Knight has announced a seven date UK tour in 2015, her first in six years, which takes in the Royal Albert Hall on July 1st. Gladys Knight will be performing all her classic hits ‘ ‘Midnight...
View ArticleThe Temptations And Four Tops Visit The White House
The classic Motown groups the Temptations and the Four Tops were guests at the White House on Friday afternoon.The two group performed shortened versions of their hits My Girl and Ain’t No Woman (Like...
View ArticleR.I.P. Al Abrams, Motown’s First Publicist
The man Berry Gordy depended on to get the word out on his young Motown Records, publicist Al Abrams, died Saturday at his home in Findlay, OH at the age of 74. He had been diagnosed with cancer just...
View ArticleR.I.P. Robert Bateman Composer of Please Mr Postman
Robert Bateman, one of the first employees at Motown and writer of Please Mr. Postman, died on Wednesday morning after suffering a massive heart attack at the age of 80. Bateman, who was born in...
View ArticleR.I.P. Motown Writer Sylvia Moy 1938-2017
Sylvia Moy, a writer for Motown Records and a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, died on Saturday (April 15) at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn, MI at the age of 78. According to family members, she...
View ArticleMotown Legend Eddie Holland Is $20 Million In Debt
Songs that he wrote have gone to the U.S. top ten 42 times but that wasn’t enough to keep Eddie Holland out of deep debt. The Detroit News is reporting that Holland is currently $20 million in debt...
View ArticleR.I.P. Dennis Edwards of The Temptations 1943-2018
Dennis Edwards, who replaced David Ruffin in the Temptations in 1968 and stayed with them until 1977 along with a couple of stints in the 80’s, had died in Chicago one day before his 75th birthday....
View ArticleTemptations’ Singer’s Wife Ordered Away From Husband Weeks Before His Death
A St. Louis newspaper is reporting that Temptations singer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Dennis Edwards was allegedly abused by his wife in the weeks up to his death. Edwards died last Thursday...
View ArticleDr Dre Is Developing A Marvin Gaye Movie
Rapper Dr. Dre is reportedly working on a movie about late singer Marvin Gaye. The film project is said to be in the early stages of planning, but the former N.W.A. star has secured the rights to...
View ArticleOriginal Four Tops member Duke Fakir talks longevity with ABC News Breakfast
The Four Tops are back in Australia and original singer Duke Fakir is still doing it at the age of 82. Duke and more recent members Ronnie McNeir, Lawrence Payton Jr (son of original member Lawrence...
View ArticleThe Four Tops bring a touch of Motown to Melbourne
The Four Tops, still with original member Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, are in Australia performing the songs that date back to their first hit ‘Baby I Need Your Loving’ 54 years ago. At 82 Duke can still sing....
View ArticleDiana Ross has fan evicted from concert
Diana Ross saw red after a fan poked her when she took to the stage for a surprise concert in New York on Monday night, enlisting her security to escort the man out of the gig. The 74-year-old icon...
View ArticleStevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson Join Berry Gordy for opening of Berry Gordy...
Sunset Boulevard and Argyle Avenue in Hollywood will hereby be known as Berry Gordy Square. Motown legends Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder attended the dedication of the square to the founder of...
View ArticleStevie Wonder Asks ‘The Universe Is Watching – What Happens Next?’
Stevie Wonder has delivered a powerful message about unity to the American people following the 2020 election. “I hope you made the right decision for you, your family, your community, honouring your...
View ArticleSoul Icons The Temptations To Release New Album Temptations 60 in 2022
Legendary soul group The Temptations will release a brand new album of mostly original songs in 2022. ‘Temptations 60’ comes 60 years after the first single for The Temptations ‘Oh Mother of Mine’ in...
View ArticleThe First Ever Mary Wilson Anthology is On The Way
Motown will release the first ever anthology for soul great Mary Wilson in March. ‘Mary Wilson’s The Motown Anthology’ will feature 38 songs Mary’s early days in The Primettes, her successful innings...
View ArticleMotown’s Cam Wallace Continues The Motown Legacy With ‘The Optical’
Motown’s Cam Wallace is taking Motown Records into the future by taking it back to its past. Motown built its reputation on the music of Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Four Tops, The Miracles, The...
View ArticleDiana Ross Has A London Show Booked
Diana Ross is set to play Longleat. Ross has just been announced to headline the Live at Longleat series in Wiltshire, England on July 1. The show at the wildlife park is part of Diana’s ‘Thank U Tour’...
View ArticleMotown Songwriter Barrett Strong Dead at 81
Barrett Strong, the man who gave Motown an early hit with ‘Money (That’s What I Want)’* has died at the age of 81. Strong also co-wrote the classics ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’, ‘Just My...
View ArticleStylus To Reunite For Shows In April
Stylus, the first and only Australian band ever to be signed to Motown Records, has reformed for shows in April. Stylus will feature three original members, Peter Cupples (vocals), Sam McNally...
View ArticleMotown Chairman Clarence Avant Dies At Age 92
Music executive Clarence Avant has passed away at the age of 92. Avant, also known as The Black Godfather, died at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday, his family have confirmed. “Through his...
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