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    May 21, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Daring 'Gaye' delivers stories and songs

    THEATER REVIEW: "The Marvin Gaye Story" at Black Ensemble Theatre ★★★ ... This show is a significant step forward for director Jackie Taylor and her company at a critical juncture in their shared history.
    When Black Ensemble Theatre opened its beautiful new building in November, it did so with a show, "The Jackie Wilson Story," that not only was under-rehearsed but was merely a pro forma remount of a hit from the past. The second, far more successful...

    Tags: Black Entertainment Television (tv network), Jackie Wilson, Entertainment, Music Theater, Human Accomplishments

    2. Apr 19, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. 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?"
    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: The Social Network (movie) , Cirque du Soleil, Michael Jackson, Entertainment, Aaron Sorkin

    3. Apr 14, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. 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: Michael Jackson, Entertainment, Music, Entertainment Events, Diana Ross

    4. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  4. 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.
    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: Entertainment, Norah Jones, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Music

    5. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 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 <a href=&quot;http://www.latimes.com/travel/destinations/lasvegas">Las Vegas</a>' <a href="http://ev2.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3ACOAST%3ACCSC%3ASC051113%3A&amp;linkID=coast&amp;shopperContext=&amp;pc=&amp;caller=&amp;appCode=&amp;groupCode=SCSHOW&amp;cgc=" target="_blank">Suncoast Hotel &amp; Casino</a> on May 11 and 12.
    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 --...
    6. Mar 16, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. 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: Bribery, Corporate Crime, Rick Snyder, Chicago Tribune, Contracts

    7. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. 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: Joe Morton, AMC (tv network), Stevie Wonder, The Voice (tv program), Entertainment

    8. Mar 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. 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: Entertainment, Music Industry, The Supremes (music group), Music, Berry Gordy

    9. Dec 28, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Teena Marie,'The Ivory Queen of Soul,' made R&B colorless

    It's impossible to lend an ear to today's crop of R&B divas without hearing just a little bit of Teena Marie.
    The Los Angeles Times
    It's impossible to lend an ear to today's crop of R&B divas without hearing just a little bit of Teena Marie. Though she never had the blockbuster commercial success or universal household appeal of some of her peers ( Patti Labelle, Anita Baker and...

    Tags: Michael Jackson, Entertainment, Anita Baker, Eminem, Christina Aguilera

    10. Mar 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. 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 his record label. He was 68.
    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: Queens of the Stone Age (music group), Lil Wayne, Entertainment, The Supremes (music group), Music

    11. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Otis R. "Damon" Harris Jr., Temptations singer

    Otis R. &quot;Damon" Harris Jr., a Baltimore singer who performed with the Temptations during the 1970s and later used his own diagnosis of prostate cancer to help raise awareness of the disease in African-American men, died Feb. 18 from the disease at Joseph Richey Hospice. The Owings Mills resident was 62.
    Otis R. "Damon" Harris Jr., a Baltimore singer who performed with the Temptations during the 1970s and later used his own diagnosis of prostate cancer to help raise awareness of the disease in African-American men, died Feb. 18 from the disease at...

    Tags: Entertainment, Grammy Awards, American Cancer Society, Music, Pikesville

    12. Oct 13, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  12. Fifth Dimension singer Florence LaRue says good songs gave group success

    Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOG
    Motown Records was a hit factory for black musicians in the early 1960s, churning out smash after smash R&B song. So hoping to follow that same path to success, the fledgling vocal group that singer Florence LaRue joined in 1965......
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