Reuters - Dec 16, 2007
Marvin Gaye's maligned 1978 album Here, My Dear, which chronicled his divorce from Anna Gordy, will be reissued on January 15 with a bonus disc of reworked material. Disc one of the Motown project...
More »Reuters - Aug 28, 2006
You may have seen the recent photos of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his 44th album, Modern Times, shares a title with Chaplin s 1936 classic about automation, big business and...
More »AP - Jun 11, 2004
It was only last year that Ray Charles performed at the Songwriters Hall of Fame awards show. This year, he was there in spirit. Artists attending the annual induction ceremony Thursday night remembered...
More »Reuters - May 5, 2004
Motown is emptying its archives into Apple s iTunes Music Store to mark its 45th anniversary. The famed label is making available the first 45 singles it issued as well as 45 hard-to-find albums from...
More »AP - Mar 31, 2004
British recording company EMI Group PLC has reached a deal to become the sole owner of Jobete, the Motown song catalog established by Berry Gordy Jr. EMI s Music Publishing division, which already owned...
More »Reuters - Mar 27, 2004
Before cameras begin rolling on ABC s Motown 45 special, another R&B-related occasion will be observed. April 1 marks the 20th anniversary of Marvin Gaye s death. The Motown alum would have turned 65...
More »AP - Mar 23, 2004
Producer, songwriter and singer Johnny Bristol, who worked with almost everyone, including Michael Jackson , Diana Ross , Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye has died. Bristol had a hit as a solo act in...
More »AP - Mar 19, 2004
An 1888 recitation of the Lord s Prayer, the original cast recording of Oklahoma! and the Beatles Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band album will be enshrined together in the nation s registry of historic...
More »Reuters - Mar 5, 2004
No doubt a lot of folks will be talking about projected sales for Usher s Confessions when it hits stores March 23. But another R&B artist bows his sophomore set that same day: Carl Thomas . Let s...
More »AP - Feb 15, 2004
Beyonce danced provocatively in a deep V-neck halter dress at halftime of the NBA All-Star game, two weeks after Janet Jackson s breast-baring Super Bowl performance. While Beyonce sang her hit Crazy...
More »AP - Feb 15, 2004
Beyonce danced provocatively in a deep V-neck halter dress at halftime of the NBA All-Star game, two weeks after Janet Jackson s breast-baring Super Bowl performance. While Beyonce sang her hit Crazy...
More »Reuters - Feb 6, 2004
Cupid is taking aim at music lovers. For the past three years, music sales during the week of Valentine s Day have been second only to the boffo weeks leading up to Christmas. Last year, 13.9 million...
More »USRN - Feb 4, 2004
Using a little technical magic, Marvin Gaye s daughter Nona will be singing The Star Spangled Banner with her late father at the NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles on February 15. Nona will be singing along...
More »Reuters - Feb 2, 2004
Sting, Dave Matthews, Vince Gill and the Neptunes Pharrell Williams have signed on for a Grammy tribute to the 40th anniversary of the Beatles first U.S. television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show...
More »Reuters - Dec 25, 2003
Al Green , James Brown , Britney Spears , Elvis Presley and the Monkees are among the artists who will be featured in the American Pop series presented by the Museum of Television and Radio in New York...
More »Reuters - Nov 1, 2003
After three solo albums and sales of more than 3 million units, Wyclef Jean decided it was time for a musical change in direction and a new label to take that shift home. I just wanted to focus on...
More »USRN - Sep 21, 2003
(9/21/03, 10 a.m. ET) -- Time is running down for the A Stamp For Marvin campaign which is being spearheaded by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Motown Alumni Association. Fans of the legendary singer are...
More »USRN - Jun 25, 2003
(6/25/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- A new campaign has been launched for a commemorative U.S. postage stamp which would honor the late Marvin Gaye. The A Stamp For Marvin intensive three-month campaign is being...
More »USRN - Apr 2, 2003
(4/2/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Marvin Gaye would have been 64 years old today (April 2). The musical legend was shot and killed by his father while trying to protect his mother during a domestic violence attack...
More »USRN - Apr 2, 2003
(4/2/03, 10 a.m. ET) -- Wednesday (April 2) is the birthday of legendary singer-songwriter Marvin Gaye. Although Gaye has been dead for 19 years, he continues to inspire today s R&B stars. Singer-actor...
More »USRN - Nov 11, 2002
(11/11/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- Keyboardist Johnny Griffith of the legendary Motown studio musicians known as the Funk Brothers was found dead of a heart attack in his downtown Detroit hotel room Sunday (November...
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