Hooting Yard (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
I am going to tell you how I took my revenge on the monster Babinsky, but first I have to say a few words about the duckpond. Well, I don’t have to, but I want to, to clear my head. It was the kind of duckpond that had clouds of gnats hovering over it, and [...]
VIBE Magazine Online (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Marvin Gaye’s Songwriter, Norman Whitfield, Dies He was 65
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Motown songwriter and producer Norman Whitfield has died. Co-writing with Barrett Strong, Whitfield provided a rockier counterpoint to the songs provided by the label's other in-house team, Holland-Dozier-Holland and often took a political stance - Edwin Starr's War and The Temptation's Ball Of Confusion, as examples. Whitfield and Strong shared a Grammy in 1972 (Best Song for Papa Was A Rolling Stone);...
Climateer Investing (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Nowhere to run to, baby Nowhere to hide Got nowhere to run to, baby Nowhere to hide It's not love I'm running from It's the heartaches That I know will come -Holland-Dozier-Holland Well now. Let's skip ahead a few decades: That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane - Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn - world serves its own needs,...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
GOLDIE HAWN, DIANE KEATON and BETTE MIDLER's 1996 buddy movie FIRST WIVES CLUB is set to become the latest film to hit the stage as a musical, thanks to Motown's ...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
The old David Berman was a mysterious figure, refusing to tour or even play live. But the Silver Jews front man has turned his life around
Dust On The Stylus (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Hot Wax (USA) HS7003 1969 Holland-Dozier-Holland were the powerhouse songwriting team at Motown. Dozens and dozens of the finest soul and pop songs you'll ever hear. Reach Out I'll Be There, Where Did Our Love Go, This Old Heart Of Mine, You Can't Hurry Love, and one I've had on repeat play recently, Baby I Need Your Loving. By 1967 they felt they weren't getting a chunky enough cut of the Motown financial...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hit songwriter Cathy Dennis goes into the record books this week as one of the writers of the 1,000th No. 1 single of the rock era,
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Those inclined to bash the music of the 1970s as silly, escapist nonsense can only do so by ignoring the vitality of soul in the early part of the decade. As late as 1972, old-school soul records were charting regularly and riding high: that summer, “I’ll Take You There” by the Staple Singers hit Number [...]
MilkandCookies.com (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
(to be Loved by You). 1965 hit song written and produced by the Motown songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland. It was originally recorded by American soul singer Marvin Gaye and became one of his most popular songs. It has been covered on many occasions includng fellow Motown artist Jr. Walker & the All Stars and it was a #5 cover for James Taylor in the summer of 1975. Other notable versions include...
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Lou Courtney, I’m in Need of Love (Epic, 1974). Courtney bounced around throughout the ’60s and early ’70s, releasing singles for Imperial, Philips, Riverside, Verve, and Buddah. A few of the A-sides became Northern soul favorites, but when he delivered one of the finest smooth soul albums in 1974, you really had to be on [...]
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
Best known as the lead vocalist on the Chairmen of the Board blues classic "I'm the Chairman of the Board," Harrison Kennedy was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, before moving to Detroit to join up with the Chairmen, a group started as part of the new Holland-Dozier-Holland label Invictus/Hot Wax. In the mid-'70s, Kennedy left the group and struck out on a solo career. Over the years he has been...
VH1 (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
2006 The man allegedly shot in the face by rapper Proof during a fatal shootout at Detroit's CCC Nightclub dies. The D12 star was killed in the melee where Keith Bender, Jr. was shot.2004 Wo-hopper Eamon tops the UK singles chart with "F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)," narrowly beating D12, whose "My Band" settles for the No. 2 slot. 2004 Jessica Simpson headlines VH1's Divas Liva special in Las Vegas....
The Gowanus Lounge (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
We have no idea what this is (other than short fiction), but we came across it and we liked it, so here it is: It all happened on the Queens bound D - m4w (Bay Ridge) It all happened on the Queens bound D. She was searching for a minimally invasive emotional relationship and he had Jerry Orbach's eyes. Literally. Jerry was an eye donor when he died and as a result saved two people from blindness. This...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 03/01/2008
Songs about other people who sing songs
