DETROIT – Black ties and gowns filled a ballroom Saturday in a big-bucks salute to Detroit-style royalty — the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock. Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, along with Aretha Franklin, Kid Rock and Motown's original kid, Stevie Wonder, came to Motown's original hometown for the Motown 50 Golden Gala. The 50th-anniversary event, which fetched
Notes from YouTube; Given the fact that Motown had not been conducting Live sessions with the vocalists and instrumentalists recording at the same time since at least 1963, this session was clearly staged for the CBS News cameras that were doing a brief piece called The Motown Sound. Pictured in the studio are songwriters Lamont Dozier (Standing on the steps at the back of the studio), Brian Holland...
'Waka, he's crunk,' OJ tells Mixtape Daily of the new Brick Squad member. By Shaheem Reid Gucci Mane and OJ Da Juiceman Photo: Asylum The O.D.: A Mixtape Daily Exclusive OJ Da Juiceman smiles with a gold-tooth grin when asked who has more mixtapes: him or his brother in arms, Gucci Mane. "I'm at 25 or 26 mixtapes, but Gucci Mane is well over 30," OJ said. He plans to increase his catalog...
STEVIE WONDER will celebrate the 50th anniversary of MOTOWN RECORDS by performing a tribute to founder BERRY GORDY Jr. at a star-studded gala.The Superstition hitmaker...
Singer-guitarist Gavin Rossdale (Bush, Institute) is 42. Singer Grace Slick is 70. Actor Ed Lauter is 69. Singer Otis Williams of The Temptations is 68. Actor Henry Winkler is 64. Bassist Timothy B. Schmit of The Eagles (and Poco) is 62. Actor Harry Hamlin is 58. Actor Charles Martin Smith is 56. Country singer T. Graham [...]
Singer Grace Slick is 70. Singer Otis Williams of The Temptations is 68. Actor Henry Winkler is 64. Actor Harry Hamlin is 58. Actor Kevin Pollak is 52. Actor Michael Beach (Soul Food) is 46. Singer-guitarist Gavin Rossdale (Bush) is 42. Actor Jack Plotnick (Reno 911!) is 41. Cash Cab host Ben Bailey is 39. Actress Nia Long is 39. Actor Matthew Morrison (Glee) is 31. Actor Tequan Richmond (Everybody...
Johnson County Democrats, Grassley Challengers, and Elected Officials Turn Out in Force at University of Iowa Homecoming Parade Despite the cold temps, enthusiasm ran high for Dems at the UI Homecoming parade last night in Iowa City. Talk of Grassley's plunging poll numbers , the challengers' campaign strategies, Obama's Nobel prize, and whether Iowa City should allow citizens to raise chickens in...
I want to share with you more of my boy Bonsu’s chat with Jay-Z for XXL….but was distracted by this headline on XXL’s website: BLOG: Aye, Okay! And, here’s an excerpt** of guest blogger, OJ da Juuman’s first entry: “AYE AYE AYE WELL OK DAMN BURR!! What up! First, let me tell ya’ll that ya boy don’t wake [...]
Members of the Buffalo Bills Alumni made a special presentation to one of Motown’s greatest singing groups, “The Temptations,” prior to their performance to a packed house at the Erie County Fairgr...
A former Wetumpka police officer is charged with obtaining criminal offender record information under false pretenses from the Law Enforcement Tactical System, or LETS, according to the state attorney general's office.
DETROIT – Black ties and gowns filled a ballroom Saturday in a big-bucks salute to Detroit-style royalty — the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock. Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, along with Aretha Franklin, Kid Rock and Motown's original kid, Stevie Wonder, came to Motown's original hometown for the Motown 50 Golden Gala. The 50th-anniversary event, which fetched $350 and up...