Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
Smokey Robinson, right, and Duke Fakir of the Four Tops greet each other during a day of interviews by national and international media at the Motown Museum in preparation of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Motown on Tuesday September 16, 2008. (ROMAIN BLANQUART/DFP)
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
MARTHA + THE VANDELLAS' 1964 hit DANCING IN THE STREET has topped a new magazine list of the best Motown songs. The track, which was famously covered by David Bowie and ...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 01/05/2009
The complete April 2009 performance schedule for Fallsview Casino Resort is as follows: Martin Short Friday, April 3 Saturday, April 4 Showtime: 9pm (Doors open at 8pm) Tickets start at $35 It will be a night of laughs as star of stage and screen Martin Short brings his unique skits and humour alive on the Fallsview stage. Na Ying, A Mu and Guan Zhe Sunday, April 5 Showtime: 7pm (Doors...
CAT IN THE BAG (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 12/30/2008
In an era of ring-tone rappers and R&B stars who are sometimes here today and gone this afternoon, the Four Tops and the Temptations have been going strong for decades.
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 12/27/2008
The inventor of the Fender guitar and Motown group The Four Tops are set to receive a lifetime achievement awards at the 2009 Grammys.
NewMexiKen (Free subscription) | 12/26/2008
Abdul “Duke” Fakir is 73 today. “The Four Tops deserve to be recognized both for their achievements and their longevity. On the latter count, the group performed for over four decades together without a single change in personnel - a record of constancy that is mind-boggling in the notoriously changeable world of popular music. [...]
Just Another Blog (From L. A.)™ (Free subscription) | 12/26/2008
Today's Birthdays: Actor Donald Moffat is 78. Actor Caroll Spinney (Big Bird on TV's "Sesame Street") is 75. Rhythm-and-blues singer Abdul "Duke" Fakir (The Four Tops) is 73. Record producer Phil Spector is 68. "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh is 63. Country musician Bob Carpenter (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 62. Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk is 61. All-Star baseball player Chris...
The BN Village (Free subscription) | 12/25/2008
R.I.P. (No Picture) 03/22 - Cacheo Cuban bassist and composer Israel "Cachao" Lopez, credited with pioneering the mambo style of music, was called a major influence in Cuban musical history, with his passing marking the end of an era. Born in Havana in 1918, he began performing with the Havana symphony orchestra as a teenager, and wrote hundreds of songs in Cuba for bands and orchestras. He was 89....
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
The Recording Academy has named Gene Autry, the Blind Boys Of Alabama, the Four Tops, Hank Jones, Brenda Lee, Dean Martin and Tom Paxton as recipients of its Lifetime Achievement Award. George Avakian, Elliott Carter, and Allen Toussaint are honored with the Trustees Award. Clarence "Leo" Fender and Universal Audio will receive the Technical GRAMMY Award...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 12/23/2008
Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Gene Autry, the Four Tops, the Blind Boys of Alabama and Dean Martin will receive the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Awards. Tom Paxton, Brenda Lee and Hank Jones will also receive the honor at a special ceremony to be held on February 7th, the night before the Grammys. Patti Smith, Vampire Weekend and [...]
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 12/23/2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Motown hitmakers the Four Tops, jazz pianist Hank Jones, and late crooner Dean Martin will receive lifetime achievement Grammy awards on February 7, organizers said Monday.
Daily News (Free subscription) | 12/22/2008
The late singing icons Gene Autry and Dean Martin are among those who will be honored by the Recording Academy with Lifetime Achievement Awards, which will be handed out during the week of the 51st annual Grammy Awards, it was announced today.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 12/22/2008
Music News: Org hands out lifetime achievement awards -- Gene Autry, gospel singers the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Four Tops, jazz pianist Hank Jones, Brenda Lee, Dean Martin, and folkie Tom Paxton will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 51st annual Grammy Awards.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 12/22/2008
The Four Tops will receive a lifetime achievement Grammy award, organisers say.
