The Ancestors Welcome Bobby Smith, 76, Lead Singer of The Spinners

• March 18, 2013 • Comments Off on The Ancestors Welcome Bobby Smith, 76, Lead Singer of The Spinners

Some Sunday Love: The Band (with the Late Levon Helm on Drums), “Don’t Do It,” New Year’s Eve, New York City Academy of Music, 1971

• April 29, 2012 • Comments Off on Some Sunday Love: The Band (with the Late Levon Helm on Drums), “Don’t Do It,” New Year’s Eve, New York City Academy of Music, 1971

Some Tuesday Love: “Up The Ladder To The Roof,” The Supremes, 1970

• February 21, 2012 • 2 Comments

Don’t Miss “An Evening with Valerie Simpson in Honor of Nick Ashford” Coming to PBS Stations This Month

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Saturday Night Music, February 11, 2012: “You Met Your Match,” Stevie Wonder, 1968

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Christmas Songs: Marvin Gaye, “I Want to Come Home for Christmas,” 1972

• December 21, 2011 • 1 Comment

Christmas Songs: Stevie Wonder, “(That’s) What Christmas Means To Me (My Love)” 1967

• December 5, 2011 • Comments Off on Christmas Songs: Stevie Wonder, “(That’s) What Christmas Means To Me (My Love)” 1967

The Ancestors Welcome Singer-Songwriter Nickolas Ashford, 70, of The Soul Duo Ashford & Simpson (w/Update)

• August 24, 2011 • 1 Comment

A Little Marvin and Tammi on a Sunday: “You’re All I Need to Get By”

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Saturday Night Music, January 29, 2011: The Marvelettes, “Too Many Fish in The Sea,” and The Ancestors Call Its First Lead Singer, Gladys Horton, 66

• January 29, 2011 • Comments Off on Saturday Night Music, January 29, 2011: The Marvelettes, “Too Many Fish in The Sea,” and The Ancestors Call Its First Lead Singer, Gladys Horton, 66

The Ancestors Take The Ivory Queen of Soul, The Lady T, Teena Marie

• December 29, 2010 • Comments Off on The Ancestors Take The Ivory Queen of Soul, The Lady T, Teena Marie

Saturday Night Music, March 27, 2010: Stevie Wonder, “Please Don’t Go,” 1974

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Saturday Night Music, March 20, 2010: Dazz Band, “Let It Whip” (Six Minute Version) 1982

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Saturday Night Music, June 6 – The Velvelettes’ “He Was Really Saying Something”

• June 6, 2009 • 2 Comments

Smokey Robinson IS an American

• April 24, 2009 • Comments Off on Smokey Robinson IS an American

Drummer Uriel Jones, Motown Funk Brother, Dies at 74

• March 26, 2009 • Comments Off on Drummer Uriel Jones, Motown Funk Brother, Dies at 74