• March 18, 2013 •
Comments Off on The Ancestors Welcome Bobby Smith, 76, Lead Singer of The Spinners
Posted in African American History, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Music, The Spinners
Tags: African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records, Berry Gordy, Blacks, Bobbie Smith, Bobby Smith, Cancer, Detroit, Detroit MI, Ferndale MI, G.C. Cameron, Growing Up, Henry Fambrough, Lead Singer, Lung Cancer, Motown, Oldies, Orlando FL, Pervis Jackson, Philippé Wynne, Smith, Soul Train Music Cruise, Spinner, Stevie Wonder, The Motor City, The Seventies, The Sixties, Thom Bell
• 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
Posted in Cancer, Cultural History, Film, Health, Love, Music, Music Videos, The Band
Tags: "Rock of Ages", Allen Toussaint, Band, Canada, Canadians, Garth Hudson, Holland Dozier and Holland, Levon Helm, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Music from Big Pink, New Orleans, New York, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson
• February 21, 2012 •
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Posted in African American History, American History, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Supremes/Diana Ross and The Supremes, Women
Tags: "Up the Ladder to the Roof", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Cindy Birdsong, Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, Frank Wilson, Funk Brothers, Jean Terrell, Love, Mary Wilson, Motown, Motown Records, Ross, Shopping, Supremes, The Seventies, United States, Vincent DiMirco, Wah-wah pedal
• February 18, 2012 •
Comments Off on Don’t Miss “An Evening with Valerie Simpson in Honor of Nick Ashford” Coming to PBS Stations This Month
Posted in African American History, American History, Ashford and Simpson, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Gwen Ifill, Love, Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Valerie Simpson, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: African Americans, Ashford, Ashford and Simpson, Berry Gordy, Black History Month, Black Women, Blacks, Brother Ray, Celebrity Deaths, Death, Gwen Ifill, Interview, Love, Love Songs, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Nickolas Ashford, Passing, Public Television, Ray Charles, Simpson, Tammi Terrell, Teddy Pendergrass, The Eighties, The Seventies, Tivos, Valerie Simpson, W, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Public Television
• February 11, 2012 •
Comments Off on Saturday Night Music, February 11, 2012: “You Met Your Match,” Stevie Wonder, 1968
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Cultural History, Lula Mae Hardaway, Music, Sexuality, Stevie Wonder, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "For Once in My Life", "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day.", "You Met Your Match", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, California, Children, Funk Brother, Grammy, Grammy Award, Growing Up, James Jamerson, Love, Lula Mae Hardaway, Motown, Motown Records, Sex, Stevie, Stevie Wonder, The Seventies, The Sixties
• December 21, 2011 •
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Posted in Afghanistan, African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Holidays, Iraq, Love, Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Afghanistan, African Americans, Berry Gordy, Blacks, Charting, Christmas, Christmas in The City, Forest Hairston, Funk Brothers, Iraq, Marvin, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Motown Records, Occupation, Prisoners of War, Santa Claus, South Vietnam, The Funk Brothers, The Nineties, The Seventies, United States, Vietnam, Vietnam War
• December 5, 2011 •
Comments Off on Christmas Songs: Stevie Wonder, “(That’s) What Christmas Means To Me (My Love)” 1967
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Music, Stevie Wonder, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Someday at Christmas", "What Christmas Means to Me", African Americans, Anna Gordy, Anna Gordy Gaye, Benny Benjamin, Blacks, Detroit MI, Funk Brother, Genius, Growing Up, Henry Cosby, James Jamerson, Jazz Musicians, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Session Musicians, Stevie, Stevie Wonder, Stevland Hardaway Judkins, Tamla, The Funk Brothers, The Motown Sound, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States
• August 24, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in Ashford and Simpson, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Love, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing, Asia Ashford, Associated Press, Baptists, Berry Gordy, Bryant Park, Cancer, Dance, Dancer, Facebook, Gospel, Marvin Gaye, Motown, New York City, New York Times, Nickolas Ashford, Nicole Ashford, Park Benches, Pop Music, R&B, Ray Charles, Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand), Scepter Records, Singers, Songwriters, Soul Music, Tammi Terrell, The Black Church, The Seventies, The Sixties, The Sugar Bar, Theatre District, Throat Cancer, Twitter, Valerie Simpson, White Rock Baptist Church, Whitney Houston, Your Precious Love
• June 12, 2011 •
Comments Off on A Little Marvin and Tammi on a Sunday: “You’re All I Need to Get By”
Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Love, Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "You're All I Need to Get By", African Americans, Berry Gordy, Black Women, Blacks, Brain Tumor, California, Domestic Violence, Drama, Funk Brothers, Gaye, Growing Up, Love, Marvin, Marvin Gaye, Memoir, Motown, Rape, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Tammi, Tammi Terrell, The Funk Brothers, The Sixties, United States, Wikipedia
• 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
Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Music, The Marvelettes, Women
Tags: "Please Mr. Postman", "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game", "Too Many Fish in The Sea", 45s, African Americans, Berry Gordy, Billboard Top 100, Black Women, Blacks, California, Detroit, Detroit MI, Georgeanna Tillman, Gladys Horton, Inkster, Larry Marshak, Marketing, Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wilson, Money, Motown, R & B, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sherman Oaks CA, Singles, Southern California, The Marvelettes, The Sixties, The Supremes, Wanda Young
• December 29, 2010 •
Comments Off on The Ancestors Take The Ivory Queen of Soul, The Lady T, Teena Marie
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Stroke, Teena Marie, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Congo Square", "Fire and Desire", "La Dona", "Square Biz", "The Wall Street Journal", African Americans, Alia Rose Brockert, Alternative Medicine, American Academy of Neurology, Berry Gordy, Black Women, Blacks, Blue-Eyed Soul, California, Children, Diazepam, Drugs, Family, Grand Mal Seizure, Herbal Remedies, Hindsight, Hood Pass, L.A. County, L.A. County Coroner, Lady T, Latin Music, Lenny Kravitz, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Love, Lovergirl: Teena Marie Story, Lynn Jeter, Mary Christine Brockert, Medications, MedPage Today, Motherhood, Motown, Neurologist, Neurology, NewsOne, Phoebe Snow, Portuguese, R&B, Rick James, Sapphire, Self-Medication, Side Effects, Singer, Singing, Soul Music, Stax, Teena Marie, The 2000s, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, TMZ.com, Tonic–clonic seizure, Valium, Venice CA
• March 27, 2010 •
Comments Off on Saturday Night Music, March 27, 2010: Stevie Wonder, “Please Don’t Go,” 1974
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Music, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stevie Wonder
Tags: "Fulfillingness First Finale", "Please Don't Go", African Americans, Blacks, College, Creepin', Cross-Dressing, Deniece Williams, Fulfilling His First Finale, LGBT, Love, Michael Sembello, Motown, Record Store, Richard Nixon, Sex, Shirley Brewer, Sophomore, Stevie Wonder, Stevland Morris, Tamla, The Analog Age, The Grammys, The Persuasions, The Seventies, Watergate
• March 20, 2010 •
Comments Off on Saturday Night Music, March 20, 2010: Dazz Band, “Let It Whip” (Six Minute Version) 1982
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Dazz Band, Love, Music, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "Let It Whip", African Americans, Blacks, Cleveland OH, Danceable Jazz, Dazz Band, Disco Jazz, Funk, Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler, Motown, Motown Sound, Reggie Andrews, The Eighties
• June 6, 2009 •
2 Comments
Posted in Music, The Velvelettes, Women
Tags: "He Was Really Saying Something", Bertha Barbee, Carolyn Gill, Martha and the Vandellas, Mildred Gill, Motown, Music Business, Norma Barbee, Norman Whitfield, The Velvelettes
• April 24, 2009 •
Comments Off on Smokey Robinson IS an American
Posted in American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Race
Tags: African Americans, Blackness, Blacks, Def Poetry Jam, Motown, Naming Oneself, Self Image, Self-Affirmation, Self-Expression, Smokey Robinson, The Miracles, William "Smokey" Robinson
• March 26, 2009 •
Comments Off on Drummer Uriel Jones, Motown Funk Brother, Dies at 74
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, History, Music
Tags: Allen Slutsky, Art Blakey, Berry Gordy, Bob Babbitt, Dearborn MI, Detroit, Drummer, Funk Brothers, Los Angeles, Motown, Paul Justman, Standing in The Shadows of Motown, The Funk Brothers, Uriel Jones
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