Born Richard Penniman, Little Richard was one of rock ‘n’ roll’s founding fathers who helped shatter the color line on the music charts, joining Chuck Berry and Fats […]
The Detroit sound that molded American/Global Music
Motown founder Berry Gordy plays the piano while a group of his record label employees, including Smokey Robinson (rear) and Stevie Wonder (right), clap and sing along. How […]
We Are the World
This is 45 plus hours of music recordings that can be appreciated by diverse ears. Brace yourself as the beats get down, up and all around from a […]
Mellow Soul
Aretha Franklin Open-Casket Public Viewing at Detroit Museum & Father’s Church
Fans will be able to pay their respects to Aretha Franklin during a public viewing at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, ET confirms. The […]
Where’s the Soul?
In the early 1950’s Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Johnnie Taylor, and their contemporaries were artists I came into being on planet Earth, thereby placing me at the time […]
MICHAEL JACKSON, MARY J. BLIGE, TEMPTATIONS TOP 1ST EVER ALL-TIME R&B/HIP-HOP CHART
*Just for kicks, Billboard decided to rank the top R&B/hip-hop artists, songs and albums over the past six decades. After crunching the numbers, Motown legends The Temptations, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and theMary J. Blige track […]
National Recording Registry Recognizes the Supremes & John Coltrane
News from the Library of Congress 2016 National Recording Registry Recognizes the Supremes’ “Where Did Our Love Go and saxophonist John Coltrane’s 1964 oeuvre “A Love Supreme. Founded […]
