Archive for the ‘Motown’ Category
The 2011 Grammy Hall of Fame inductees
Written by admin on December 10, 2010 – 10:13 am -| The Beatles, Fats Domino, Otis Redding and Joan Baez are among the artists whose recordings will be entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011.
The Grammy Hall of Fame Award was established by The Recording Academy’s National Trustees in 1973. The aim was to “honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old.” To date, 881 recordings have been inducted. |
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Tags: Al Green, Barbra Streisand, Fats Domino, Grammy Hall of Fame, Hank Williams, Jimmy Cliff, Joan Baez, MusiCares person of the year, Otis Redding, Ray Charles, The Animal, The Beatles, The Box Tops, The Jackson 5, The Marvelettes, Willie Nelson
Posted in 60s pop, Awards, Folk, Motown, Rock 'n' roll, Soul, The Beatles | 1 Comment »
“Michael Jackson’s Vision” – three DVD set
Written by admin on October 14, 2010 – 8:29 pm -| A box set of all of Michael Jackson’s music videos will be released on November 22 and is available for pre-order now.
The “Michael Jackson’s Vision” box set will feature more than four-and-one-half hours of content across three DVDs. Of the 40 remastered videos included in the set, 10 have never been available on DVD. |
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Tags: Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson short films, Michael Jackson videos, Michael Jackson's Vision
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Song of the Week #23 – “I’ll Be There”
Written by admin on October 11, 2010 – 7:09 am - |
This week’s Song of the Week is the Jackson 5 ballad “I’ll Be There” which hit number one in the US forty years ago today. |
Tags: I'll Be There, jackson 5, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson
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Phil Collins’ “Going Back” hits number one
Written by admin on September 26, 2010 – 7:34 pm - |
Phil Collins has hit number one in the UK album chart with “Going Back.” |
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Phil Collins – Going Back
Written by admin on September 17, 2010 – 8:04 pm -| For Phil Collins’ first solo album since 2002’s “Testify” he has returned to the soul music that most inspired him as a teenager.
“Going Back” features covers of some of the finest Motown and soul hits of the 1960s by artists such as The Tempations, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. |
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