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Motown at 50
Over the years there have been many record companies to come and go. In 1959 Berry Gordy Jr. decided to start a record label in the middle of the auto industry kingdom. And so Motown was begun and over the years the company has spawned such...
Tags: Motown, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Sinbad, Berry Gordy
Smokey Robinson
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility
Yui Mok/PA "You guys sound great!" gushes William "Smokey" Robinson as a sold-out Electric Proms audience help him with the chorus of I Second That Emotion. But self-effacement was the least of his gifts on display here, as the 69-year-old gave a masterclass...
Tags: BBC Electric Proms, Smokey Robinson, Motown
Electric Proms
The BBC Electric Proms Festival challenges musicians to create new original music or new arrangements of existing music for their performances at the Roundhouse London. The fourth edition of the festival will take place October 20-24. This year's...
Tags: Electric Proms, Shirley Bassey, Robbie Williams, Smokey Robinson, Dizzee Rascal
Vancouver Sun: Burnaby Blues & Roots Fest: Where there's Smokey, there's fire
Toronto :: Canada | 3 months ago
Credibility Smokey Robinson is the original Motown hit machine and itâs a torch he carries today, ever more solitary. Robinson and his Motown partner Berry Gordie both eulogized Michael Jackson at his memorial service in Los Angeles last month, Gordie calling the...
Tags: Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordie, Motown
Ivor Novella Award Winners
The Ivor Novella Award is given to the songwriters. Given out each year for the past 53 years the Ivors represent the best in British music and song writing. This year marked the fifty-fourth year of the Ivor Novella Awards;...
Tags: Ivor Novella Awards, Duffy, Coldplay, Elbow, Smokey Robinson
Michael Sarver voted off Idol
Atlantic City :: NJ :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility Fans of "American Idol" eliminated Texas oil rig worker Michael Sarver from the show's eighth season on Thursday, casting the fewest number of votes for his rendition of the Motown hit "Ain't Too Proud to Beg." Sarver, 27, from Jasper, Texas, lost after...
Tags: Michael Sarver Has, Michel Sarver, oil rigs, Simon Cowell, Joss Stone, Smokey Robinson
American Idol Motown Results
It was a night filled with the sounds of Motown from “American Idol” contestants and superstar performers. The show began with a medley of Motown hits from the remaining to 10 “American Idol” singers performing as...
Tags: American Idol, Michael Sarver, Matt Giraud, Scott MacIntyre, Joss stone, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder
Rochester International Jazz Festival
As he home of the Eastman School of Music; Rochester, New York has always had a great deal to offer when it came to music – the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the various musicians at Eastman, the numerous talented musicians and ...
Tags: Rochester International Jazz Festival, Michael McDonald, Taj Mahal, Smokey Robinson, Dave Brubeck, The Fabulous Thunderbirds
American Idol Does Motown
With the help of Motown legend Smokey Robinson the top 10 “American Idol” contestants tackled the hits of Motown. The contestants took a trip to Detroit to visit Hitstown USA – a museum of Motown music – that included...
Tags: American Idol, Adam Lambert, Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Matt Giraud, Smokey Robinson, Motown
Smokey Robinson headlines upstate NY jazz festival
Rochester :: NY :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility N.Y. — Smokey Robinson, Michael McDonald and Dave Brubeck will join 800 other musicians and singers performing at this year's Rochester International Jazz Festival. The eighth-annual, nine-day festival kicks off June 12 with a concert by Robinson, whose...
Tags: Michael McDonald, Smokey Robinson
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