Motown records

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Henry Fambrough obituary
Vocalist and last surviving founder member of the American soul and disco group the Spinners

Richard Williams

15, Feb, 2024 @5:29 PM

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Rudolph Isley obituary
Flamboyant founder member of the Isley Brothers whose hits included This Old Heart of Mine and It’s Your Thing

Richard Williams

13, Oct, 2023 @3:52 PM

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Katherine Anderson obituary
Singer with the Marvelettes, whose single Please Mr Postman was Motown Records’ first No 1

Richard Williams

09, Oct, 2023 @12:22 PM

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The Big Chill at 40: rewatching the defining ensemble film of the 1980s
Director Lawrence Kasdan had his starry cast live together for weeks to get to know each other – and the result is a poignant film about friendship and loss

Maddie Thomas

23, May, 2023 @3:00 PM

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‘At 83, I still feel sexual’: Smokey Robinson on love, joy, drugs, Motown – and his affair with Diana Ross
The music legend has just released a fabulously filthy album. He looks back on his incredible life in songwriting, and his friendships with Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy and Aretha Franklin

Simon Hattenstone

27, Apr, 2023 @5:00 AM

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Ain’t Too Proud review – a Temptations jukebox musical by numbers
This plodding account of the Motown band’s highs and lows is more than a little soulless

Arifa Akbar

20, Apr, 2023 @11:01 PM

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Barrett Strong: the Motown hitmaker was modest almost to a fault
Though he was quick to credit others’ contributions, Strong’s songwriting was absolutely critical to the label that remade American pop music

Stevie Chick

31, Jan, 2023 @3:02 PM

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Barrett Strong obituary
Motown singer and songwriter whose hits included I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Papa Was a Rolling Stone and Money

Richard Williams

30, Jan, 2023 @5:13 PM

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Barrett Strong, singer, songwriter and Motown’s first star, dies aged 81
Strong sang on the label’s first hit Money in 1960 and went on to co-write landmark songs including Heard It Through the Grapevine and War

Shaad D'Souza

30, Jan, 2023 @12:50 PM

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The 20 greatest Christmas albums – ranked!
Whether you fancy a heartwarming carol with Elvis or the story of a yuletide drug dealer from OutKast, there’s a festive album for you in our rundown of the best ever

Alexis Petridis

15, Dec, 2022 @1:52 PM

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Bruce Springsteen cover reignites row over lost northern soul classic
Who saved Frank Wilson’s Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) from Motown oblivion?

David Barnett

19, Nov, 2022 @2:40 PM

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Ivy Jo Hunter obituary
Motown songwriter best known for his part in Martha and the Vandellas’ worldwide hit Dancing in the Street

Richard Williams

17, Oct, 2022 @3:26 PM

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