How did you first get into ZZ Top? What's your origin story? It was the early ‘80s. I was born in ‘63 and graduated in ‘82. Right around the timeEl Lococame out, our local radio station here, QFM, had “Tube Snake Boogie” and “Pearl Necklace" in heavy rotation. My other ...
While Motown didits share of political lobbying through its music, it never once forgot to entertain everybody. And we do mean everybody, whatever their ethnicity. Looking for more?Discover what happened when Motown went political. Format:UK English...
though it defined the many branches of dance music that evolved in its wake. As disco’s greatest champion, Summer redefined what it meant to be a "pop star" in a post-Motown world. Summer’s artistry is
Texas, to seek fame and fortune, he was cast in the Los Angeles production ofHair. That led Motown to offer him and fellowHaircast member Shaun “Stoney
"Production-wise, Sugar Hill [the record label that released many key early rap singles] built themselves on the model of Motown, which is to say, they had their own production studios and they had a house band and they recorded on the premises,"explains Bill Adler, who handled PR for ...
while recording the television specialMotown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever. When it was aired on NBC two months later, Moonwalk fever officially hit the world. Fans everywhere tried the distinctive dance move, often to hilarious results. Jackson made it a mainstay of his life performances, much...
while recording the television specialMotown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever. When it was aired on NBC two months later, Moonwalk fever officially hit the world. Fans everywhere tried the distinctive dance move, often to hilarious results. Jackson made it a mainstay of his life performances, much...
while recording the television specialMotown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever. When it was aired on NBC two months later, Moonwalk fever officially hit the world. Fans everywhere tried the distinctive dance move, often to hilarious results. Jackson made it a mainstay of his life performances, much...
From the outside, Motown seems like a small building where people live. However, the little house changed the world with its hit songs. Berry Gordy Jr. and othersused music production equipmentto create classic tunes like “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” and “You Can’t Hurry Love.”...
Hearing songs by Sam & Dave -- or whoever -- blew both of our minds. Motown and all of the different kinds of music. We tried to cram it all into our career of eight albums. [Laughs] Funny enough, we didn’t seem to lose audience as much until we went really far out there. Li...