"My Sharona" came to be seen as anoveltytune of sorts. Given another listen, however, it emerges as one of the sharpest rock 'n' roll records ever – from the riff to the lyric to the production. Averre is certainly one of the most underrated lead guitarists of the era, and his s...
A few years later, the bond between Kelly and Sparkle began to strain. After creative differences over the direction of her new project, Sparkle cut ties with Kelly’s Rockland label and signed with Motown Records. In 2000, she dropped her sophomore setTold You So. “It’s A Fact”pretty...
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The Good Girls were ready to bring some sweetness to this sausage party. Motown Records packaged Joyce Tolbert, DeMonica Santiago and Shireen Crutchfield as new-age Supremes, finally allowing a female group to add their voices to the New Jack phenomenon. Their debut,All for Your Love, dropped ...
What has happened to Gustaf Norén? Text: ERIK EJE ALMQVISTPhoto: MAGNUS BERGSTRÖM PORTRAIT From Filter # 49 (March 22, 2016) As a front figure and songwriter in Mando Diao, he won gold records, drew millions and was worshiped by fans all over the world. Then Gustaf Norén decided ...
By the late '70s, some members of the Temptations were beginning to leave, and the bandswitched labels from Motown Recordsover to Atlantic while trying to shift their sound to appeal to the burgeoning disco craze. The group stayed together, though the lineup changed considerably over the '80s...
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“Now, who is the capital of producing records?” Harris said, a reference to Detroit-based Motown and its icons like the Jackson 5, The Supremes and Marvin Gaye. “So we are going to break some records here in Detroit today,” Harris said Saturday, t...
And in a business where making and keeping contacts is all-important, it shows why the PR man has been such a success.A quick rattle-through of some of the clients he has worked with over the years ( The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Motown Records ( reads like a Who's Who...
Dreamgirls, which has received three Golden Globe Nominations and eight Academy Award nominations, has reignited interest in the girl groups of the 1960s and Motown Records. This Detroit-based firm became one of the most prominent labels of the era. Basi