founded Motown Records on a loan of just $800. Motown hired black artists to …show more content… You had Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, of course, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, The Four Tops, The Jackson 5, and Stevie Wonder, to name just a few. It was reported “...
29 at 81. He scored a hit as a solo artist with 1959's "Money (That's What I Want)" and went on to write many other classic songs. His death was mourned by Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr., who praised Strong as "the man who sang my first big hit." "Money" has been covered ...
Year: 1981 Polio survivor and punk rock singer Ian Dury was not impressed or amused when the United Nations designated 1981 as the "Year of the Disabled." In direct response to the superficial gesture, Dury and co-writer Chaz Jankel crafted this purposefully offensive tune. The BBC reacted ...
Year: 1981 Polio survivor and punk rock singer Ian Dury was not impressed or amused when the United Nations designated 1981 as the "Year of the Disabled." In direct response to the superficial gesture, Dury and co-writer Chaz Jankel crafted this purposefully offensive tune. The BBC reacted ...
On April 1, 1984, legendary Motown soul singer Marvin Gaye was taken from the world all too soon. He was shot to death by his father during an argument at their home in Los Angeles. Marvin Gaye Murder Site: Now Ron Galella, Getty Images Marvin Gaye Murder Site: Now Gaye, who was liv...
DUBNER: I wasn’t, but I know enough to know that it was an interesting show. BAER: It was an interesting show. And so I thought, “This is a phenomenal opportunity to explore a phenomenon about which I don’t really know very much.” I spent a good year investigating, or preparing...
“Soldier’s Plea” fits neatly into Motown’s early business model. BothBerry Gordy– who founded Tamla Records in 1959 and then incorporated it as the Motown Record Co. a year later – and the songwriters he brought in mostly avoided political content. ...
On April 1, 1984, legendary Motown soul singer Marvin Gaye was taken from the world all too soon. He was shot to death by his father during an argument at their home in Los Angeles. Marvin Gaye Murder Site: Now Ron Galella, Getty Images Marvin Gaye Murder Site: Now Gaye, who was liv...
To Goich-Andreadis, Joy's win is significant because it shows that she's being noticed by a wide audience far afield from the jazz community — including that of such esteem as the pre-GRAMMYs MusiCares Persons Of The Year event, which honored Motown titansBerry GordyandSmokey ...
stepped down, months after Elon Musk demanded that he quit. As of January 29th, the FAA had no Senate-confirmed leader. Whitaker quit before Donald Trump took office. He had run the FAA for just a year, but said in December that he would step down as the new President was being sworn...