MOTOWN

By now you’ve heard of the ongoing controversy regarding the graphic video and accompanying “Gotcha-Gram” used to promote the new single and album of R&B artist Ashanti. Both marketing tools have been met with considerable criticism, inspiring even a protest campaign coordinated by Najee Ali of Project Islamic Hope and music industry veteran Paul Porter of entertainment watchdog Indust

Ashanti has been on it lately! Can’t be looking all uber fug when you have a hawt ass album to promote–yeah I said it, ”The Declaration“ is dope! On Friday night, Ashanti attended Hearst Magazines and Universal Motown’s Ultimate prom party rocking this cute gold number. I can even forgive the lipstick cus for some reason, its [...]

I really, really enjoy Richard ‘Pistol’ Allen and Jack Ashford! I love to watch them act in Standing In The Shadows of Motown! Standing In The Shadows of Motown was such an amazing movie with both Richard ‘Pistol’ Allen and Jack Ashford! Click Here To Download Standing In The Shadows of Motown! Seeing Richard ‘Pistol’ [...]

En Motown, donde realizaría una brillante carrera, Gaye comenzó acompañando a la batería, entre otros grupos, a Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, y haciendo acompañamientos vocales y tocando el piano en grabaciones de otros artistas. En agosto de 1961, debutó como solista con The Soulful Moods Of Marvin Gaye sin demasiado éxito. Desviándose del camino de las baladas convencionales comp

Thanks to the reader who pointed out that Friday's game for Belle Tire Red is at 9:15 pm. I incorrectly had it listed as A.M. in a previous post. The A-Train's team won its first game against... This is a content summary only. Visit the vlog for the full story,

The Showdown in Motown Schedule has been published. The A-Train will be playing on Belle Tire Red with fellow Compuware U16s Tyler Cratsenberg, Austin Watson, and Brock Labelle. It'll be fun to see... This is a content summary only. Visit the vlog for the full story,

The 21st annual Showdown in Motown, takes place April 24th-27th this year at the Great Lakes Sports Center in Fraser, Michigan. Last year's 91/92 winner was Nike-Bauer over runners up, Honeybaked. ... This is a content summary only. Visit the vlog for the full story,

Track List of Michael Jackson - Motown's Greatest Hits 1. I Want You Back 2. Doctor My Eyes 3. One Day In Your Life 4. Lookin' Through The Windows 5. Got To Be There 6. I'll Be There 7. Love You Save 8. ABC 9. Rockin' Robin 10. Happy 11. Ben 12. Never Can Say Goodbye 13. Farewell My Summer Love 14. I Want You Back (Original) 15. Mama's Pearl 16. Ain't No Sunshine 17. Girl You're So Together 18.

Regular readers will know how much I love this series. This time out I'm going to have to not exactly give this an awful review - no sense in that; but warn you to proceed with caution. If you are a completest and already have the rest of this set, then by all means, don't even bother to read the rest of this - you need this to complete the 60's on Motown.If you do not have the rest of the series yet, I urge you to start with an earlier year. When you've collected the other years, this one will mean more. There are still hits - plenty. There are at least 15 songs here that are on constant, regular rotation on oldies stations. You can find those in many Motown collections. What makes this series great are all the songs that weren't hits that should have been. 1969 is rare in that the ones t

This album is a tribute to some of Motown's Classic songs including The Temptations "Just My Imagination", The Miracles "Tracks Of My Tears", The Four Tops "Reach Out I'll Be There" and more all produced by American Idol's Randy Jackson.TRACKLISTS: 01. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)02. It's Same Old Song/Reach Out I'll Be There03. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)04. Tracks Of My Tears05. Money (That's What I Want)06. Easy07. I Was Made To Love Her08. All This Love09. Ribbon In The Sky (A Cappella)10. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing feat. Patti LaBelle11. There'll Never Be12. Got To Be There13. War14. End Of The Road feat. Brian McKnightBOYZ II MEN - MOTOWN A JOURNEY THROUGH HITSVILLE USAthanks for feeding. have a great day. RHo

The Jaunt considers the many promotions and giveaways at sporting events throughout the season, and hand-picks the best of the week. NBA - Detroit Pistons - The Palace of Auburn HillsFriday, November 9 vs. Los Angeles Clippers, 8:00 p.m.- Collectible Calendar courtesy of Total Health Care (All Fans).After a hiatus -- while the sports world transitioned from baseball to winter sports and early-season run-of-the-mill schedule magnet giveaways -- the POTW feature is back and we're giving the nod to the 50th anniversary of the Detroit Pistons. Detroit has been a proud; successful franchise from the "Bad Boys" era to the "Bad Hair" era and the Pistons are handing out a collectible calendar commemorating 50 years of Deeeee-troit Basketball.

Em 1959, Berry Gordy reuniu os melhores músicos da cena do jazz e blues para iniciar a edição de canções para sua nova gravadora. Durante um período de mais de catorze anos, eles foram os responsáveis por músicas como "My Girl", "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "What's Going On", "I've Heard it Through the Grapevine" e todos os sucessos da época da Motown em Detroit. Ao final da sua fenomenal jornada, esse inusitado grupo de músicos compôs a maioria dos primeiros colocados das paradas musicais, superando os Beatles, Beach Boys, Rolling Stones e Elvis Presley juntos - o que os torna a maior máquina de produzir sucessos da história da música popular. Eles se autodenominaram os "Funk Brothers". O grupo era formado por Joe Hunter and Earl Van Dyke (piano);JAMES JAMERSON (Baixo); William "Benny" Benjamin and Richard "Pistol" Allen (bateria); Robert White, Eddie Willis, and Joe Messina (guitarra); Jack Ashford (tambourine, percussão, vibes, marimba); Jack Brokensha (vibes,

The Lions, a team in need of help on defense and stopping the run, may try to lure a former Buccaneer to stick around for one more season and try and help them reverse their fortunes. The St.Petersburg Times is reporting today that linebacker Shelton Quarles is getting some interest from teams around the league, and one team that is sure to make a run at him is Detroit. The 36-year-old is not even sure he wants to play in 2007, and may decide to hang up his cleats for good, but still wants to take some time to make that decision. If Quarles decided to make a move to the Lions, he would be playing with former Bucs linebackers coach Joe Barry, who is now the Lions D-coordinator, and of course Rod Marinelli, who was Quarles’ defensive coach for some time and is now the Lions head coach. Last season the Lions were flat out awful stopping the run, allowing teams 4.1 yards per carry and 2010 yards on the ground in 2006. They also gave up 18 rushing touchdowns. The Lions finished last s

V.A. - THE COMPLETE MOTOWN SINGLES, VOL.3-1963By 1963, Berry Gordy and company were fine-tuning Motown’s sound. Jumping on the charts were Martha & The Vandellas, with “Come And Get These Memories” and “Heat Wave,” signaling the emergence of the writing/production team Holland-Dozier-Holland. “Little” Stevie Wonder was No.1 with the record-breaking “Fingertips (Part 2).” Mary Wells’ “You Lost The Sweetest Boy” and “What’s Easy For Two Is So Hard For One” turned out to be a double-sided hit. The Supremes (finally!) made their Top 40 chart debut. V.A. - THE COMPLETE MOTOWN SINGLES, VOL.4-1964 The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 4: 1964, focuses on the year the company becomes an international phenomenon. Even as the Motown machine began to click founder Berry Gordy continued to hedge his bets: listen for odd novelties like the seasonal “Randy, The Newspaper Boy” by Ray Oddis, and “Set Me Free” by radio personality Lee Alan. Motown kept active its c

By 1962, Motown wasn’t yet the hit factory it would later become but had regular chart success and were reaching across the ocean to influence the emerging British Invasion. The year marked the debut of four new imprints in the Motown empire: Divinity, Workshop, Mel-o-dy, and Gordy. This four-CD set offers a miraculous peek behind the curtains of what was rapidly becoming “The Sound Of Young America.” It features the A-side and B-side of every single released by Motown and its subsidiaries during the label’s fourth year of existence. Over the course of the set’s 112 tracks, you can hear The Temptations masquerading as The Pirates, the vocal version of the “Theme From Exodus,” and the phone number that was on the lips of America: “Beechwood 4-5789,” courtesy of the Marvelettes.The opulent packaging resembles a scaled-down 78-rpm-era “album,” with cardboard sleeves to hold each of the discs, and 88 pages of rare photos, detailed annotations and scholarly - as well

The Complete Motown Singles Vol 1 - 1959-1961 Berry Gordy’s empire began even before the house at 2648 W. Grand Blvd. became ‘Hitsville U.S.A.’ The Complete Motown Singles, Part 1: 1959-1961 documents Motown’s earliest days, from Marv Johnson’s “Come To Me” on Tamla 101 through The Twistin’ Kings’ “Congo (Part 1)” on Motown 1023. This six-CD set offers an amazing insight into the development of the Motown Sound. You can follow along, single by single, as Gordy pursues his dream, often to unexpected places. It features the A-side and B-side of every single released by Motown and its subsidiaries during the label’s first three years of existence. Over the course of the set’s 155 tracks, you can hear the recorded debuts of the Temptations, the Supremes, Mary Wells, and many others. The luxurious packaging resembles a scaled-down 78-rpm-era “album,” with cardboard sleeves to hold each of the discs, and 92 pages of rare photos, detailed annotations and schola

Dreamworks, the makers of Dreamgirls have run an ad in the Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety trade papers stating they are sorry for any confusion. Dreamworks apologised to record label Motown, making clear the movie is a work of fiction. Dreamgirls is widely seen as a loose version of the Supremes story. A Motown spokesperson said, the movie had upset some artists who felt the Motown label was falsely depicted in a negative light. The advert reads “Dreamgirls is a work of fiction. It is also an homage to Motown. For any confusion that has resulted from our fictional work, we apologise to Mr Gordy and all of the incredible people that were part of the great legacy. It is vital that people understand that the real Motown story has yet to be told.” Berry Gordy is pleased with the advertisement.

DUE TO LEGAL ISSUES, WE REGRET WE CANNOT YET BRING YOU THE BUFFALO'S 5-MINUTE... ER 60-SECOND INTERVIEW. INSTEAD, AT NO EXTRA COST, WE PRESENT TO YOU THE CONCLUDING PART OF JEREMY HOOPLA/HOOFER/HOFTA/WHATEVER YER REAL NAME IS'S ENTHRALLING SHORT STORY THE DIARY OF MR PITIFUL MOTOWN PLUS A 5-MINUTE INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR CONDUCTED AT VERY SHORT NOTICE BY GERRY ARSCHLICKER GERRY ARSCHLICKER: Jeremy, welcome to the show, blog, whatever. Let's now hear the rip-roaring ending of your short story then talk afterwards. JEREMY: Ja. And I read... "They went in car. Adam groped on the shoulder. Clara kissed on the cheek. "There terminates a straight designated course of rediscovery of your body after some time, you know?" He groped. "I leave more apple and brombeere, with Himbeeresorbet zerbroeckeln." Stan turned the key in the ignition. "Bite once, shy twice, Himmel." "Don't forget the geduenstetes chicken with Korianderroulade," she said, "you did not become." "Ooo, why you do this me?"

The woes of the Big Three have been national news for a while now, and despite DiamlerChrysler's recent increase in buzz and market share they're not out of the woods either. What's dragging GM, Ford, and DCX down, especially with GM and Ford thriving in overseas markets and all three collectively controlling nearly half of the lucrative North American market? Among other things the rising price of healthcare for their current and retired employees, particularly the cost of prescription drugs. The Henry Ford Health System and Health Alliance Plan's E-Prescribe system is interesting enough on its own because, as I alluded to in my previous post, the automation of mundane tasks frees-up resources so that healthcare professionals can engage in more esoteric - and arguably more important - types of work. As I heard and read more and more in the local media about the importance of E-Prescribe to the automobile industry, it began to dawn on me that there's an even more important sy

CNNMoney reports that Volkswagen is considering moving their North American headquarters from Auburn Hills (MI) to an as-yet-undetermined location on the east coast. A "high-level manager in U.S. operations" says the company's considering the move because VeeDub's suits have trouble getting direct flights in and out of Detroit, and potential recruits are not exactly clamoring to move to Motown. Also in the mix: VW's thinking about building a second North American plant. Taking a lead out of Nissan's Nashville songbook, the German automaker might be looking to get management, marketing and manufacturing within eyesight of each other. Fearing another exodus like Comerica or Pfizer, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm's office said Tuesday the state is "in touch" with Volkswagen, but declined to "comment on rumors." If that changes, we'd welcome Jenny's shout out below. 

  Track listing :     1.: 7 Interlude   2.: Where My Girls At   3.: You Don't Know   4.: Make Time   5.: 0 Interlude   6.: You'll Just Never Know   7.: Finally   8.: Tell Your Girl   9.: Gotta Leave 10.: Don't Go Breaking My Heart 11.: 2 Interlude 12.: What More Can He Do 13.: Seven 14.: Will You Be Ok       Download Here