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Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, along with Aretha Franklin, Kid Rock and Motown's original kid, Stevie Wonder, came to Motown's original hometown for the Motown 50 Golden Gala.

One city, four concerts, nine months: Most performers would wear out their welcome, but Raphael Saadiq is not most performers -- and Seattle can't get enough of the lady-killing, big-band-leading soul slinger.

Artist Biography: Marvin Gaye By Jason Ankeny One of the most gifted, visionary, and enduring talents ever launched into orbit by the Motown hit machine, Marvin Gaye blazed the trail for the continued evolution of popular black music.

Mayer Hawthorne mixes Motown soul with punchy beats all in a suit and tie. By Gervase de Wilde Published: 3:29PM GMT 13 Nov 2009 An unlikely assortment of famous fans has brought Mayer Hawthorne and his album A Strange Arrangement to the attention of the world.

David McAlmont, the extraordinary singer from Croydon who sounds like a celestial mix of Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye and Antony Hegarty, has pulled off an idiosyncratic triumph with this collaboration.

I normally don't use pop culture catch phrases, but this past Sunday's Basement Soul Lounge was "off the chain." Do you like Marvin Gaye, DeAngelo, Al Green and Donny Hathaway? Well, if you had all of these artists rolled up into one, you'd have Tim Terry.

Mayer Hawthorne was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, an affluent town just outside Detroit.

The Jackson 5 were one of the biggest phenomenons in pop music during the early '70s, and the last great group to come out of the Motown hitmaking machine before Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder shifted the label's focus to more individual visions.

U.K. soul songstress Joss Stone gives her considerable pipes a good workout over the dozen tracks that make up "Colour Me Free!" And combined with a flawless Motown-style backing band, she puts together the best retro-soul record since Raphael Saadiq channeled the ghost of Marvin Gaye with 2009's "The Way I See It." "Colour Me Free!" plays like a ...

OWLS HEAD : Rod Stewart: Soul book . After five albums of a oeThe Great American Songbook,a Stewart turns to Sixties/Seventies-era soul favorites, or as he tells it, a oeThis is the album I have waited my whole lifetime to record.a And Stewarta s blue-eyed soul voice is, for the most part, perfect for these 13 songs.

Combining a Philadelphia soul sound with a strong appreciation of Marvin Gaye, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly was among the top R&B acts of the late '70s and '80s. The distinctive Maze and its charismatic lead singer, founder, producer, and songwriter Beverly didn't have many pop hits, but they were extremely popular among soul and urban ...

Gil Scott Heron gave a classic performance at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on Oct.

Active: 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's Born: April 2, 1939 in Washington, D.C. Influences Similar Artists Followers Biography One of the most gifted, visionary, and enduring talents ever launched into orbit by the Motown hit machine, Marvin Gaye blazed the trail for the continued evolution of popular black music.

FIFTY years ago, American record producer Berry Gordy jun founded the Motown label - and history was made.

R&B singers have so many options, it's at once understandable and frustrating how they get locked into one category and spend a lifetime there.

THE sizzling Motown On Tour show comes to Hall for Cornwall on Saturday. A celebration of 50 years of Motown, this dynamic production features hits by The Supremes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Lionel Ritchie to name but a few.

Along with fellow founders D'Angelo and Erykah Badu, Maxwell was enormously important in defining and shaping the neo-soul movement that rose to prominence over the latter half of the '90s. Drawing his greatest inspiration from the concept of the R&B auteur , Maxwell recorded some of the most ambitious R&B of his time, becoming wildly popular and ...

Salaam & Beatnick "Never Can Say Goodbye" Remixing classic Motown soul songs is a tricky beast, since most of them are already so great in the first place.

It worked for Marvin Gaye - sorta. After his marriage of 15 years to an older Anna Gordy ended in bitter divorce proceedings in 1977, Gaye dedicated to her the double-album with the double-edged title, Here, My Dear .

That would be appearing in a game with no fewer than three Taylor Swift songs: Band Hero .