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Rolling Stone hails Aretha Franklin as greatest singer of all time

DETROIT — Rolling Stone ranks Aretha Franklin No. 1 in its list of the "greatest singers of all time" on Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Thom Bell, 1970s ‘Sound of Philadelphia’ producer, dies at 79

Bell, often collaborating with lyricist Linda Creed, worked on more than 30 gold records from 1968-78 as Philadelphia became as much a center of soul music as Detroit and Motown Records were in the 1960s.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bertha Barbee McNeal dead: The Velvelettes singer dies age 82

The Motown star passed away on Thursday after a battle with colon cancer.

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The Last Temptation: Otis Williams talks Motown and the Temptations musical ‘Ain’t Too Proud’

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Otis Williams, the last of the original Temptations, says each time he sees “Ain’t Too Proud,” the Broadway musical based on the lives of the legendary Motown vocal group, it feels as amazing as the first.

The Orange County Register

Jan Gaye, second wife of Motown legend Marvin Gaye, is dead at 66

LOS ANGELES — Janis Hunter Gaye, the second wife of Motown legend Marvin Gaye and mother of two of his children, has died, her family said in a statement. She was 66.

Los Angeles Times

Janis Hunter Gaye: Wife of Motown singer Marvin Gaye dies at 66

Marvin Gaye wrote his 1974 song ‘Jan’ about Janis Hunter Gaye

The Independent UK

Tina Turner says UK has felt like 'second home' ahead of Christmas Day documentary

Tina Turner has spoken about the support she has received from fans in the UK over the course of her career, ahead of a new documentary about her love affair with the country airing soon

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Santa Claus is coming to frown! Why the best Christmas songs are sad and slow

Who says festive numbers have to be merry? Marvin Gaye’s prisoner-of-war lament is a touching treat – while Prince’s track about a guy getting over a yuletide death with banana daiquiris is the jewel of the genre

The Guardian - UK

Betting, radio and music: What a way to make a living

Fox Sports Radio’s Bernie Fratto, 65, has quite the life in Las Vegas — and he says he’ll never retire.

Chicago Sun-Times

Review: New musical ‘KPOP’ doesn’t fully pop on Broadway

NEW YORK — The pandemic was not kind to “KPOP,” the new Broadway show that aims to do for South Korean popular music much of what “Dreamgirls” did, and did not do, for Motown.

Chicago Tribune

Bruce Springsteen cover reignites row over lost northern soul classic

Who saved Frank Wilson’s Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) from Motown oblivion?

The Guardian - UK

Gemma Arterton’s big-budget Dusty Springfield biopic mysteriously binned

The actress was set to star as the legendary singer in a new film

Evening Standard

Motown artist, songwriter, producer Robert Gordy dies at 91

DETRIOT — Detroit recording artist, songwriter, producer and music executive Robert Louis Gordy Sr. died of natural causes on Friday at his home in Marina del Rey, California. Gordy, younger brother of Motown records founder Berry Gordy, was 91.

Tribune News Service

Smokey Robinson and Motown Records mastermind Berry Gordy named Grammy Awards MusiCares Persons of the Year

Smokey Robinson and Motown Records mastermind Berry Gordy made history together in the 1960s, when they were instrumental in creating what Motown billed as: "The sound of Young America."

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The Guardian - UK

Ivy Jo Hunter obituary

Motown songwriter best known for his part in Martha and the Vandellas’ worldwide hit Dancing in the Street

The Guardian - UK

‘We carried pistols to defend ourselves’: the Four Tops and the Temptations on six decades of soul

As they tour the UK together, Motown icons Duke Fakir and Otis Williams reflect on meeting the Beatles, facing down white supremacists, and the collaborators they’ve lost along the way

The Guardian - UK

‘Butt-shakers and toe-tappers’: Ramsey Lewis brought jazz to the people

The piano great tuned in to the hits of his day and played hard bop to a rock backbeat, crossing into the mainstream, selling millions, and making him one of the most sampled musicians of all time

Chicago Tribune

Chicago theater for fall 2022: Our top 10 includes ‘Dreamgirls,’ ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ and ‘The Notebook’

CHICAGO — The total number of theater shows on offer in Chicago has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. But the lists of coming attractions still contain some appealing offerings of all stripes. Here’s a selection of 10 shows, all with Chicago origins and involving Chicago artists, that look to have…

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Mable John obituary

First female singer signed to Motown whose later hit for Stax, Your Good Thing, became a classic of deep soul

The Independent UK

Mable John death: First female solo artist on Motown Records dies at 91

Singer went on the road with Ray Charles, and shared bills with Billie Holiday

Daily Mirror

Mable John dead: First female solo singer signed by founder of Motown Records dies

Mable John was the first female solo artist signed to Tamla Records, which later became Motown. She has sadly died aged 91

Daily Record

Rod Stewart pays tribute to Motown legend Lamont Dozier after star died aged 81

He said: "There will never be another Lamont Dozier. His songs for Motown changed our world forever, they changed our lives for the better."

The Guardian - UK

From Reach Out I’ll Be There to Heat Wave: six of Lamont Dozier’s best songs

The hugely influential Motown songwriter and one third of Holland-Dozier-Holland, who has died aged 81, wrote for the likes of Diana Ross, the Four Tops and Chairmen of the Board

Tribune News Service

Lamont Dozier, legendary Motown songwriter and producer, dead at 81

DETROIT — Even as a child, Lamont Dozier was drawn to words and how those words connected to music.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lamont Dozier, Motown co-songwriter and producer of hits such as ‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ and ‘Heatwave,’ dead at 81

From 1963 to 1967, Dozier and brothers Brian and Eddie Holland crafted more than 25 top 10 songs.

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