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Tributes to Nottingham DJ and 'Please Don't Go' pop star Chris King

He was a member of 1990s dance group KWS

Nottingham Post

10 things you didn’t know about Carol Kaye

She played for Elvis, Sinatra, Spector, the Beach Boys - but just how did she do it?

Guitar World

Sly Stone’s greatest songs – ranked!

As Stone turns 80 this week, we appraise the best of his songs, from wildly exuberant funk-pop hits to claustrophobic tracks made amid huge personal and social turmoil

The Guardian - UK

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Stevie Wonder set to be awarded Freedom of Newcastle as music legend hailed for Martin Luther King campaign

The Motown icon could join the likes of Sir Bobby Robson and Nelson Mandela in being awarded the city's highest civic honour by Newcastle City Council

Chronicle Live

Steven Spielberg gave his sisters veto power on 'The Fabelmans.' They gave him their trust

LOS ANGELES — Steven Spielberg and his sisters — Anne, Sue and Nancy — are singing along to "My Girl." And not just singing, mind you. They have the choreography pretty much down pat, their arms and feet moving to the Tempations' classic Motown beat, and they're taking such delight…

Los Angeles Times

'The best friendship in history': MusiCares honors Motown's Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson

LOS ANGELES — Friday night's MusiCares Persons of the Year gala marked the first time the Recording Academy's charitable organization honored the work and philanthropy of two musicians instead of just one at its annual Grammy weekend tribute concert.

Los Angeles Times

Gordy, Robinson honored at reunion of aging Motown stars

The Temptations, the Isley Brothers and the Four Tops turned back time, singing and dancing as if in their prime at a reunion of aging Motown stars

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Barrett Strong: the Motown hitmaker was modest almost to a fault

Though he was quick to credit others’ contributions, Strong’s songwriting was absolutely critical to the label that remade American pop music

The Guardian - UK

Barrett Strong obituary

Motown singer and songwriter whose hits included I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Papa Was a Rolling Stone and Money

The Guardian - UK

Barrett Strong, singer, songwriter and Motown’s first star, dies aged 81

Strong sang on the label’s first hit Money in 1960 and went on to co-write landmark songs including Heard It Through the Grapevine and War

The Guardian - UK

Barrett Strong, one of Motown's founding artists and known for 'Money,' dies at 81

Barrett Strong was one of Motown's most gifted songwriters who collaborated with Norman Whitfield on such classics as "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "War" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone."

WEKU

Motown legend and Temptations songwriter Barrett Strong dead at 81

His writing credits included I Heard It Through the Grapevine for Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight & the Pips, the Undisputed Truth’s ‘Smiling Faces Sometimes’, ‘War’ for Edwin Starr

Daily Mirror

Barrett Strong, ‘Money (That’s What I Want)’ singer, dies at 81

Motown singer-songwriter also worked on the hits ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine,’ ‘War,’ ‘Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone.’

Chicago Sun-Times

Barrett Strong, Motown artist known for ‘Money,’ dies at 81

Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and “War,” has died

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Smokey Robinson, 'King of Motown,' to release new solo album

It’s been nearly a decade since Smokey Robinson’s last album, but new music from the King of Motown is on the horizon

Tribune News Service

Lionel Richie, Brandi Carlile, Isley Brothers set for MusiCares concert honoring Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy

SAN DIEGO — How sweet it is: Veteran Motown Records artists Lionel Richie, The Temptations, The Four Tops and The Isley Brothers are all slated to perform Feb. 3 at the 2023 MusiCares Person of the Year fundraising concert at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This year’s edition honors Berry…

Evening Standard

Girls Aloud are reportedly getting back together: we pick the best girl bands of all time

Despite there being so many fantastic acts to pick from, we’ve managed to narrow down the list to just ten

Tribune News Service

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.

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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.

Daily Record

Bertha Barbee McNeal dead: The Velvelettes singer dies age 82

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

The Orange County Register

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.

Los Angeles Times

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.

The Independent UK

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

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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