Well remembered, JSmith. When I worked for Billboard, I went to one of the NRM conventions one year. During an afternoon break, I drove to nearby Jonestown and found a local indie record store —...
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Well remembered, JSmith. When I worked for Billboard, I went to one of the NRM conventions one year. During an afternoon break, I drove to nearby Jonestown and found a local indie record store —...
Oops, sorry, the Hollywood Flames, not the Argyles.
Does anybody know how the Hollywood Argyles’ “Buzz Buzz Buzz” came to be published by Stone Agate, the Jobete Music offshoot? The song was written by Bobby Day and John Gray, and later covered by a...
And here’s more about Raynard, including quotes from a relatively recent interview:
https://www.adampwhite.com/westgrandblog/checkmate
This particular edition of West Grand Blog about Henry Fambrough and the Spinners has prompted an interesting comment from the group's "general counsel." See whether you agree...
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Thanks much for the recommendation, Bill. And here are direct links to the two articles you mention about Motown books:
https://www.adampwhite.com/westgrandblog/history-books
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And the small matter of boomer demographics…
https://www.adampwhite.com/westgrandblog/advancing-years
Yes, the decline was definitely more noticeable in '74. It'll be interesting to quantify that when I get around to that timeline.
Thanks for posting it, JobeteRob. It's been one of the most popular WGBs of recent weeks. [[And thanks for the compliment, LST.)
I have no doubt that, as Rob says, this story was put into motion by Motown. There’s no way that such specifics would be available to Billboard without the help of someone at the record company.
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This is heartbreaking, for those who haven’t seen it. Made all the sadder by the thoroughness of the NY Times reporting:
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Thanks for the reference, WaitingWatching. Here’s a link to the piece:
https://www.adampwhite.com/westgrandblog/2017/8/30/different-kind-of-tour
Here's some more perspective on Motown and Decca, 60 years ago:
https://www.adampwhite.com/westgrandblog/geoff-and-tony
The second half of this blog post covers the latest effort to get a Marvin biopic made by director Allen Hughes, as well as prior, unsuccessful attempts:
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The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles is introducing a number of virtual tours, and the initial batch includes one for Motown:
https://grammymuseum.org/digital-experience/motown/
It’s pretty easy to...
For anyone interested in my look at the past 12 months [[with a hint of the year ahead):
https://www.adampwhite.com/westgrandblog/year-in-review
And here’s more about who made the programme:
https://www.adampwhite.com/westgrandblog/new-era
Wow, that's some collection, thanks, Booty. As others pointed out elsewhere on the Forum, the absence of the Marvelettes seems conspicuous, given that they were Motown's first breakthrough girl-group.
Did anyone ever get the Vinyl Me, Please "The Women Of Motown" boxed set mentioned in this 2021 preview [[towards the end)? Curious about the content [[obvious tracks? rarities? time span?)
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SB: just looked up my notes from that Saville Theatre show. BT&V [[who were introduced by that full name, not just the Vancouvers) performed "All I Need," "Soul Man" and "[[I Wanna) Testify," while CC...
As lockharygary has mentioned, "Higher And Higher" is written up in The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits." Here's where you can also find information, quoting Billy Davis and Sonny...
A roundup of Motown-related happenings through June. Disappointingly, no news from Ace Records:
https://www.adampwhite.com/westgrandblog/year-so-far
To return to the topic of Tom Jones...
Whether or not BG really wanted to sign him, it’s possible [[if not extremely likely) that Jones’ manager, Gordon Mills, used Motown’s interest to extract a...
Fab photo of the Supes, Blue. Diana put that fur coat to good use on that trip, including the historic shot of the whole entourage [[including the Temptations) in London that March. Wonder if she...
Blue: the Motortown Revue never toured continental Europe. That great photo may have been from the package which played the UK in March/April 1965. They went on to Paris, but only for one show at the...