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Reflections: Mama said [[http://soulfuldetroit.com/index.php/entertainment-original/11140-reflections-mama-said)
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Category: Entertainment - Original [[http://soulfuldetroit.com/index.php/entertainment-original) Published on Monday, 03 June 2013 16:09 Written by Steve Holsey.
ONE OF the side benefits of the smash Broadway show “Motown: The Musical” is that it has helped further melt the ice between Diana Ross and Mary Wilson. They even posed for pictures together, and that hasn’t happened in decades!
Maybe they realize that at their age — and they both look fantastic — that it’s time to put aside their “issues” that date all the way back to the final days of Diana Ross & the Supremes. They had been best friends prior to that, plus they made history together as the most famous female vocal group of all time.
It would be great if Diana Ross did a concert and Mary Wilson was her opening act, and at the end they could have fun with some of the Supremes’ many hits.
KELLY ROWLAND, formerly of Destiny’s Child, got off a good one at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on April 18 in Los Angeles. She had been selected to induct the late Donna Summer.
With regard to Summer’s first hit, the ultra sexy, downright orgasmic “Love to Love You Baby,” Rowland quipped, “I’m pretty sure me and a lot of people here were made to that record!”
Jennifer Hudson sang two of Summer’s other hits, “Last Dance” and “Bad Girls.”
But why did the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame not vote Donna Summer in when she was alive? My guess is that it was a subtle bias against disco.
Tracy Morgan, who first came to the general public’s attention on “Saturday Night Live” and more recently co-starred on “30 Rock,” will be hosting the Billboard Music Awards, to air on May 19. Good for him, but there is just something about Morgan that makes me uncomfortable. Often he comes across as kind of buffoonish.
AT THE TIME of this writing, Detroit’s own jazz and R&B songstress Kimmie Horne was winding up a concert tour of Japan. The people of Japan love Black music passionately and are very supportive of the artists. That’s the main reason Harvey Thompson, another jazz vocalist from Detroit, actually moved there.
I was watching the “Dancing With The Stars” episode that was built around the music of special guest Stevie Wonder. [[I seldom miss the show anyway.) It dawned on me again how many classic hits he has had, so many that if he never made another record, that would be okay. [[But, of course, he will...eventually.)
The hits are woven into the fabric of America [[and most of the world), including “Signed Sealed Delivered I’m Yours,” “My Cherie Amour,” “I Just Called to Say I Love You,” “Sir Duke,” “Uptight [[Everything’s Alright),” “Part-Time Lover,” “I Wish” and “Superstition.”
Tyler Perry’s movies are not everyone’s cup of tea, but he sure has no trouble getting major stars to appear in his blockbusters, among them Cicely Tyson, Angela Bassett, Blair Underwood, Janet Jackson, Rick Fox and Taraji P. Henson.
The latest to join this group is the legendary Diahann Carroll who will be featured in “Tyler Perry Presents Peeples.” Her last movie was “Eve’s Bayou” 1997.
BETCHA DIDN’T KNOW...that the Whispers made an appearance on “Soul Train” every season between 1971 and 1983.
Steve Holsey can be reached at Svh517@aol.com This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and PO Box 02843, Detroit, MI 48202.
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-1 #2 [[http://soulfuldetroit.com/index.php/entertainment-original/11140-reflections-mama-said#comment-1359) Mary and Diana together at last — edwin 2013-05-06 21:38 At is time to move on and foget the past . Mary Wilson and Diana Ross
are both doing ver y well today, Ms Wilson Has proved to the world she is more than a background singer and doing a lot more than county
fairs, the recent picture of both of these women shows love and growth
as people, So let's move from the past and maybe one day the 2 will
be the the same stage together, if not I do not think Mary Wilson is sitting by the phone waiting for a call, ....Peace
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-2 #1 [[http://soulfuldetroit.com/index.php/entertainment-original/11140-reflections-mama-said#comment-1358) RE: Reflections: Mama said — Rick 2013-05-05 12:42 Sorry im most pictures with other people Diana seems very at ease and her smile is wide and lovely.....at the Motown Musical Premeir...but the pics with Mary Diana is clearly uncomfortable.. .he smile is small and forced...Mary created the animosity between then and dont think diana will ever work woth her again....Mary ruined The Reunion of The Decade that most fans wanted to see...The Supremes Reunion and single handedly ruined the image of The Supremes for most.....Naw Diana dont need her and her antics....Mary should just do what she does best....play county fairs
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Category: Entertainment - Original [[http://soulfuldetroit.com/index.php/entertainment-original) Published on Monday, 03 June 2013 16:09 Written by Steve Holsey.
ONE OF the side benefits of the smash Broadway show “Motown: The Musical” is that it has helped further melt the ice between Diana Ross and Mary Wilson. They even posed for pictures together, and that hasn’t happened in decades!
Maybe they realize that at their age — and they both look fantastic — that it’s time to put aside their “issues” that date all the way back to the final days of Diana Ross & the Supremes. They had been best friends prior to that, plus they made history together as the most famous female vocal group of all time.
It would be great if Diana Ross did a concert and Mary Wilson was her opening act, and at the end they could have fun with some of the Supremes’ many hits.
KELLY ROWLAND, formerly of Destiny’s Child, got off a good one at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on April 18 in Los Angeles. She had been selected to induct the late Donna Summer.
With regard to Summer’s first hit, the ultra sexy, downright orgasmic “Love to Love You Baby,” Rowland quipped, “I’m pretty sure me and a lot of people here were made to that record!”
Jennifer Hudson sang two of Summer’s other hits, “Last Dance” and “Bad Girls.”
But why did the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame not vote Donna Summer in when she was alive? My guess is that it was a subtle bias against disco.
Tracy Morgan, who first came to the general public’s attention on “Saturday Night Live” and more recently co-starred on “30 Rock,” will be hosting the Billboard Music Awards, to air on May 19. Good for him, but there is just something about Morgan that makes me uncomfortable. Often he comes across as kind of buffoonish.
AT THE TIME of this writing, Detroit’s own jazz and R&B songstress Kimmie Horne was winding up a concert tour of Japan. The people of Japan love Black music passionately and are very supportive of the artists. That’s the main reason Harvey Thompson, another jazz vocalist from Detroit, actually moved there.
I was watching the “Dancing With The Stars” episode that was built around the music of special guest Stevie Wonder. [[I seldom miss the show anyway.) It dawned on me again how many classic hits he has had, so many that if he never made another record, that would be okay. [[But, of course, he will...eventually.)
The hits are woven into the fabric of America [[and most of the world), including “Signed Sealed Delivered I’m Yours,” “My Cherie Amour,” “I Just Called to Say I Love You,” “Sir Duke,” “Uptight [[Everything’s Alright),” “Part-Time Lover,” “I Wish” and “Superstition.”
Tyler Perry’s movies are not everyone’s cup of tea, but he sure has no trouble getting major stars to appear in his blockbusters, among them Cicely Tyson, Angela Bassett, Blair Underwood, Janet Jackson, Rick Fox and Taraji P. Henson.
The latest to join this group is the legendary Diahann Carroll who will be featured in “Tyler Perry Presents Peeples.” Her last movie was “Eve’s Bayou” 1997.
BETCHA DIDN’T KNOW...that the Whispers made an appearance on “Soul Train” every season between 1971 and 1983.
Steve Holsey can be reached at Svh517@aol.com This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and PO Box 02843, Detroit, MI 48202.
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-1 #2 [[http://soulfuldetroit.com/index.php/entertainment-original/11140-reflections-mama-said#comment-1359) Mary and Diana together at last — edwin 2013-05-06 21:38 At is time to move on and foget the past . Mary Wilson and Diana Ross
are both doing ver y well today, Ms Wilson Has proved to the world she is more than a background singer and doing a lot more than county
fairs, the recent picture of both of these women shows love and growth
as people, So let's move from the past and maybe one day the 2 will
be the the same stage together, if not I do not think Mary Wilson is sitting by the phone waiting for a call, ....Peace
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-2 #1 [[http://soulfuldetroit.com/index.php/entertainment-original/11140-reflections-mama-said#comment-1358) RE: Reflections: Mama said — Rick 2013-05-05 12:42 Sorry im most pictures with other people Diana seems very at ease and her smile is wide and lovely.....at the Motown Musical Premeir...but the pics with Mary Diana is clearly uncomfortable.. .he smile is small and forced...Mary created the animosity between then and dont think diana will ever work woth her again....Mary ruined The Reunion of The Decade that most fans wanted to see...The Supremes Reunion and single handedly ruined the image of The Supremes for most.....Naw Diana dont need her and her antics....Mary should just do what she does best....play county fairs