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Steve Jobs' approach a lesson for Broadway's 'Motown'
In 2011, Nick Bilton of The New York Times asked Walter Isaacson, the biographer of Steve Jobs, an interesting question: "Did he try to control what you wrote in the book?" "I anticipated that," Isaacson replied. "But he didn't. He kept surprising me by...
Tags: Ashton Kutcher, Arts and Culture, Apple iPod, Sociology, Social Media
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Songs, not stories, get top billing in 'Motown'
NEW YORK — Berry Gordy, the man who discovered Diana Ross and The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells (and on and on), was a peerless record producer when it came to handpicking talent and building careers. But Berry Gordy, the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Berry Gordy, Celebrities, Michael Jackson, Broadway Theater
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Smokey Robinson sizzled at the Ferguson Center | a review
It's common to see legendary artists sleepwalk through their concerts. After all, what do they have to prove? They earned their reputations decades ago. Now, all that's necessary is to show up, sing a few hits, smile and get out of town. Smokey...
Tags: Music, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Entertainment, Norah Jones
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PASSINGS: Deke Richards
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Deke Richards, 68, who as part of the songwriting and producing team known as the Corporation was responsible for many of the Jackson 5's early hit songs for Motown Records, died Sunday at a hospice in Bellingham, Wash., of esophageal cancer, according to...Tags: Music, Obituaries, Esophageal cancer, Entertainment, Bobby Darin
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Motown producer-songwriter Deke Richards dies
Deke Richards, who as part of the songwriting and production team known as the Corporation was responsible for many of Motown Records' signature songs, died Sunday at a hospice in Bellingham, Wash., of esophageal cancer, according to a statement from...
Tags: Music, Lil Wayne, Queens of the Stone Age (music group), Esophageal cancer, Entertainment
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Detroit's decline
Since the Motown sound went silent -- except on oldies stations -- and General Motors and Chrysler (but not Ford) required life support from Washington, there has been little to recommend Detroit, Mich., to visitors, much less its residents. The...
Tags: Contracts, Bankruptcy, Kwame Kilpatrick, Chicago Tribune, Finance
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Otis R. "Damon" Harris Jr., Temptations singer
Otis R. "Damon" Harris Jr., a Baltimore singer who performed with the Temptations during the 1970s and later used his own diagnosis of prostate cancer to help raise awareness of the disease in African-American men, died Feb. 18 from the disease at...
Tags: Havre de Grace, The Temptations (music group), New York City, American Cancer Society, The New York Times
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REVIEW: Southside Johnny & Asbury Jukes come to party -- until the end
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGLet’s say this up front: Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes is what it is: a glorified Jersey bar band – actually, a hell of a bar band. But front man Johnny Lyon’s singing voice is that of an everyman...... -
2012 concerts: The kids are all right
When it comes to the Central Florida concert scene in 2012, the spotlight was shared by the kids and the classic stars old enough to be their grandparents. Often enough, both ends of the generational spectrum acquitted themselves admirably. At Amway...
Tags: Elton John, The E Street Band (music group), Berry Gordy, Lindsey Buckingham, Bruce Springsteen
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Choosing books for the holidays
Inevitably this holiday season, my mom will tick through her shopping list and say with a sigh, "Your dad wants a book." Since I was a kid, my mom has teased my dad about the predictablity of this ritual, which usually involves the purchase of a brick-...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Fiction, Libraries, Chicago Stories (tv program), Architecture
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VOD Spotlight: “Sparkle,” with Whitney Houston’s final role
Channel Guide MagazineIt would be difficult to say anything about the 2012 remake of the 1976 film Sparkle without mentioning the truth for which it’s probably best known and for which it will be remembered — as Whitney Houston’s final screen performance. The...
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Dec 23, 2012
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Dec 27, 2012
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