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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: Authors, Chicago Tribune, Ernest Hemingway, World War II (1939-1945), Bill Cosby
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Fifth Dimension singer Florence LaRue says good songs gave group success
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGMotown Records was a hit factory for black musicians in the early 1960s, churning out smash after smash R&B song. So hoping to follow that same path to success, the fledgling vocal group that singer Florence LaRue joined in 1965...... -
Ex-Baltimorean went 'Searching for Sugar Man'
"And now you hear the music, but the words don't sound too clear …" "Inner City Blues" by Sixto Rodriguez Former Baltimorean Craig Strydom has spent more than two decades searching for Sugar Man. And even though the music journalist tracked his...
Tags: Africa, Movies, Entertainment, Michael Jackson, Documentary (genre)
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50 Years Ago: Sept. 1, 2012
Sept. 1, 1962 The Motown sound of the Trendells will be featured Saturday night at Lykins Park as part of two free concerts featured in this year’s Daniel Boone Pioneer Festival. The Trendells, a popular Lexington group, join country musis singer...
Tags: Kentucky Fried Chicken
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March 21: Midday Fix - Human Nature
WGN NewsHuman Nature Hailing from Sydney, the high school classmates who would go on to become Human Nature – brothers Andrew and Mike Tierny, Phil Burton and Toby Allen – were captivated by the harmonies of soul, gospel and R&B. Since forming Human Nature,...Tags: Australia, Summer Olympics, Sydney (Australia), Smokey Robinson, Michael Jackson
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Hot moves & cool tunes
BAY VIEW -- Straight from Detroit, the Eisenhower Dance Ensemble brings its award-winning show, Motown in Motion, to Bay View's Hall auditorium on Saturday, June 30, for an unforgettable performance beginning at 8 p.m. The Eisenhower Dance Ensemble,...
Tags: Smokey Robinson, Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, Fine Artists, Gladys Knight
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Live: LMFAO has fun with debauchery
Pop & HissLMFAO's Redfoo and Sky Blu stay in character and play debauchery for laughs and fun at Staples Center as part of Sorry for Party Rocking Tour.... -
Daring 'Gaye' delivers stories and songs
When Black Ensemble Theatre opened its beautiful new building in November, it did so with a show, "The Jackie Wilson Story," that not only was under-rehearsed but was merely a pro forma remount of a hit from the past. The second, far more successful...
Tags: Berry Gordy, Jackie Wilson, Music Theater, Human Accomplishments, Black Entertainment Television (tv network)
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Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies at 70; bassist for Booker T. & the MG's
As the bass player on dozens of the most soulful hits in the history of pop music, Donald "Duck" Dunn often found himself out on the road playing to fans who had assumed he was black like the stars he supported, notably Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and...Tags: Obituaries, Neil Young, John Belushi, Facebook, Onions
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Critic's Notebook: LMFAO's brand of party rock uniquely American
Pop & HissLast week LMFAO had the No. 1 song in America. Again. This time it was for the L.A. rap/dance/pop duo's ode to self-infatuation, "Sexy and I Know It" — an infectiously simple dance-floor ditty with a relentless rhythm and a video that has been... -
B.B. King, Mick Jagger lead blues session at the White House
Pop & HissB.B. King, Mick Jagger and others will perform at the White House tonight, Feb. 21, in a program hosted by President and Mrs. Obama celebrating the blues. High school students from around the country will get to explore the blues during the day at the...
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