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Marvelettes co-founder Katherine Anderson Schaffner dies at 79 in Dearborn
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSinger Katherine Anderson Schaffner, who helped Motown Records achieve its first No. 1 pop hit with...
Portugal. the Man singer thought he'd never sing again. How that inspired their new album
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt took eight albums and 11 years for Portugal. The Man to take the mainstream by surprise with...
Mable John, Motown and Stax blues singer who backed Ray Charles, dies
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne of the first women signed by Motown, Mable John, shown in 1966, later became a minister and an...
Martha Reeves, The Four Tops’ Duke Fakir Mourn Death of Lamont Dozier
Billboard via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNext to the Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas and the Four Tops were the primary recipients of...
RAMBLIN ROUND: 'Oh yeah.' How Motown's Marvelettes inspired The Beatles
McAlester News-Capital, Okla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 19—Ask music fans to name the definitive soul music label in the United States, and most of then would understandably cite Motown. What's not to love about the label Berry Gordy Jr. originally ...
With this Christmas classic, the audiobook was born
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSometimes it's the afterthought — not the thought — that counts. The Gettysburg Address? A two-minute addendum, by Lincoln, to someone else's lengthy...