Archive for September 4th, 2009

Motown turns 50, but the party’s far from over (AP)

 Motown turns 50, but the partys far from over 
    (AP)AP - On Jan. 12, 1959, Elvis Presley was in the Army. The Beatles were a little-known group called The Quarrymen casting about for gigs in Liverpool. The nascent rock 'n' roll world was a few weeks away from "the day the music died" — when a single-engine plane crash claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens.

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Motown vignettes: Clinton, Judd, others talk music (AP)

AP - For the 50th anniversary of the founding of Motown Records, The Associated Press over a period of months invited stars from the fields of music, politics and film to visit Studio A to talk about how the Detroit musical movement has affected them and the larger world.

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“Tomorrow” arrives for Jamaican singer Kingston (Reuters)

Reuters - Flashback to summer 2007: A young Miami newcomer by the name of Sean Kingston surfaced with the inescapable love anthem "Beautiful Girls."

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