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UNCOVERED: 2 - The Untold Story

‘Real Housewives of Motown’ showcases the women who stood proudly in the shadows of hitmakers’ love

Latest musical at Black Ensemble Theater features some of Motown’s biggest hits.

Chicago Sun-Times

Things to do in Chicago May 18-24 — The Mix

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Long Grove Chocolate Fest, and Hitch*Cocktails are among this week’s entertainment highlights.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Week on Stage: From Dancing at Lughnasa to Ain’t Too Proud

A guide to the week’s theatre

The Independent UK

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Ain’t Too Proud at the Prince Edward Theatre review: Temptations musical rolls out hit after Motown hit

Compilation musicals have had a bad press, but this is a hugely superior example of the genre.

Evening Standard

Ain’t Too Proud review – a Temptations jukebox musical by numbers

This plodding account of the Motown band’s highs and lows is more than a little soulless

The Guardian - UK

Humphreys Concerts 2023 season boasts Ringo Starr, Indigo Girls, Rodrigo y Gabriela, America and 33 debuts

SAN DIEGO — The 2023 Humphreys Concerts by the Bay season will feature such longtime staples of the venue as Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band, Diana Krall, Chicago, The Temptations and Dave Koz, along with such popular tribute acts as The Australian Pink Floyd Show and One Night…

Tribune News Service

Gordy, Robinson honored at reunion of aging Motown stars

The Temptations, the Isley Brothers and the Four Tops turned back time, singing and dancing as if in their prime at a reunion of aging Motown stars

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Barrett Strong: the Motown hitmaker was modest almost to a fault

Though he was quick to credit others’ contributions, Strong’s songwriting was absolutely critical to the label that remade American pop music

The Guardian - UK

Barrett Strong obituary

Motown singer and songwriter whose hits included I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Papa Was a Rolling Stone and Money

The Guardian - UK

Barrett Strong, singer, songwriter and Motown’s first star, dies aged 81

Strong sang on the label’s first hit Money in 1960 and went on to co-write landmark songs including Heard It Through the Grapevine and War

The Guardian - UK

Barrett Strong, one of Motown's founding artists and known for 'Money,' dies at 81

Barrett Strong was one of Motown's most gifted songwriters who collaborated with Norman Whitfield on such classics as "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "War" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone."

WEKU

Motown legend and Temptations songwriter Barrett Strong dead at 81

His writing credits included I Heard It Through the Grapevine for Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight & the Pips, the Undisputed Truth’s ‘Smiling Faces Sometimes’, ‘War’ for Edwin Starr

Daily Mirror

Barrett Strong, ‘Money (That’s What I Want)’ singer, dies at 81

Motown singer-songwriter also worked on the hits ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine,’ ‘War,’ ‘Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone.’

Chicago Sun-Times

Barrett Strong, Motown artist known for ‘Money,’ dies at 81

Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and “War,” has died

The Independent UK

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Lionel Richie, Brandi Carlile, Isley Brothers set for MusiCares concert honoring Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy

SAN DIEGO — How sweet it is: Veteran Motown Records artists Lionel Richie, The Temptations, The Four Tops and The Isley Brothers are all slated to perform Feb. 3 at the 2023 MusiCares Person of the Year fundraising concert at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This year’s edition honors Berry…

The Orange County Register

The Last Temptation: Otis Williams talks Motown and the Temptations musical ‘Ain’t Too Proud’

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Otis Williams, the last of the original Temptations, says each time he sees “Ain’t Too Proud,” the Broadway musical based on the lives of the legendary Motown vocal group, it feels as amazing as the first.

Chicago Sun-Times

Have yourself a modern soul Christmas

I was ready to conclude that today’s R&B singers eschew holiday hits, content to let old-school Stevie Wonder, Charles Brown and Jackson 5 songs hold the mantle on V103 and 106.3 Not quite.

The Guardian - UK

Bruce Springsteen: Only the Strong Survive review – the Boss plays it safe

This new album of old soul covers is warm and enjoyable, but leaves you wishing it had gone a little deeper

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‘We carried pistols to defend ourselves’: the Four Tops and the Temptations on six decades of soul

As they tour the UK together, Motown icons Duke Fakir and Otis Williams reflect on meeting the Beatles, facing down white supremacists, and the collaborators they’ve lost along the way

The Independent UK

Springsteen takes on Temptations, Supremes, Four Tops

Bruce Springsteen is taking on the work of the Four Tops, Temptations, Supremes and other soul legends for a covers album that's coming out in November

Liverpool Echo

Five things coming to Liverpool this week that you shouldn't miss

It is shaping up to be an exciting week for the city

Asharq Al-Awsat

Motown Stars Celebrate Completion of Museum Expansion Phases

The historic section of Detroit where Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. built his music empire six decades ago is now looking better than ever. Motown legend — and Gordy's best friend — Smokey Robinson was among those who visited the newly improved Motown Museum site on Monday night for…

WEKU

Motown stars celebrate a museum expansion that honors Hitsville

Motown-era buildings near the museum have been transformed into Hitsville NEXT, which will be home to camps, workshops, master classes and community events.

The Independent UK

Motown stars celebrate completion of museum expansion phases

Motown legends Smokey Robinson, Otis Williams and Martha Reeves were among those who celebrated the completion of the first two phases of the Motown Museum's expansion

Tribune News Service

Smokey Robinson surging at 82, with biopic and 2 new albums pending: 'Retirement doesn't work for me!'

There is a very sound reason Motown music legend Smokey Robinson doesn't perform "The Impossible Dream," the classic song of hope and self-affirmation from the 1965 Broadway musical, "Man of La Mancha."

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