By bandweblogs on Sep 4, 2009 in Albums, Music News, New Releases, Press Releases, Videos | Tags: Australia, Celine Dion, Human Nature, Las Vegas, Michael Jackson, Motown, Smokey Robinson, Track Listings, youtube | 0 Comments

Human Nature “Reach Out” with a Little Help from Smokey Robinson

Human Nature is Australia’s most popular and successful vocal group with 17 Top 40 hits and 5 top ten hits since 1996 and 23 platinum awards. They have toured the world with artists like Michael Jackson and Celine Dion and their largest audience to date was a crowd of over nearly 4 billion when they performed at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic games …
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By bandweblogs on Mar 24, 2009 in Albums, New Releases, Press Releases | Tags: American Idol, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Motown, Ruben Studdard, Smokey Robinson | 1 Comment

On a special Wednesday, March 25, 2009 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) performance show, the Top 10 finalists (Kris Allen, Anoop Desai, Matt Giraud, Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta, Megan Joy, Adam Lambert, Scott MacIntyre, Lil Rounds and Michael Sarver) will return to the AMERICAN IDOL stage to celebrate and pay tribute to “50 Years of Motown” …
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By bandweblogs on Dec 2, 2008 in Albums, New Releases, Press Releases | Tags: Berry Gordy Jr, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Polls, Stevie Wonder, Track Listings | 0 Comments

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Motown Records (on January 12th 2009) Universal Music has released Motown 50 – a compilation of tracks chosen by Motown fans worldwide …
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By bandweblogs on Sep 16, 2008 in Albums, New Releases, Press Releases | Tags: Berry Gordy Jr, Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Polls, The Temptations | 2 Comments

Starting in December 2008 and running through 2009, Universal Music will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of America’s greatest record label and global music icon: Motown …
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By Jenny May on Dec 13, 2006 in Music, Videos | Tags: Copyright, Eamon, Frankee, Motown, Music, The Satintones, The Shirelles, youtube | 0 Comments
I just stumbled upon a unique bit of history on YouTube. A user has submitted a video recording and an explanation about the first male Motown group The Satintones who had their song, “Tomorrow and Always” pulled in the early 60’s due to copyright issues.
The Satintones probably thought they had a really good idea when [...]
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