Motown Spotlight: February 2024 – Gladys Knight & The Pips, Marvin Gaye, Eddie Kendricks
Dipping into the past last month has given me the travelling bug,
Dipping into the past last month has given me the travelling bug,
When “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” gave Marvin Gaye his first
2021 Introduction: In celebration of the 77th birthday of the legendary Gladys Knight, a SoulMusic Hall Of Fame inductee and the inclusion of Gladys & The Pips (2013 Lifetime Achievement inductees) into the list of semi-finalists for the ‘Motown’ category in the May round of voting for The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame, we revisit this in-person interview by David Nathan with Gladys along with a show review from November 1971 at The London Palladium…
2021 intro: In November 1976, the legendary Curtis Mayfield (whose "There's No Place Like America Today" album is part of the 2021 Black History Month campaign at Warner Music Group) sat down with David Nathan at the Chicago headquarters of Curtom Records studios to talk about his work at the time with other artists as well as the formation of Curtom and more…
Renowned as a premier songwriter for such classics as "If Were Your Woman," "Love Hangover" and "Love Child" among a multitude of compositions, Pam Sawyer displays her certificate for May 2020 much-deserved induction into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame by popular vote online via SoulMusic.com...