Music from Memphis' Stax Records, Detroit's Motown featured in online show
Fans of the soulful sounds of Detroitโs Motown and Memphisโ Stax Records will be able to enjoy the music of both brands in the same place if they watch and listen to a free, online show streaming during Black History Month.
Barrett Strong, Motown artist known for โMoney,โ dies at 81
Barrett Strong, one of Motownโs founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the companyโs breakthrough single โMoney (Thatโs What I Want)โ and later collaborated on such classics as โI Heard It Through the Grapevine" and โWar,โ has died.
Mary Wilson, longest-reigning original Supreme, dies at 76
FILE - Mary Wilson, founding member of The Supremes, appears during a portrait session at Capitol Records in Los Angeles on June 12, 2014. Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old. Publicist Jay Schwartz says Wilson died Monday night, Feb. 8, 2021, at her home in Las Vegas and that the cause was not immediately clear. Wilson died Monday night at her home in Nevada and the cause was not immediately clear, said publicist Jay Schwartz. Following the Supremesโ disbandment, Wilson released the solo albums โMary Wilsonโ and โWalk the Lineโ and wrote a handful of books, including the best-selling โDreamgirl: My Life as a Supremeโ and โSupreme Faith: Someday Weโll Be Together."
Black Broadway star celebrates becoming a homeowner in now-viral post
HOUSTON A Broadway stars Facebook post about becoming a homeowner is going viral. Hartwell, who has appeared in productions of Hello Dolly! and Motown the Musical, says in the post published Wednesday that he purchased the home as a generational move that makes him proud to be a Black man. Dont you ever underestimate a hard-working black man. Ive never been prouder to be a black man. Im a homeowner.Hartwells post now has more than 260,000 shares, 920,000 reactions and more than 140,000 comments.