Smokey Robinson's Great Friend Marv Tarplin

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R&B legend Smokey Robinson pays tribute to his great friend and collaborator Marv Tarplin, the Motown guitarist and songwriter, who passed away in Las Vegas last week. 'He was one of my best friends. This news is like a dagger to my heart' Rollin Stone....

Deep Soul The Up Rising of Motown

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Watch the history of Motown. Watch Deep Soul, "The Up Rising of Motown". Learn about Barry Gordy and how Motown got started. This is part one of the story. See more at Youtube.

Nick Ashford Leaves Us

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It hurt my feelings to find out that Nick Ashford has died of throat cancer. He died at age 70. I loved to hear him sing with his wife Valerie Simpson. They were known as Ashford and Simpson. My favorite song that they made was Solid. I never heard anything bad about Ashford and Simpson. I never heard the word divorce when it came to their name. They look like they had true love and their songs were real and straight from the heart.

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Stephanie Mills and Michael Jackson Dated

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It is said that Stephanie Mills dated Michael Jackson back in the 70's. I always knew that they met each other and that they were friends. I remember reading about their relationship in a magazine in the 80's. Stephanie knows a lot about Michael.She said she cooked for him and washed his clothes. I do not remember reading any information like that. Stephanie said that Michael was a man and very loving.


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I Miss the Good Old Days

I'll never forget that day when me, my mother, father, and brother were waiting for Motown 25 to come on. We had to set the VCR to record it. Television kept family around. If you wanted to see something, you had to get it from television. Now, the Internet has made life so easy and boring. Music is too easy to get and so are all of the videos and television shows. Everybody has their own little private space and computer hooked to the Internet. I hardly watch television anymore because everything that interest me is online. Family has grown so far apart. Neighborhood girls use to come to my house just to see Michael Jackson. There were not many people that had a VCR in my neighborhood back in the 80's. It brought me great company. I miss the good old days.

The cast of Thriller Live perform on GMTV

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The Cast of Thriller Live performed on GMTV. They did a great job singing ABC and I Want You Back. I think that someone needs to write songs for this group and bring back that old Jackson Five style. The lead singer of the group name is Kieran. He has a voice like Michael Jackson but there is some difference. Kieran's voice fits the songs of the Jacksons and the rest of the group too. These guys need to make singing their career and they need to stick with it. I think they have a good thing going.

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Yesterday was sung by the Beetles. Marvin Gaye added soul, more expression, and feeling to the song. The song is about the way I feel. Sometimes life seems better yesterday than it does today. More people was around yesterday. There was not as many worries yesterday. People was closer to one another yesterday. Today, neighbors that live right beside you grow apart from each other. Nobody has time to visit. I believe in yesterday.