Michael Jackson Saved James Debarge

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There are a lot of things happening in the lives of our favorite celebrities and entertainers. It is because they are people too. Things are happening in their lives that we don't even know about. We only see what is put before us on the stage when they are performing. Some people fail to realize that some celebrities are just as  troubled as everyday people. Sometimes it seems that they have more troubles than everyday people. It doesn't seem like that should be, but it is happening.

James Debarge had some troubles. According to this YouTube Video, he wanted to give up, but Michael Jackson talked him out of it. Today I learned something about James Debarge I didn't know. I also learned something new about Michael Jackson. He seemed to have really cared about people, but we know him as someone that kept to himself. Maybe some of us didn't really know Michael at all. We only know Michael the singer and dancer. Many of us did not know him as a person.

David Ruffin Jr. - Can't Get Next To You

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David Ruffin Jr. sounds quite a bit like his father to me. The Temptations should do some music with him and bring that old Motown sound back again. They could team up with Smokey Robinson again and write some good old fashion love songs like they use to do. I have said it once, and I will say it again, I'm sick of Jay-Z and all that hip hop stuff. It's not that I hate hip hop but that's all that I hear these days. I'm tired of the same old people and the same old tunes. However, people never get tired of Motown because Motown is real music. Glad to know that there is a David Ruffin Jr. that has great talent like his father. Check out a little bit of his vocal.

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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.