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Jackson Memorial a Somber, Spiritual Celebration

It was not spectacular, extravagant or bizarre. There were songs and tears but little dancing. Instead, Michael Jackson’s memorial was a somber, spiritual ceremony that reached back for the essence of the man.
Singer, dancer, superstar, humanitarian: That was how the some 20,000 people gathered inside the Staples Center arena on Tuesday, and untold millions watching [...]

Smokey Robinson Headlines Upstate NY Jazz Festival

Smokey Robinson, Michael McDonald and Dave Brubeck will join 800 other musicians and singers performing at this year’s Rochester International Jazz Festival.
The eighth-annual, nine-day festival kicks off June 12 with a concert by Robinson, whose hits with the Miracles include “Tears of a Clown,” “You Really Got a Hold on Me” and “I Second That [...]

Grammy 2009 [Pics]

Whitney Houston @ The Pre-Party

Keyshia Cole

MIA, Jay Z, Lil Wayne

Jennifer Hudson

Justin Timberlake & Al Green

Whitney @ The Grammys

Estelle & Kanye West

Jamie Foxx, Smokey Robinson, Ne-Yo, & Fakir (The Four Tops)

Justin Timberlake & T.I.

Lil Wayne

Motown Turns 50, Proud of Musical, Social Legacy

Motown has always been about more than music. As the soul empire turns 50 on Monday, its founders are looking back at its brand of music dubbed the “Motown sound” that remains popular today and the record company’s role in breaking down racial barriers in America.
Founded in 1959 in Detroit by songwriter and entrepreneur Berry [...]

Smokey Robinson Gets College Fund Honor

 
Legendary Motown singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson is being honored for his contributions to the miracle of education.

Robinson, who helped put the fledgling Motown record label on the map in the early 1960s with his group the Miracles, is receiving the United Negro College Fund’s award of excellence.
“The award honors Smokey not only for his five-decade career [...]

17-year-old Chris Brown Has the Girls Fired Up With His Slick Dance Moves

 
 The Showbox was packed with teenage girls and chaperoned children for the opening show of Chris Brown’s first headlining tour. Although the 17- year-old R&B sensation performed less than an hour, he found time to sing 13 songs and make four costume changes.

 

 

 

 

Accompanied by six dancers wearing zipped-up hoods, Brown skidded across the stage to [...]