Motown

Martha and the Vandellas, Heat Wave (1963)

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Album Cover of the Week: Martha and the Vandellas, Heat Wave

Chris Holmes
posted on January 7, 2013February 10, 2015
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As the deep freeze of January sets in, let's turn up the temperature with a classic Motown album cover - Heat Wave by Martha and the

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Album Cover of the Week: Stevie Wonder, Where I’m Coming From

Chris Holmes
posted on October 22, 2012February 10, 2015
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A look at the clever cover for the first truly classic Stevie Wonder album from the 1970s, Where I'm Coming

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Why the Hell Should I Like… post-‘Thriller’ Michael Jackson?

In this installment of our Why The Hell Should I Like..? series, Blerd offers 10 songs to prove the worth of Michael Jackson's post-Thriller

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My favorite music: 1972

Chris Holmes
posted on June 1, 2011
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A rundown of my favorite albums (and songs) from the year that was 1972. Not all of it was very popular, but you can be certain it was all

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Listening booth — Mary Wells, “Two Lovers”

Chris Holmes
posted on March 8, 2011March 14, 2011
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Chris Holmes looks at one of the great early hits from Motown Records; "Two Lovers" by Mary Wells, written by Smokey Robinson and released in

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GFS home movies: Michael McDonald’s This Christmas: Live in Chicago

Chris Holmes
posted on December 21, 2010June 18, 2013
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One of the titans of blue-eyed soul offers a collection of Christmas classics on

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2010 – The year in recorded musical performances

Chris Holmes
posted on December 13, 2010April 15, 2011
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My favorite music from 2010. Or maybe it's the best music of 2010. Probably a little bit of

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Michael

I re-examine the legacy of pop superstar Michael Jackson after his untimely

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Album Cover of the Week: Innervisions

Chris Holmes
posted on February 9, 2009February 10, 2015
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Album Cover of the Week: Martha and the Vandellas, Heat Wave

Album Cover of the Week: Stevie Wonder, Where I’m Coming From

Why the Hell Should I Like… post-‘Thriller’ Michael Jackson?

My favorite music: 1972

Listening booth — Mary Wells, “Two Lovers”

GFS home movies: Michael McDonald’s This Christmas: Live in Chicago

2010 – The year in recorded musical performances

Michael

Album Cover of the Week: Innervisions

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