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...At first they tried recording standards, but Gordy shelved those tracks, wanting something suitable for the R&B market. “We was disappointed,” Fakir says. “And we let him know....
...The Motown formula was growing tired and Gordy’s control over their work had become stifling. The former child stars faced an uncertain adulthood....
...A concert was shown on US national TV in April (just as for the 25th anniversary, when Michael Jackson moonwalked in public for the first time); events have centred around the old Hitsville USA building,...
...Sarah Gordy, as Kelly, is great — witty, passionate and stubborn — with Penny Layden both tough and touching as her mother....
...I have just asked Michael Ovitz about his treatment of enemies during the 20 years he spent as Hollywood’s super-agent....
...Directed by Graham Gordy and Michael D Fuller, 2016 Warner/HBO Alas, not every HBO series can be a winner....
...It is also developing Mystify, a documentary about INXS singer Michael Hutchence, directed by Richard Lowenstein who worked with the band in the 1980s....
...Ritz, Amistad, RRP£19.99/$25.99, 304 pages In its prime the largest black-owned business in the US, with hundreds of hit records and a roster of stars including Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Michael...
...Listen to the podcast For more in the series and podcasts with clips, visit ft.com/life-of-a-song Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images...
...as the event at which Michael Jackson introduced the moonwalk....
...Male On the line that led from Cab Calloway jitterbugging and Sammy Davis Jr flashdancing to Michael Jackson moonwalking on MTV, surely there is no choice but Jackson, for blurring all sorts of lines, and...
...He was the poster kid for the explosion of black pop music’s popularity under the guiding hand of Berry Gordy and his Motown outfit....
...Michael Jackson’s death has triggered a scramble to discover the true state of his troubled finances....
...The Motown label nurtured some of pop’s most prodigious talents, including the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and Michael Jackson....
...And if Motown’s Berry Gordy lacked Spector’s bombastic pretension, he also thought primarily in terms of distinctive singles rather than consistent live acts....
...“To his credit, Michael has given me a green light.” As Mr Bandier recounts it, the episode is of a piece with his happy tenure at Sony/ATV....
...From Jarvis Cocker’s bottom-wiggling assault on Michael Jackson’s messianic pretensions, to Joss Stone’s newly acquired American accent; the events for which this annual ritual is remembered generally involve...
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