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Funkytowngrooves Bows Down To The Boss With Diana Ross Reissues
Diana Ross’s RCA Records catalog is getting the remaster/reissue treatment, courtesy of Funkytowngrooves.
bLISTerd: The Top 50 Motown Songs Of The Eighties (#10-#1)
The Queen of Motown…does Diana “come out” on top of our list of the ’80s best songs on Motown?
bLISTerd: The Top 50 Motown Songs Of The Eighties (#20-#11)
Rick James and his proteges ruled Motown for a solid half-decade. The MJGS, Teena and more figure in the Top 20 of our Motown list!
bLISTerd: The 50 Best Motown Songs of the Eighties (#40-#31)
2 joints from Stevie feature on this part of the list-Motown’s 50 greatest songs of the ’80s.
bLISTerd: The 50 Best Motown Songs Of The Eighties (#50-#41)
Motown was still cranking out classic jams in the ’80s, and this list puts together 50 of the best.
Blerd Radio 2013 Episode 6: Blerd Radio Goes to the Seventies
The Popblerd crew travels back to the Seventies on their latest podcast.
Blerd Appreciation: Deke Richards – Thank You, Thank You, Baby
The name Deke Richards may not strike you immediately if you’re not a Motown fanatic. But if you’ve got any love for the works of Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5 (and, of course, if you read this site, surely you must), the news of Richards’ passing is indeed a bittersweet note. Richards, born Dennis Lussier, was one-quarter of two of Motown’s most famous songwriting collectives in the post-Holland-Dozier-Holland era. First there was The Clan with Pam Sawyer, Frank Wilson and R. Dean Taylor; together, […]
Mary Wells & Sly & The Family Stone Book Reviews: Big Money Goes To Soul School
If you’re a fan of soul music, we’ve got reviews of two books you must add to your must-read list.
The Blerd & Gonzo Cover Convo: “Baby Don’t You Do It”
It’s Marvin vs. The Who vs. The Faces vs. The Band in the latest Cover Convo. Will the power of Keith Moon put the British legends on top? Read on to find out!
Diggin’ in the Crates: “Stoney and Meatloaf”
It’s accepted music lore that Meat Loaf ripped through popular music on the back of a silver black phantom bike like a bat out of hell with his solo debut, appropriately titled Bat Out Of Hell. It was a work of massive, lusty hubris, composed by master songwriter and closet freak Jim Steinman, and it married 1960s adolescent yearning to a Spector-esque wall of sound – complete with horns, resplendent grand pianos, wall-to-wall vocals, and charmingly pretentious spoken-word excerpts – […]
The Blerd & Gonzo Cover Convo: “Cruisin'”
What the hell is a Gwynhuey? Find that out and more in the latest installment of the Blerd & Gonzo Cover Convo.