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*UPDATE: Sources say Richard Street died Tuesday night (2/26) of a pulmonary embolism. We will bring you more details as they become available. Earlier we reported … A forwarded email from (ex Supremes) singer Scherrie Payne by Ron Brewington of the Motown Alumni Association (MAA), brings a message of sadness that once again a former [...]
*Former Temptations member, Damon Harris, is in the fight against prostate cancer. The singer, 62, has been fighting the disease since 1999, but now spends a lot of time under careful watch and chemotherapy at the John Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. Although many would like to be optimistic about the outcome, he’s preparing [...]
*Thanks to Detroit native and EURweb contributor Larry Buford, we learned about the Universal Music release of “The Temptations: The Singles 1961-1971,” a three-disc set marking the iconic group’s 50th anniversary via an article at wsj.com. Obviously the CD – set for release this Tuesday, October 25 – will contain the song the Temptin’ Temptations [...]
*Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) and SOFA Entertainment present The Best of The Temptations on The Ed Sullivan Show in celebration of The group’s 50th Anniversary. The collection is now available and is packed with classic Motown performances from The Ed Sullivan Show, taped live between 1964 and 1971, and is fully restored with never before [...]
*Kenneth Williams went to prison for strangling his great-aunt with a telephone cord in 1989, the same year his father was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Before entering prison, the younger Williams asked his sister to save his share of royalty checks he inherited from his dad, Paul Williams, one of [...]
*Excited fans will meet classic singers at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx, on Saturday, April 9th at 8:00 p.m. Dennis Edwards headlines with his Temptations’ Review and The Marvelettes; both groups reminding fans of the glory days of Motown. Audiences that remember Temptation songs like “Papa Was A Rolling Stone,” “Cloud [...]
*The sad part about being a star, other than occasionally dying at a disproportionately younger age than the rest of the population, is people simply forget. Your fans move on and their children simply are not that in to you. Never mind that fact that you’re a pioneer. Forget about the fact that a [...]
*LOS ANGELES – In the 1960s, Mavericks Flat was known as the ground zero of LA¹s urban entertainment scene. High-level performances by Parliament, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan, Earth, Wind and Fire, and Ike and Tina Turner were frequent. The club was influential, with its “Playboy Club” atmosphere and psychedelic design inspiring the artwork [...]
*It looks like there’s going to be a big turn out for the “Home-Going” celebration for Ali “Ollie” Woodson, a former lead singer for the Temptations, who died Sunday from a form of cancer known as Leukemia. Lot’s of people have been inquiring as to when and where his “celebration” will be. Now we know. [...]
*Comedienne/actress Luenell has reached out to EURweb to offer her thoughts on the passing of singer Ali ‘Ollie’ Woodson: “Ali Woodson was one of the few Iconic Soul-Singers left from the Motown Era that could STILL sell out a crowd, light up a party, & make the women scream! Ali & I have loved, fought, [...]
*According to Billy Wilson, Pres. And founder of the Motown Alumni Association, former lead singer of the Temptations, Ali “Ollie” Woodson, died Sunday of cancer (leukemia) in California. He was 58. Woodson, born Oct. 12, 1951, in Detroit, was the front man for The Temptations for most of the 1980s and 90s. He is probably [...]
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