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Kingtones History: 1968-Present
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The Kingtones History: 1968-Present. Grand Rapids' The Kingtones top voting, earn spot in Michigan Rock and Roll Legends. By John Sinkevics The Grand Rapids Press. June 01, 2010, 12:40PM. Story reprinted courtesy of: www.mlive.com. The Kingtones, featuring keyboard player Bruce Snoap, left, in 2007. The Kingtones, a pop-flavored rock band which became one of the Grand Rapids area's most popular performing acts in the 1960s, led all voting online. They join 42 others previously inducted into the hall, dis...
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Teen A Go Go: What to Leave In What to Leave Out
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Teen A Go Go. Sunday, December 19, 2010. What to Leave In What to Leave Out. One of the easiest things about producing Teen A Go Go was the multitude of great stories and story tellers that made themselves available to our cameras. One of the hardest things about producing Teen A Go Go was deciding which stories and story tellers to include and who had to be left out. I would like to take the space to talk about one particular man and band that has been extremely supportive of the project, almost from th...
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PROMO MAN to PR GURU - www.motownblackwhite.com
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Motown Black and White. PROMO MAN to PR GURU. OHIO HALL OF FAME. RHYTHM and BLUES HOF. THE WAY YOU LOVE. MB&W on the ROAD. JACKSON 5 in JAPAN. MB&W SAGINAW, MI. MB&W DETROIT. MI. MB&W MEMPHIS, TN. MOTOWN 50 BERLIN GER. TALKING HYPE on TV. From Teenage Sweetheart to Legendary Press Agent. In the words of Scottish journalist Stuart Cosgrove in his highly acclaimed 2015 book,. Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul. Al was "Motown's maddeningly innovative Jewish publicist.".
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Rock n Roll Graffiti: Hastings St. spawned blues scene
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, April 06, 2011. Hastings St. spawned blues scene. Bluesman John Lee Hooker was photographed. On Detroit's Hastings St. for this album cover. Unless you're from Detroit, you might not know that Hastings St. gave birth to a thriving blues scene in the 1940s and 1950s. In fact, the Hastings St. neighborhood gave rise to iconic bluesman John Lee Hooker and lesser luminaries like Johnnie Bassett and Alberta Adams. The singer and guitarist was right at home performing in the cl...
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Rock n Roll Graffiti: 03/01/2011 - 04/01/2011
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Bomp logged state's rock scene. Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Avey Bros. on road to success. Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Fab Four recreate Beatles show. Wednesday, March 09, 2011. Del Shannon had fateful career. Wednesday, March 02, 2011. Did Zombies play in the U. P? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). If you have a column idea,. Suggestions, comments, photos. Or would like to share. I BUY U.P. RECORDS! Subscribe to weekly updates to Rock n Roll Graffiti. AM, Then FM.
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Rock n Roll Graffiti: Gladstone starts festival season
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Gladstone starts festival season. Minnesota-based blues artist Paul Mayasich. Will perform at the Rockin' The Bay Music Festival. In Gladstone on Friday, June 18. A dozen music festivals will take place around the Upper Peninsula this summer, with Gladstone's Rockin' The Bay launching the season. Now in its third year, Rockin' The Bay Music Festival is scheduled for June 17 and 18 at the Gladstone Yacht Club. Other regional festivals you may want to attend:.
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Rock n Roll Graffiti: Omo the Hobo published book
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, May 04, 2011. Omo the Hobo published book. Delta County's Omo the Hobo spent his life as a. Traveling troubadour and wrote about his adventures. Delta County's Omo the Hobo spent his life as a traveling troubadour and wrote a book to tell about it. Not long ago retired Escanaba Public Safety Officer Walter Deneau told me about Omo's tome and let me borrow his copy. Omo autographed the book and gave it to Deneau in 1994, along with a long-playing record album. Farm life di...
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Rock n Roll Graffiti: Motown unites Excels, Coffey
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Motown unites Excels, Coffey. Berry Gordy housed his Motown Record Corp. In this building at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in. You might know Motown Record Corp. from gigantic hits by the Miracles, the Temptations or the Supremes, but the venerable Detroit label also has some small Upper Peninsula ties. Music entrepreneur Berry Gordy incorporated the firm on April 14, 1960 combining Motown with the Tamla label he had founded in early 1959. With successful acts...
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Rock n Roll Graffiti: 06/01/2011 - 07/01/2011
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Rock n Roll Graffiti. Wednesday, June 08, 2011. Final column brings series to end. Wednesday, June 01, 2011. Fogerty ranks as concert favorite. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). If you have a column idea,. Suggestions, comments, photos. Or would like to share. I BUY U.P. RECORDS! Subscribe to weekly updates to Rock n Roll Graffiti. Enter your email address:. About the music on this blog. So, give a listen and decide for yourself which tunes could have been hits, if only. Blog Table of Contents. AM, Then FM.
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