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Soul Serenade: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, “The Tears Of A Clown”
Believe it or not, the Miracles only had one #1 hit while Smokey Robinson was their singer. Ken Shane recalls "The Tears of a Clown."
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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 15
There's no denying the stone-cold classics found in this week's edition of AM Gold
Read More »Here’s Something Else!: Five Disco Songs That Don’t, You Know, Suck
The 1970s weren't all shag carpeting and plaid pants. OK, they were. But not all of it sucked. Really
Read More »Soul Serenade: The Four Tops, “Ask the Lonely”
Levi Stubbs never left. While Diana Ross split from the Supremes, Smokey Robinson migrated from his Miracles, and David Ruffin took off from the Temptations (ok, technically he was fired, but only after clearly
Read More »Jesus of Cool: We Wuz Robbed! Great #2 Hits of the ’60s
Welcome to the second installment of an ongoing series celebrating songs that fell excruciatingly short of ascending to the top of Billboard’s pop singles chart. In the course of compiling and monitoring responses to
Read More »Motown at 50
Today is a very important day in the history of popular music. It was on this day in 1959 that Motown was born. An auto worker by the name of Berry Gordy borrowed $800
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