Hamilton Bohannon a legendary Motown drummer, artist and bandleader passed away on Friday according to his family in Newnan, Ga. he was 78 years old. Bohannon toured and played with several Motown legends such as Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross and the Supremes, The Four Tops and Temptations. He has made 19 records […]
Smokey Robinson is defending the Motown tribute at Sunday night’s Grammys telecast. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer tells TMZ that “Motown is music for everybody, Motown is universal. We broke down racial barriers with music.” He thinks it’s wrong to “confine… Motown to just being something that [only] black people can represent… is a stupid philosophy… […]
The Funk Brothers‘ Wah Wah Watson, who backed such Motown legends as Marvin Gaye, The Temptations and Smokey Robinson — as well as Michael Jackson after he’d moved on to Epic — died Wednesday at age 67. The Richmond, Virginia native joined The Funk Brothers in 1968. His Motown high point was using the wah-wah pedal — which gave him his stage name — on The […]
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For nearly 50 years, Maxine Powell served as a mentor to Motown’s greatest hit music stars: The Jackson 5, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Diana…
