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The 1960s have become synonymous with all the new, exciting, radical, and subversive events and trends of the period, which continued to develop in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and continue today as we look fondly back at the coolest decade of all!
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RETROKIMMER INTERVIEW: SCOTT MORGAN
Scott Morgan Music Scott Morgan MySpace No more Spaces for Scott.... LOLThe Rationals' soulful cover of Otis Redding's "Respect" pre-dated Aretha Franklin's by a year, and was picked up for national distribution by Cameo-Parkway. A couple ...
MUSCLE CAR CITY! HOT 1960 CHEVYS!
The Man behind the MuscleAs a child, cars played a big part of Rick Treworgy's life. Models, pedal cars, any toy with 4 wheels inspired him. Once he was old enough, Rick began collecting GM cars, Chevys in particular.After nearly 40 years of turning ...
THE DEATH OF MICHAEL JACKSON
Michael Jackson's Life on People Magazine Covers HEREOMG we just got a CBS News Alert that Michael Jackson died today at age 50. Though nothing would surprise after all the other media stunts he has pulled over the past 40 some years. However, we are...
Brenda Holloway: Too Hot For Motown?
Brenda Holloway is my most favorite female singer of the Motown Era. I often wondered why she never charted like the rest of the "girl" groups. Berry Gordy and his "interest" in Diana Ross may have played a big part. Or Brenda's refusals to be just B...
I COULD NEVER LOVE ANOTHER: DAVID RUFFIN
" I Know You Want to Leave Me But I Refuse To Let You Go!"The Temptations were the most consistently successful of the guy bands at Motown. The original line up with David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks as the lead singers in my opinion have never been t...
I NEED YOU: THE RATIONALS
This weekend as I was digging around in the archives at my rocker pal's house I ran into a picture of MGT and Scott Morgan the lead singer/guitarist of The Rationals and many more bands to come.Dennis Thompson/Scott MorganI came home and flamed up Yo...
DEATH: NEW NEWEST BLOG CREATION
Kimmer ran into these brothers over the weekend and decided to collaborate on making them a blog to splash all over the blogosphere! Bobby, David and Dannis Hackney formed a radically different rock band in the 1970's called DEATH and I actually saw ...
Motown Drummer Uriel Jones RIP
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Motown drummer Uriel Jones, whose hard-driving funk propelled classic tunes by the Temptations and Marvin Gaye, died in a Michigan hospital on Tuesday after suffering complications from a heart attack, a family member said. ...
MARY WELLS: THE QUEEN OF MOTOWN
Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer who defined the early sound of Motown Records in the early sixties. Wells was part of the popularity boosting black music onto radio stations and record shelves of mainstream A...
Motown 50th Anniversary!
Motown Stars Mark 50th Anniversary In Detroit Jan 12, 2009A variety of projects will mark Motown's 50th anniversary celebration this year.Founder Berry Gordy and former executive Suzanne DePasse are working on a feature-film documentary that will lik...
MARK FARNER'S ARMS!
Man Kimmer's first true love as a teen was Mark Farner! He's still HOT. I saw him play probably six times around the Flint/Detroit area. His clean and very long straight hair combined with that set of biceps drove a young girl mad.Mark really is an u...
Top 40 Favorites!
This is Dave Shafer my favorite DJ at CK.Before I crossed over to FM radio and album rock we had CKLW fromWindsor, Ontario. They had different broadcast regulations (no FCC)and had a very strong signal.When I lived in Alabama I could pick up CK at ni...
