Quo was a short-lived rap group composed ofWade Robsonand DeWayne Turrentine that was signed to Michael Jackson’s Epic Records sub-label, MJJ Music during the explosion of kid rap duos.
The duo came together in 1994 and released the single “Blowin’ Up (Don’t Stop the Music)” which became a minor hip hop hit.
The single was released on September 20, 1994, was produced by Teddy Riley and featured guest vocals from Aaron Hall. It peaked at 25 on the Hot Rap Singles and 90 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
Wade Robsonbecoming a successful choreographer, producer, and actor; while DeWayne Turrentine became a fashion model and married actress Reagan Gomez-Preston and had a daughter named Scarlett Annette Turrentine (born May 13, 2007).
Who’s Lovin’ You written by Smokey Robinson
Made famous by the Jackson 5
Introducing : The EnVogue Version
“Hold On” was the debut single from En Vogue’s debut album Born to Sing. “Hold On” was also the groups first single, reaching number one on the Hot Black Singles chart
The single became one of 1990′s biggest hits in the US and a major hit also in the UK (#2 in the US, #5 in the UK). It also reached #1 on the U.S. Dance chart.
The song opens with an a cappella rendition of the Motown standard “Who’s Lovin’ You”, written by Smokey Robinson and originally recorded by his group, The Miracles
We like their Question and Answers – We like their perspective!
Q Who are you?
A Just Fans. Simple As.
=================================== Q What do you want?
A To see ‘We’ve had enough’ by Michael Jackson #1 worldwide on June 25th 2010.
=================================== Q I’ve never heard of it…
A It’s a previously unreleased track.
=================================== Q Previously unreleased? So it’s no good then?
A ‘We’ve had enough’ is considered amongst Michael Jackson Fans to be one of his greatest tracks. A hidden Gem.
=================================== Q So why didn’t they release it?
A Good question! Ask Sony!!
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LMFAO is a Grammy-nominated electro hop group from Los Angeles, California that consists of DJ/rappers Redfoo (Stefan Gordy) and Sky Blu (Skyler Gordy). Both artists are related to Berry Gordy—Redfoo is the son of the Motown Records founder and Sky Blu is his nephew. Stefan Kendal Gordy, born September 3, 1975, is Gordy’s son with Nancy Leiviska.
We found this article on nymag.com – Dated July 2008
Michael Jackson, who asked Ne-Yo to write songs for his comeback album. “Yeah, Michael’s putting together a new album, and I’m helping him out with it,” he confirmed. According to Ne-Yo, Jackson himself called to get him onboard. “I actually hung up on him because I thought someone was playin’,” he said. “‘Who’s this?’ [high voice] ‘This is Michael Jackson.’ Click. Then his representative called back. ‘This is Peter Lopez. I have Michael Jackson on the phone.’ And I was like, ‘Oh my God. Are you serious?’ And then I apologized for the next ten minutes. Any comedian who has ever made fun of Michael Jackson was right on. Sad but true. He does have a very high, not very manly voice.”
Michael Jackson is apart of the first class of entertainers to be honored with stars on a new Walk Of Fame site outside of New York’s Apollo Theatre.
Along with the King of Pop Michael Jackson, others to be honored will be The Godfather of Soul James Brown, Quincy Jones, Patti LaBelle, Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Aretha Franklin , Little Richard and Ella Fitzgerald.
The plaques were installed this week for everyone except Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin. Jackson and Franklin’s plaques will be unveiled in June with the Gala Benefit.
Each year at the non-profit Theater’s Spring Gala Benefit, legendary musicians, artists, and entertainers whose path to fame included the Apollo are inducted into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame.
The Apollo theater is celebrating its 75th anniversary year.
Motown had Holland brothers Brian and Edward write a collection of songs for Michael Jackson during his latter years at Motown. Holland–Dozier–Holland are a songwriting and production team made up of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr. They are considered to be one of the greatest songwriting teams in popular music. The trio wrote and arranged many of the songs making up the Motown sound which dominated American popular music in the 1960s.
We’re Almost There” is a 1975 song released as a single by singer Michael Jackson, and which was the first release off his final Motown album, Forever, Michael. The single showcased Jackson’s tenor more prominently than in previous releases the past year.
The song is a soul-type of ballad that sparked a departure from the singer’s previous material which had included bubblegum pop. As Jackson’s voice matured, Motown found it difficult to find material to suit Jackson, who had sung in a higher voice for most of the duration of his Motown (1969-1975) tenure. With the return of the Holland brothers Brian and Edward, Motown had the duo write a collection of songs to fit Jackson’s age.
Performing more modestly, the song eventually peaked at number three on the pop chart while hitting number seven on the R&B chart. This single ended up being one of the last Jackson releases as an active Motown artist though the label would release more Jackson singles until 1984.
“Muscles” is a 1982 soul single written and produced by Michael Jackson and performed by American R&B/soul singer Diana Ross.
The single reached number ten on the pop singles chart (holding this position for 6 weeks) and number four on the R&B singles chart upon its release and was the first single from her gold-certified album, Silk Electric.
The song, which was named after Jackson’s pet snake and was written for Ross and her “desire” for a muscle-bound lover, also gave Ross her twelfth and final Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
Rockwell is the son of Motown CEO Berry Gordy, Jr. The singer had himself signed to Motown without his father’s knowledge. The elder Gordy did not find out that Rockwell was his son Kennedy until after the single and the accompanying “Somebody’s Watching Me“ album were released.
Produced by Curtis Anthony Nolen, “Somebody’s Watching Me” peaked at number two on the “Billboard” Hot 100 in 1984, and reached the top of the Billboard R&B singles chart, as well as reaching number six on the UK Singles Chart. Some of the song’s success was derived from the presence of Michael Jackson’s recognizable voice on the chorus. The Jacksons were one of the last elements added to the recording.
Curtis Anthony Nolen
Producer Curtis Anthony Nolen with Rockwell in the passenger seat drove his Mercedes 380 SL to pick Michael up at his parent’s compound in Encino, California. Michael brought no security and rode in the back seat doing his best to stay out of view of passing cars. Michael was a complete professional and completed his vocals in a little under an hour. “Out of all the artists I’ve worked with over the years, Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder:(who Nolen asked to sing back round vocals on Rockwell’s song “Cobra”) are the most prolific. “They’d tell the engineer to stop the tape and ask for another take if they made a mistake”. Michael was very kind and gracious, he stayed until the end of the recording process and along with Randy and Jermaine posed for pictures with Curtis Nolen’s wife and Rockwell’s girlfriend at the time. [Hamilton, Andrew.
His follow-up single, “Obscene Phone Caller”, was Rockwell’s only other Top 40 single, reaching #35 on the “Billboard” Hot 100.
