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AL HILL, one of Ann Arbor's Favorite Sons...
Posted: 6/16/2012 - 1 comment(s) [ Comment ] - 0 trackback(s) [ Trackback ] - 0 Likes
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 Ann Arbor's Al Hill has been Bettye Lavette's musical director for ten years now. He also has a GREAT single out (Willie Mae). Check him out doing his tribute to The Motor City...   https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=283047045104029
June 14, 1936: The Four Tops' "Obie" Benson is born in Detroit...
Posted: 6/14/2012 - 1 comment(s) [ Comment ] - 0 trackback(s) [ Trackback ] - 0 Likes
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(June 14, 1936 – July 1, 2005)



"Obie" Benson (real first name Renaldo) was born in The Motor City on June 14, 1936 and, along with his high school buddies Levi Stubbs,  Abdul (Duke) Fakir, and Lawrence Payton was a founding (and Lifetime) member of the group which became the legendary Motown act, THE FOUR TOPS...Read more about this Motown native on TropicalJon.com

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JUNE 9, 1962: MARY WELLS ROCKS MOTOWN!!!
Posted: 6/9/2012 - 2 comment(s) [ Comment ] - 0 trackback(s) [ Trackback ] - 0 Likes
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June 9,1962: Mary Wells hits #2 on the R&B chart and #8 (6/09) on the pop chart with "The One Who Really Loves You", #1 on the R&B chart and #9 (9/22) on the pop chart with "You Beat Me To the Punch" and #1 on the R&B chart and #7 (1/19) on the pop chart with "Two Lovers"…
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June 7, 1954: Detroit’s Bill Haley, along with His Comets, record Shake, Rattle & Roll which will become the first Rock ‘n R
Posted: 6/7/2012 - 1 comment(s) [ Comment ] - 0 trackback(s) [ Trackback ] - 0 Likes
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With Big Joe Turner's "Shake, Rattle and Roll" riding high on the Billboard R&B chart,

Bill Haley And His Comets enter Decca Records' New York studio to record the same number…

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