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Frank Wilson: The Motown Songwriter’s 5 Greatest Hits

Posted on 10/4/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyWhen you think of the Motown era, you probably think of such groups as the Supremes, the Temptations, the Four Tops and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, and such soul superstars as Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. Less well-known is a man who helped Motown’s performers to shine so brightly: Frank Wilson, a musical utility infielder who cowrote and/or produced many of the label’s biggest hits. The Houston native, who died on Sept. 27 at the age of 71 in …

Andy Williams: 5 Things You Might Not Know About the ‘Moon River’ Crooner

Posted on 09/26/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyIf you grew up in the late 1960s, odds are that you remember watching The Andy Williams Show with your parents and marveling at how unexpectedly funky that venerable gentleman with the silky baritone sounded when he sang Stevie Wonder’s “For Once In My Life.” But Williams, who died yesterday at his home in Branson, Mo., at age 84, was an entertainer who made a career of out of surprising and delighting successive generations with his versatility. The small-town Iowa …