J Dilla: Unquantized MPC Drums, Shelved MCA Albums and Donuts
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!James Dewitt Yancey was born in Detroit in 1974 to Maureen, known as Ma Dukes, a former opera si...
2 Nov 18min
Gil Askey: Pre-Med Dropout, the Supremes at the Copa and an Oscar Nod
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Gil Askey was born in Austin, Texas, on March 9, 1925, the son of a public health activist and T...
2 Nov 16min
Esther Gordy Edwards: The Ber-Berry Co-op, Motortown Revue and Hitsville
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Esther Gordy Edwards was born on April 25, 1920, in Washington County, Georgia, the eldest daugh...
2 Nov 20min
Eddie Kendricks: The Copacabana Walkout, The Loft and Keep On Truckin'
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Eddie Kendricks was born in Union Springs, Alabama, in 1939 and met Paul Williams in a Birmingha...
2 Nov 21min
Earl Van Dyke: A Toy Piano, Blue Note Organ and Gordy's Ban on 'Funk'
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Earl Van Dyke was born in Detroit in July 1930 and learned from the city's jazz piano titans Tom...
2 Nov 20min
Dreamgirls 1981: Jennifer Holliday's Walkouts and Effie's Rewritten Fate
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Dreamgirls began in the 1970s when playwright Tom Eyen and composer Henry Krieger workshopped a ...
2 Nov 19min
Graystone Ballroom: Detroit's Gothic Million Dollar Hall to McDonald's
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Graystone Ballroom stood at 4237 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, designed by architect Rupert W....
2 Nov 19min
Detroit's Fox Theatre: A 3,000-Pound Rug, 24-Hour War Shifts and Kung Fu
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Film pioneer William Fox commissioned Detroit's Fox Theatre in 1928 from architect C. Howard Cra...
2 Nov 17min
