NORTHLAND'S FAVORITE HITS » Motown http://kool1017.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:31:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Did Van Halen Borrow Their New Album Cover Art From a Legendary Motown Band? http://kool1017.com/van-halen-commodores-cover-art/ http://kool1017.com/van-halen-commodores-cover-art/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:00:54 +0000 Matt Wardlaw http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=43704 Van Halen will hit the road next month with Kool & The Gang opening selected shows, and if that seems like an odd choice for an opening act…stay tuned, because the funk doesn’t end there.

]]> http://kool1017.com/van-halen-commodores-cover-art/feed/ 0 Motown Singer, Songwriter Nick Ashford Dead http://kool1017.com/motown-singer-songwriter-nick-ashford-dead/ http://kool1017.com/motown-singer-songwriter-nick-ashford-dead/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:58:44 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=12869 One of Motown's more versatile talents lost his battle to throat cancer yesterday at the age of 70.  Along with his partner Valerie Simpson, Ashford & Simpson had their hand in a lot of the hits coming from Motown in the 60's, 70's, and 80's.

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