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SAN FRANCISCO — Six folk-singers got together in February, 1965, worked and waited for a year, changed to electric instruments and then — 'Along Comes ...

Box Tops, The: Big Time Unknowns: The Box Tops Mystery

Profile by Mike Gormley, The Ottawa Journal, 2 February 1968

THE BEST way to establish an act in the musical big time is to have a No. I record. ...

Stevie Wonder: Grand Old Music Man — and Just 17

Profile by Mike Gormley, The Ottawa Journal, 24 May 1968

STEVIE WONDER is 'Uptight'. ...

Gladys Knight and the Pips: Gordy's Gladys Souled Out?

Report by Mike Gormley, The Ottawa Journal, 26 April 1968

THEY RECORD for Soul Records in Detroit. And it's just possible the record label was named for the music the company's top group, Gladys Knight ...

Freda Payne: In Pursuit of Superstardom

Interview by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 5 April 1970

From the Art Institute to Joe Louis To Duke Ellington to the Carson Show ...

Sly & The Family Stone, Beatles, The, Rolling Stones, The: Sly Stone: Stone Too Sick to Rock

Report by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 24 February 1970

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Four Tops, The: Four Tops Live Up To Their Name

Profile by Mike Gormley, The Ottawa Journal, 22 March 1968

THEY HAD reached the top — all four of them. ...

Buddy Holly, Tom Jones: 11 Years After, Buddy Holly Still Vital to Rock Music

Report by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 3 February 1970

THE TRAGEDY OF all tragedies in the rock world took place 11 years ego, Feb. 3, 1959. A plane, carrying Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper ...

Hamilton Bohannon: Bohannon: "The Band Doesn't Get the Proper Respect"

Interview by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 2 January 1970

MOST MOTOWN groups don't perform on stage while playing their own instruments. It would be rather difficult for The Temptations to go through their dance ...

Grand Funk Railroad Arrive in Detroit for First Visit

Interview by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 1969

THE STIGMA "local group" has been slapped on many bands and as a result several great groups have found themselves confined to their home territory. ...

Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield: Neil Young: On His Own In His Own Special Way

Interview by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 28 February 1969

NEIL YOUNG is into doing things his own way. ...

Mariposa Folk Festival To Be One of the Best

Report by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 1970

TORONTO IS going to have a music festival. It will be properly run, have good talent and a place to operate. It's the same one ...

Delaney & Bonnie: Delaney and Bonnie Sing a Simple Song

Interview by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 15 August 1969

THEY'RE POLITE but friendly, quiet but demonstrative, artistic but businesslike, talented — but talented. ...

Chairmen of the Board: 'We Turned Each Other On to Our Talents'

Interview by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 13 March 1970

TIME CAN be dangerous and it can be helpful. The old think of the past and enter depression. The young think of the future and ...