The Commodores
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The Jackson 5, Yvonne Fair, the Commodores: Cow Palace, Daly City CA
Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 23 August 1971
An Exciting Show by the Jackson 5 ...
Review by Fred Dellar, New Musical Express, 26 October 1974
THE COMMODORES, a sextet who compare roughly with Kool And The Gang and the Ohio Players, appeal to me in a limited way. ...
The Commodores: Caught In The Act (Motown import)
Review by Pete Makowski, Sounds, 12 April 1975
THERE'S A new breed of soulmongers on the loose, since the emergence of bands like the Isleys, The Ohios and BT Express, funky music has ...
James Brown: Sex Machine Today, Hamilton Bohannon: Insides Out, The Commodores: Caught in the Act
Review by Ian MacDonald, New Musical Express, 2 August 1975
"WHITE ROCK", OBSERVED CSM last week in his Wailers review, "lays its beat on you; the Wailers' music allows you to find your own rhythm ...
The Commodores: In Total Command
Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 30 September 1975
CERTAINLY ONE of the most successful teams to grace the Motown stable in recent times has been the Commodores, a group who must take the ...
Review by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 3 December 1977
So this is Christmas: The Voice of Young Amerika! ...
The Commodores: Come Funk With Us! (But Bring Your Led Zep Records)
Interview by Howie Klein, Creem, January 1978
"NOW YOU take a group like Fleetwood Mac or the Zep," offered Benny. "It's another thing that the audiences get off into. I don't understand ...
The Commodores: Live (Motown TMSP 6007)
Review by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 31 January 1978
'Won't You Come Dance With Me'; 'Slippery When Wet'; 'Come Inside'; 'Just To Be Close To You'; 'Funny Feelings'; 'Fancy Dancer'; 'Sweet Love'; 'Zoom'; 'Easy'; ...
The Commodores: Hot At Home An' Zoomin' In Europe
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 28 February 1978
SO, FOR the good news for European fans. The Commodores will definitely be touring Europe this April, and that is confirmed! ...
The Commodores: Natural High (Motown); Platinum Hook: Platinum Hook (Motown)
Review by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 24 June 1978
MOTOWN GETS on its good foot again. ...
The Commodores: Do these men look like black Beatles?
Interview by Barry Cain, Record Mirror, 2 September 1978
Barry "Phoner" Cain gets a Commodore connection with Walter "Sweet" Orange in Tuskegee, Alabama ...
The Commodores: Motown's Black Beatles
Profile by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 2 September 1978
HOW'S about it, Expressways Moosik? We're broadcastin' at ya from the command module, Commodore Steamship, Commodore Country, sitting right down town, Tuskogee, Alabama, modulatin', right ...
The Commodores: 3 Times a Winner
Report and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 13 March 1979
Lionel Ritchie and the Commodores triumphed in 3 sections of the recent B&S Poll. Here Lionel, who won the award as Best Songwriter, tells why ...
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 31 July 1979
THE COMMODORES have attained a peak that no black group before them has ever been able to attain. For 1978, they were the fourth best ...
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 14 August 1979
Commodore William King concludes this exclusive interview talking about the group's new album, the prospect of solo albums, touring plans, and a possible full-length movie... ...
Great Headlines of Our Time: The Commodores
Interview by Robin Katz, Smash Hits, 20 September 1979
THE COMMODORES don't do themselves many favours in the image department. Everything about them seems pretty bland. Their logo looks like the kind used by ...
The Commodores: 'Easy' like $60 Million
Profile and Interview by Steven X Rea, High Fidelity, April 1980
TOMMY McCLARY, his white Adidas pressed up against the sound-booth glass, sits in an insulated cubicle adjoining the studio control room eliciting a succession of ...
Six Part Harmony: The Commodores' Sweet Sound of Success
Profile and Interview by Richard Harrington, The Washington Post, 1 August 1980
AT 10 A.M. IN Clyde's Omelette Room, William King, Thomas McClary and Milan Williams — half of the Commodores — were splitting their attention between ...
The Commodores, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Kurtis Blow: Madison Square Garden, New York NY
Live Review by Richard Grabel, New Musical Express, 4 October 1980
Cross-over cupboard love ...
The Superstar: Much More Than The Just The music
Overview by Vernon Gibbs, Billboard, 5 June 1982
IT MAY be one of the most frequently misused of the music industry's accolades, since in a business full of stars there are few genuine ...
Commodores: Foil Wrapped Turkeys
Live Review by Gavin Martin, New Musical Express, 12 February 1983
The Commodores: Hammersmith Odeon, London ...
The Commodores, 52nd Street: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, 12 February 1983
Hoarses for courses ...
Report and Interview by Richard Cook, New Musical Express, 30 July 1983
25 years on the dancefloor, Tamla Motown is still the black music label. In the '60s, their motto was 'The Sound Of Young America' — then hard ...
The Commodores: 13 (Motown); Michael Lovesmith: I Can Make It Happen (Motown)
Review by Richard Cook, New Musical Express, 8 October 1983
MOTOWN HAPPENING AGAIN ...
Review by Carol Cooper, Newsday, 1995
The Commodores: Best Of The CommodoresVarious Artists: The Music, The Magic, The Memories of Motown: A Tribute to Berry Gordy JUST WHEN we were sure ...
see also Lionel Richie
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