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Michigan governor William Milliken denounced the "deplorable and open sale and use of drugs" at the festival, and called for investigation and prosecution of the "drug pushers" who were present. [9] Michigan attorney general Frank J. Kelley said "I think we have seen the first and last rock concert of that size in Michigan".
Today, The Reflections are one of many popular groups touring various oldies venues throughout their home state of Michigan, and all over the States. Original members Tony Micale and John Dean were augmented by three other members from various regional doo-wop groups: first tenor Joey Finazzo, baritone Gary Benovetz, and first tenor Sal Prado.
The Box, originally named the Video Jukebox Network, was an American broadcast, cable and satellite television channel that operated from 1985 to 2001. The network focused on music videos, which through a change in format in the early 1990s, were selected by viewer request via telephone; as such, unlike competing networks (such as MTV and VH1), the videos were not broadcast on a set rotation.
In September 2011, 57 years after forming in Detroit and 50 years after "That's What Girls Are Made For", the group was announced as one of 15 final nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, their first nomination, they were also nominated in 2014, 2015, and 2023. [22] Lead singer Bobby Smith died on March 16, 2013. [23]
Diana Ross performs during the "Live From Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central" at Roosevelt Park in front of the Michigan Central Station in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood on Thursday, June ...
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV [1] in the early 1980s and the nostalgia behind it [2] is a major driver to the format.
From the '50s and '60s is a compilation album of television theme songs released by Tee-Vee Toons in 1985 as the first volume of the Television's Greatest Hits series. It was initially released as a double LP record featuring 65 themes from television shows ranging from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s.
Music has been the dominant feature of Detroit's nightlife since the late 1940s.The metropolitan area boasts two of the top live music venues in the United States. The Pine Knob Music Theatre (formerly DTE Energy Music Theatre), which was the most attended summer venue in the United States in 2005 for the fifteenth consecutive year, while the closed Palace of Auburn Hills ranked twelfth ...