Word: motowners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sharp, brassy voice in a heavily throaty verse that rises to an upbeat, bold chorus. The bright, '70s rocker contrasts strongly to "Oooh Baby Baby," a mellow Smokey Robinson tune in which Ronstadt uses two male backup vocalists who add a sweet falsetto giving the song a Motown-like sound. The song works quite well; Ronstadt's voice makes her version of the song just different enough from the original...
...short-time things looked good for the Sox. They trailed the Tigers only 1-0 while the first-place Yankees looked as though they'd lose both ends of a double-header to the lowly Toronto Blue Jays. The roof collapsed in Motown, however, when the Tigers exploded for 11 more runs to put the game out of reach for the locals, and the Bronx Bombers rallied in Toronto to salvage their nightcap...
...Boston had jumped to a 3-0 lead early in the game on Carlton Fisk's second inning solo blast and a two-run, fourth inning rally helped out by some shoddy fielding. Motown's Jason Thompson responded in the bottom of the fourth with a one-run homer, his 30th of the year...
...this musical adaptation. The writers deleted and redistributed Shakespeare's lines, sharing the eloquence more equably and getting things done with less dalliance. Guare heightened the farce and added intrigue to personalities by setting each character to a modern musical rhythm with lyrics to match, in idioms such as Motown, salsa or samba. He collaborates well with his predecessor. There's a different kind of earthiness in each of them, and a lively counterpoint develops between the out-front 20th-century numbers and the Shakespearean run-around of the spoken parts...
Divorced. Diana Ross, 32, slinky ex-Supreme who became a Motown superstar and Oscar-nominated actress (Lady Sings the Blues); and Robert Silberstein, 31, a manager for several rock stars though never for Ross; after six years of marriage, three children; in Santa Monica, Calif...