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...Last month the owners of the 1967 Motown hit Soul Man ordered the Dole campaign to stop playing its "I'm a Dole Man" version of the song at campaign rallies, citing a violation of copyright law "tantamount to theft...
Knight--his nickname, pronounced Shoog, is derived from "Sugar Bear"--is the son of a Compton, California, truck driver. He began building his music empire in 1989, and from the start he had an eye for raw talent. Knight is often compared to Motown founder Berry Gordy in the way in which he recruited a talented group of performers and carefully shaped their images and careers...
...scene would be repeated the following week in Seattle, with cyberczar Bill Gates adding his virtual glamour, and soon in the most touristed spots in the U.S. and a score of other countries. And Planet Hollywood is far from the only franchise where it will be happening. Motown Cafe, the Official All Star Cafe, Harley Davidson Cafe, Country Star, Rain Forest Cafe and Dive! are all out to sate the public hunger for theme dining. These multimedia spectaculars, designed to stimulate every sensory-nerve end--possibly even the palate--are undergoing a second, rapid phase of growth some 25 years...
...diners can ogle costumes actually inhabited by movie icons (Tom Hanks' Forrest Gump fatigues, Sylvester Stallone's Rocky boxing trunks), guitars stroked by rock stars, gear made magical by sports greats (Ken Griffey Jr.'s Louisville Slugger; Shaquille O'Neal's minivan-size hoop shoes); or a wall of Motown gold records...
...nobody else," Houston sings, as the chorus shadows her words with "I want to stop/ And thank you Jesus." On the song Houston's tart, high voice is strong and slightly rough, and the accompaniment is a warm wave of piano, organ and bass guitar. It's Motown with angels' wings, and gospel at its finest--taking something secular and making it divine...