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STEVIE'S BACK. IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS it sounds. Stevie Wonder is a man whose accomplishments in music are as sparkling and intimidating as Michael Jordan's achievements on the basketball court. He began churning out hits for Motown at age 12, and now, at age 44, he's a respected R.-and-B. grandmaster who has racked up 17 Grammys, a best-song Oscar and 18 No. 1 R.-and-B. singles. When a guy like Wonder releases a new CD--his first in four years--we expect a slam dunk. His fans feel entitled...
...richness of Lennox's voice is also on display in her rendition of "Downtown Lights." The singer shows her amazing vocal range in her blue-eyed soul version of the Al Green classic "Take Me to the River." On another Motown classic, "Can't Get Next to You," she brings in a Spanish guitar to interesting effect. Ultimately, though, it is Lennox's voice that remains the album's most vital instrument...
DIED. MELVIN FRANKLIN, 52, singer; from a series of seizures; in Los Angeles. Franklin's impossibly deep, stirringly smooth bass line anchored the Temptations-Motown's premiere male ensemble-through a string of Top 10 hits beginning with The Way You Do the Things You Do in 1964. Only one of the original quintet, Otis Williams, remains alive...
...Wings Flap Jets Sheppard, Coffey lead red-hot Motown to 6-1 triumph. Page...
Much is at stake with the release of II. There is the sophomore slump to worry about. Then there is the money. The quartet has a seven-record deal with Motown that could pay them between $20 million and $30 million, depending on the number of copies sold, according to a record-industry executive familiar with the deal. "I can't tell you how nervous I am about the record," says Stockman. "I'm praying this record does well." His prayers will probably be answered. II is an album of fulfilled promise, and one that sends a message...