the motown legend said the respect goes both ways.ff hager, abc 2 news. >>> temptations review featuring dennis edwards will perform at the symphony hall tomorrow. tickets disappeared early but have been fetching $50 or more on line. >>> today many people were in line at maxes tap house in fells point for the kickoff of bell gin beer fest. the most in the entire country and going to have 275 beers in bottles. i've been coming 8 years in a row. every year it's more and more production. >> they will be greeted with a 9-liter bottle of beer. each person gets a small sample for free, while it losts and enjoy a free belgian style breakfast buffet. >> people from around the world come to enjoy it. it runs throughout the weekend from 11:00 a.m. to close each day. >>> that would be tough. maybe getting snowed in with the belgian beer. look, out there right now, a nice finish to the day. longer and longer periods of daylight now. still dusk, probably 15 minutes or so of some daylight. 49bwi. in the 50s most of the day. before we get to the sto

those are -- those happen to be motown artists. i have a special interest in motown music.ear on the radio today. so that is pretty much all i have in the way of songs, and we do have a little over between 15 and 20 minutes and i wonder if you have any questions out of all of that vast array, way too much material that was in the presentation, but any questions you have about any of the particular artists or the challenges of trying to understand popular music or popular song in the immediate context of the moment of its creation and what's happening in terms of the events of the civil rights movement. yes, matt. >> in the very beginning of the presentation when you talked about ghana and king visiting ghana and the interpens movement. how much did the independent movement have like an effect on africa and the civil rights movement in the u.s.? >> well, there were definite connections at least in the minds of certainly african-americans who were struggling for freedom in the united states. if you look there is a study of the montgomery bus boycott by a historian named stuar

. >>> everything goes right for lefty, another game-winner for kobe, and motown history on grammy nightyou're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. more than 100,000 protesters fought with parliament after they passed an austerity bill to avoid bankruptcy. buildings were set on fire, people were injury and at least 45 rioters were arrested. >>> arab league leaders asked united security council to send peace keepers to syria. al qaeda leader called on followers to oppose president bashir al assad. >>> crews are finally pumping some 500,000 gallons of crude off the cruise ship. many attended sunday's service for victims of the accident. >>> in venezuela enrique, a 39-year-old state governor has won a primary to run against hugo chavez in an election set for october 7th. >>> and in southern chile, hundreds were seeing red. they were smark and throwing over 30 tons of tomatoes at each other in a massive food fight that is intended to promote the local crop. >>> and now here's an early

a bit of motown came to baltimore today. how the temptations were well reviewed. >>> dow jones had the highest close of the year, 46 points close at 12,950. nasdaq fell at 2952, sp500, rose 3 points to close at over 1360. highest close of the year so far. >>> hundreds of thousands of americans are looking for jobs, but there are some industries expanding. people who love to tweet, post, or pin can get paid to do it. karen looks at the best cities to snag a social media job. >> reporter: explosion of social media meant a shift for companies, schools and the government incorporating facebook, twitter, google plus and like in to what they do everyday. that's meant a new career path, social media professionals. the question, how do i get paid to tweet? >> some employers are placing a very large significant emphasis on social media and value the profession. >> reporter: on ward search, which specializes in finding digital careers looked at the cities with the highest volume of social media jobs. number one on their list, new york

at the same time, you have motown. you know the list. the four tops, the temptations, on and on. you had sex with sam and dave. -- stacks with sam and dave. an incredible amount of great music that we were learning and trying to aspire to reach. we were still trying. we were still region. -- reaching. tavis: you are way too honest. >> that is how that works. that is what keeps you intense, trying to get that level you are probably not going to get to. we set our standards very, very high. we are just trying to reach it. tavis: what i adore about you is not just your appreciation for the craft, but there is clearly -- and want to phrase this just right -- a deep and abiding love you have for your fans. so many artists say, "i love my fans." when you were on stage for three hours plus, you do not have to do that, particularly at this age. you have earned your stripes. you have sold millions of records all over the world. there must be a love there. you have to get up. you lay everything out there. >> to make it in a band was a miracle. it was the impossible dream, right? literally.

so -- and i think it's really important to have this idea from susan smith who did a study of motown when you consider how the songs would both have been heard by black and white audiences. this is a period of negro firsts and mary anderson is known as a civil rights icon as having given the concert on easter sunday in 1939 after she was denied the use of constitution hall in washington, d.c. by the daughters of the american revolution in an act of discrimination, so -- but here she is doing the slave spiritual which begins they crucified my lord, and he never said a mumbling word. ♪ ♪ and he never said a mumbling word ♪ ♪ not a word ♪ not a word ♪ not a word he bowed his head at dark ♪ and he never said a mumbling word ♪ ♪ he bowed his head and died ♪ and he never said a mumbling word ♪ not a word ♪ not a word ♪ not a word >> it's an integrated audience. so we talked about jazz as a site for this protest music and charles mingus is denouncing governor orville faubus, and it's interesting to think, you know, well, this could have been a genre of songs condemning segregationist govern

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. >>> motown or no town. headlines like this one. "let detroit go bankrupt." now he's making matters worse by try i trying to get outright wing santorum. is this any way to win a michigan primary? what happens in november if either guy wins? tea parties have seemed to have sprung a leak. are they a governing party or permanent protest party? a friend of this show and a colleague of mine for years, pat buchanan. we begin with the fight over birth control and how republican men might be reaching for trouble, especially woman trouble. michael steele is chairman of the republican party. both are msnbc political analysts. i see the smile on my colleague's face and therefore, even though she's wearing green at least a month ahead of time, which is appropriate for my friend, joan, and i would expect a month celebration for st. p paddy's day. >> absolutely. >> speak loudly and clear ly to what the republicans are doing to the potential of even getting a smidgen of women's support. >> democrats lost certain groups of women in 2010, chris. they're coming back in droves.

. >>> everything goes right for lefty, another game winner for kobe, and motown history on grammy nightyou're watching "early today." a >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. more than 100,000 protesters fought with greek riot police in athens after parliament passed an austerity bill to avoid bankruptcy. at least 45 buildings were set on fire, scores of officers and demonstrators were injured, and at least 45 rioters were arrested. >>> arab league foreign ministers sunday asked the united nations security council to send a peacekeeping team to syria, and as the violent syrian government crackdown against protesters continued, al qaeda leader ayman al zawahiri called on followers to oppose president bashir al assad. >>> crews are finally pumping some 500,000 gallons of fuel out of the cruise ship that ran aground nearly a month ago off the coast of italy. the president of italy and other officials attended sunday's service for victims of the accident. >>> in venezuela henrique capriles, a 39-year-old stat

. >>> plus motown or no town? mitt romney is having a world of trouble explaining to michigan voters headlines like this one. "let detroit go bankrupt." now he's making it worse by trying to out-right wing santorum by bashing unions. is this any way to win a michigan primary? what happens in november if either guy wins? and the tea party troubles are out there. the big winners of 2010 have sprung a leak. are they a governing party or a permanent protest party? that's our question tonight. finally, let me finish with a word about a friend of this show and a colleague of mine for years. pat buchanan. >>> we begin with the fight over birth control and how republican men may be reaching for trouble. especially woman trouble. michael steele was chairman of the republican party and joan walsh is editor of salon. both are msnbc political analysts. i see the smile on my colleague's face. although she's wearing green a month ahead of time, which is appropriate for my friend joan, here's your chance. speak loudly and clearl

okay, i heard that when we started motown. when barry started motown, i heard that.are some wonderful music being made. >> that might be true, but there is something to said about radio, its concentration on electronic and dance music is creating a void. where is the next bruce springsteen, where is the next bob dylan coming from, where is the next ballad singer coming from? i love the music. i love the music of today. i echo what smokey is saying. however, if it's music that's not giving birth to great people, you have to be somewhat concerned. >> with technology and everything done so digitally, it may be bad for business. but for the consumer buying it, they say this is great stuff. is it possible to make it a win-win for everybody, do you think? >> i think in some ways i'm from this generation of music, what i do is a throwback. we record all our own records to tape because we love the sound of the record that smokey and motown made in that era. but at the same time, you have to be aware that your stuff, your record is not being printed on a thing like it's going

native and motown icon, marvin gay.pose was to mark the legendary purpose of the song, what's going on. but as bruce johnson tells us, legend helped to launch what's going on now. that's a campaign aimed at getting young people to use the arts and social media to get involved. ♪ [ music ] >> it was 40 years ago that d.c. native son, marvin gay, called the young masses to get involved on every social and political front. >> today at the kennedy center, john legend was repeating the call, singing marvin gay's, what's going on. still relevant today, with students from the city's duke eling ellington school for the arts. ♪ [ music ] >> much has changed since marvin gay performed the song in this building. and much remained the same. >> too much unemployment in america. there are too many homeless people on the streets. >> know the issues for youth today. many are living. >> i lost six of my friends, my senior year alone in my neighborhood. they were all murdered. >> we have to wear this. we have to sing this type of song. w

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barack obama likes motown, r&b and the blues. don't be surprised if a presidential trivia question 20 years from now asks, who was known as the singing president? our former white house correspondent savannah guthrie gets called back into service. because the president has broken into song again. >> reporter: oh say can you sing? a group of blues legends doing the asking last night at the white house, the president had to oblige. ♪ come on baby don't you wanna go ♪ >> reporter: the commander in chief in song and in tune. it's getting to be a regular gig. there was that performance last month at the apollo theater. >> are you fired up? >> reporter: and back in 2008 on the campaign trail, the president was fired up and ready to sing. ♪ oklahoma ♪ change change change >> reporter: sometimes politics and song make beautiful music together. bill clinton had his saxophone. truman had his piano. president nixon, too. ♪ >> reporter: we had dancers in the white house from george washington to george w. bush. and president william howard t

he did finish the speech with a comment that was a motown pander saying that his wife owned two cad i can aks. that's -- cadillacs. that's going right into the mitt romney hope chefment gwen: and there was a lot more written today, the fact that he was in ford field with tens of thousands of empty seats. >> it's a reminder that even if he does well on tuesday he still faces questions in the party about whether he just simply has -- you know, nothing breeds success in politics like success and he hasn't had a lot of both yet. until he does there are going to be questions about his status as the front runner. >> michael, there is no indication that newt gingrich or santorum will quit, and so he will continue to face these sort of challenges as he goes forward and, you know, there's talk of a late entry, brokered convention shall all of this. what is your take? >> i don't think most people who are running expected them to be there 60 days later. there are 13 contests in the next two weeks. we are already looking at a scenario where this is going to go almost no matter what happens into a

♪i'm asking you baby to get it on with me ♪ reporter: from motown to atlantic every performer wantedtheir label. >> like junior walker, you're able to see them on gladys knight. at benally chili bowl nearly everyone had a soul train memory today. it didn't take a lot of convincing to get the staff and some customers to form a soul train line. bruce johnson, 9 news now. >> cornelius was a part-time announcer when he started soul train. he emceed the show until 1993. after that he brought in guests to host it until he finally sold it. >>> some trees are starting to bloom and it's a lot earlier than it usually is for them. the flowers and trees with all those blossoms, well, you know, they come with allergies. local allergy specialists report patients are actually suffering their allergies at least a month sooner than usual. >> this week we've actually had patients call in to say i'm having symptoms. can i come in and start my medications or see you? >> the thing is that stuffy nose could just be a cold, could be allergies. sometimes it's hard to tell because it's still winter out there

fundraiser from los angeles she's a socialite a part time actor is a music executive whose father once ran motown records so here is yvonne to scuffing the success of obama's campaign fundraising in california. california is. responsible for twenty percent of the seven hundred fifty million dollars raised in the campaign. now yvonne herself was able to bunder bundle over five hundred thousand dollars of southern california money for the obama campaign but don't worry because of the hard work didn't go without reward obama gave her what every socialite needs an extended caribbean vacation as in the position of the u.s. ambassador to the bahamas but unfortunately like many other fund basters before her obama wasn't as good at being a diplomat as she was getting celebrities to sign checks see this week the state department released an inspector general's report on the embassy in the bahamas and it appears that before leaving her post in november to return to the hollywood fund raising scene avant wasn't really running the embassy at all so actually avant was away from the embassy two hundred seventy

all night long they played motown and they played many music. music has that power. that's why musicians with these special gifts must be careful. "i will always love you" is the greatest. "the star-spangled banner," and "jesus loves me." the first teacher was her mother. how critical was her mother and surrounding friends. sunshine in the rain and having put them together, she is a winner. >> i love this picture on the front here. people forget whitney houston when she was 17. was a beauty queen. she was a real trailblazer. she was a model and had been on many magazine covers. >> beauty queen at 30, 45, 48. >> you see that picture there. really beautiful. >> the program is lovely. we have to take a commercial break. thank you for talking with us. >> my pleasure. i'm glad i didn't fall on my face. >> we did put up rickety chairs up here. >> let's have an obama bump here. >> we'll be back in just a moment. [ female announcer ] last year, the u.s. used enough plastic water bottles to stretch around the earth over 190 times. each brita filter can take up to 300 of those

we have the motown, the music industry.t natural resources and we are taking advantage to rebuild the city. >> the mike o'financing organization was started has gone worldwide and they have pilot projects here. councilwoman watson and risi, if you will stay with us. james family is from detroit so he has rooting there and he wants to talk about his family's experience there after the break. t's next ? chocolate lemonade ? susie's lemonade... the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at lightning-fast speeds. we'll take all the strawberries, dave. you got it, kid. we have a winner. we're definitely gonna need another one. small businesses that want to grow use 4g lte technology from verizon. i wonder how she does it. that's why she's the boss. because the small business with the best technology rules. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006. i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. reall

bungalow b something, i was going there to be signed to arista after having sold so many years at motown with my ex-father in law, barer gor gordy, and we worked out a deal, and he asked if i could do something for this artist. that's when he put on the tape and it was whitney houston, and i said, why don't we do something like a martvin gaye, tammy terrell, and i would see her, and she would say, are you okay, jackson? i would say, i'm fine, are you okay? i wanted her to get back on the right track. i don't want to talk about the things that happened in her life on the downside of things because i think it's important. she had done so much good for the world with her music and her sales, and that's what the media tends to do, tend to look at the negative things, but there's a lot of good, a lot of good. she inspired a lot of young females and male singers. we loved her, my family loved her. >> jermaine, if i could jump in, i wanted to ask you, again about the parallels of your brother michael, because both of them were the hugely famous, iconic entertainers. they both died around the sa

michigan, motown. 63% said it was a good idea. remember that.gan loves the idea of the bailout. among likely republican primary voters, those likely to vote next tuesday in this primary, less popular. i'd say. 50% say it's a bad idea. only 42%. >> you say only. i say still 42%. the load bailout is a loaded term. look at it more the other way. 42% of republican primary voters. >> okay. you're half full. >> i'm stunned at the fact that most republicans don't like the bailout of the auto industry in michigan. >> it's -- you can't say most when it's 50%. you are basically saying it's more of a one to one among republicans. >> explain that. even in michigan. >> part of it is the tea party, the government intervention. you still have a large chunk of the, i would say, my guess and i want to dig more into the numbers of who were supporters of this, it would be the older, second and third generation michiganders who are republicans but also have this sort of sentimental view of the auto industry. >> they don't have the libertarian view. in the head-to-h

motown was the music of a generation, of an era. it's not just black music.in its roots are there, but it's colorless and don's show was like to that to me. to this day everyone everybodies who don cornelius and soul train is, what a brand to have that said about you 35 years later. it's pretty mazing. >> let me ask you because i have -- pretty amazing. >> let me ask you because i have you here and my producer is asking me to wrap. >> let me hear you rap. >> i'm not going rap. people are asking will we hear you on the radio or see you on the air in the near future? >> well, here i am tonight. >> that's it? that's all we get? >> yeah. i pretty much just do obituaries now. no. you know, i don't know. i hear it every day and it's very flattering and i really appreciate it. >> we miss you. >> thank you. and i miss people, too. i don't miss the situation i was in and i'm like that jilted lover. it's like it's hard to love again, you know. >> you're enjoying life. >> i am very much so, spending time with my wife and kids and grandkids and just loving life. i'm amer

. >>> plus motown or no town? mitt romney is having a world of trouble explaining these headlines. "let detroit go bankrupt." now he's making it worse. what happens in november if either guy wins? and the tea party troubles are out there. the big winners of 2010 have sprung a leak. are they a governing party or a permanent protest party? finally, let me finish with a word of a friend of this show and a colleague of mine for years. pat buchanan. we begin with the fight over birth control and how republican men may be reaching for trouble. es herbpecially woman trouble. michael steel was chairman of the republican party and joan walsh, both are msnbc political analysts. i see the smile on my colleague's face. although she's wearing green a month ahead of time, here's your chance. speak loudly and clearly about what the republicans are doing to the potential of getting even a little bit of women's sport in the next election. >> they are decimating their chan chances. this has been one of the best things they could do for president obama. you know, the democrats lost certain groups of

i was going there after having so many years in motown with my exfather-in-law, barry gordy. and clive davis and i sat down and worked out a deal. right after that he asked me if i could do something for this artist. that's when he put on the tape and it was whitney houston singing. i said why don't we do something like a martin gay, tammy, and that's the approach i took from the very beginning. she's always been sweet. i would see her in places and she would say, are you okay, jackson? i say, yeah, i'm fine. are you okay? i always wanted her to get back on the right track. i don't want to talk about the things that happened in her life on the down side. she's done so much good for the world with her music and herself and that's what the media tends to do. they tend to look at the negative things. but there is a lot of good. she inspired a lot of young females, males and singers, and we loved her. my family loved her. and she is definitely -- >> jermaine, if i can jump in. again with the parallels about your brother michael. both were these hugely iconic entertainers. both we