entertainment


B-52s, Motor City Casino Sound Board, Sept. 23. Tickets available Ticketmas- ter locations. Call Ticketmaster at 1.800.745.3000 or the casino at 866.782.9622.


MICHAEL BOLTON, MotorCity Casino Sound Board, Nov. 5. Tickets available Ticketmaster locations. Call Ticketmaster at 1.800.745.3000 or the casino at 866.782.9622.


DRAKE, Fox Theatre, Oct. 19. Tickets sold at Fox box office and Ticketmaster locations.


“DREAMGIRLS,” Fox Theatre, Dec. 21-26. Tickets sold at Fox box office and Ticketmaster loca- tions.


LL COOL J, Caesars Windsor, Oct. 2. Tickets available at Tick- etmaster locations and at www. caesarswindsor.com. To charge by phone call 1- 888-345-5885.


Ludacris


JOHNNY MATHIS, Cae- sars Windsor, Nov. 27. Tick- ets available at Ticketmaster locations and at www.caesar- swindsor.com. To charge by phone call 1- 888-345-5885.


LUDACRIS, Friday, Sept. 10, MotorCity Casino Sound Board, Tick- ets available Ticketmaster locations. Call Ticketmaster at


1.800.745.3000 or the casino at 866.782.9622.


Calendar 866.782.9622.


MARVIN SAPP, CeCe Winans, Donald Law- rence, Heze- kiah Walker, Kurt Carr, Joe Louis Arena, Sept. 25. Tick- ets available at OlympiaEnter- tainment.com, the Joe Louis Arena box office and Ticketmaster locations.


Marvin Sapp


SINBAD, Caesars Windsor, Nov. 5, Tickets available at Ticket- master locations and at www. caesarswindsor.com. To charge by phone call 1-888-345-5885.


“TYLER PERRY’S Madea’s Big Happy Family,” Joe Louis Arena, Nov. 20. Visit Olympiaentertain- ment.com for more information.


FRANKIE VALLI and the Four Seasons, Fox Theatre, Oct. 22. Tickets sold at Fox box office and Ticketmaster locations.


THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE MOTOR CITY ENTERTAINMENT Forgot


1960s. Ashford said one of the things that first attracted him to Simpson was “the way she moved” in the choir at White Rock Baptist Church in New York.


Knowing that Nick may have


been having some non-spiri- tual thoughts, Valerie laughed and quickly explained, “Those were church moves!”


Which brings to mind some-


thing funny gospel superstar VICKIE WINANS once said. At the time her son was about 12. Someone asked her what kind of music he listened to. She said, “Oh, he listens to gospel music.” After thinking about it for a few seconds she added, “But when they have those headphones on, you don’t know what they’re lis- tening to!”


These days Detroit’s own


BETTYE LAVETTE is ev- erywhere — concerts at pres- tigious venues, appearances on TV shows such as David Letterman’s, even singing for the president (Obama). But it was an extremely rough road leading to this point. LaVette — the queen of tenacity — was asked if the thought of quit-


brother WYNTON MARSALIS are not as close now as they were back in the day. He said those things happen and it’s not an issue. (It has always seemed that Wynton would be the older of the two.)


One mild point of conten-


tion might have been when Wynton reportedly said pub- licly that Branford was playing below his abilities when he was in Sting’s band. (It should be noted that Sting is excep-


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tionally talented and multifac- eted.)


So many people are under


the assumption that ANITA BAKER was born in Detroit. Although she came to Detroit at a young age, she was actu- ally born in Toledo.


Early in their career, THE


POINTER SISTERS were fired as background singers by blues star Esther Phillips because they refused to wear matching outfits.


SMOKEY ROBINSON once appeared in an episode of “Police Story.”


ting ever crossed her mind. With typical candor and


humor she said, “About every two weeks! Sometimes people would want to light candles around me I was so low! But as soon as the phone would ring, I’d get out my high heels and lipstick and go right back to it. Somewhere deep in my heart, I never gave up.”


BRANFORD MARSALIS admits that he and younger


Lee Bailey, EURWEB.COM


Johnny Mathis


MINT CONDITION, Alexander O’Neal, Caesars Windsor, Sept. 18. Tickets available at Ticket- master locations and at www. caesarswind- sor.com. To charge by phone call 1-888-345- 5885.


Jeffrey Osborne


JEFFREY OSBORNE, Peabo Bryson, Fred- die Jackson, Howard


Hewett, Fox Theatre, Oct. l. Tickets sold at Fox box office and Ticketmaster locations.


POINTER SISTERS, MotorCity Casino Sound Board, Oct. 8. Tickets available Ticketmaster locations. Call Ticketmaster at 1.800.745.3000 or the casino at


Reflections From page D-1


the celebrity” aspect of having stars as patients — and too many of them make it very easy for the celebrities to get prescription drugs, and he says that is a shame.


Melinda Doolittle, season


six “American Idol” final- ist, says the highly skilled, helpful and personable Harry Connick Jr. would have been a great addition to the “Ameri- can Idol” judging panel. (True.)


BETCHA DIDN’T KNOW…


that “Let It Be Me,” a classic by Betty Everett and Jerry Butler, was originally record- ed by the Everly Brothers.


MEMORIES: “Sweet


Thing” (Rufus featuring Chaka Khan), “I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)” (the Temptations), “Just Coolin’” (Levert featur- ing Heavy D), “You Should Be Dancing” (the Bee Gees), “Crazy” (the Boys), “Pull Up to the Bumper” (Grace Jones), “Don’t Leave Me This Way” (Thelma Houston), “Hey You! Get Off My Mountain” (the Dramatics), “Party Train” (the Gap Band).


BLESSINGS to Mildred


Webb, Sandra Milhouse, Ron Lockett, Claudreen Jackson, Ivan Cotman, Stephen Single- ton, Rosa Robinson, Eddie Allen, Chris Campbell, Alan C. Young, Theresa Hill, Brian Spears and Van Cephus.


WORDS OF THE WEEK:


“Trust is something to be cherished because if it is lost, it can never be fully regained.”


Let the music play! (Steve Holsey can be


reached at Svh517@aol.com and PO Box 02843, Detroit, MI 48202.)


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