Masters Dance Studio holds open house Sep 4, 2008
Ashley Johnson, Laney Keehn, and Alexis Hasse, also known as the Clovers, had their first day of dance practice Tuesday at The Master's Studio open house in Breckenridge. The dance studio has been open 12 years and offers a number of combination classes in ballet, tap and jazz for dancers of all ages and abilities. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Industry Legend Jerry Wexler Dies At 91 Aug 16, 2008
Atlantic had already established itself as an up-and-coming Rl thanks to hits from artists like Ruth Brown, Joe Turner, Stick McGhee and the Clovers, with the just-signed Ray Charles waiting in the wings. If Atlantic founders Abramson and Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun led the way into exploring rhythm and blues, it would be Wexler who ultimately led the label deep into Southern soul. (Billboard.com)
Board committee votes to save library branches for now Jun 14, 2008
The central issue of the night was Resolution 9 nicknamed the Love Motion Number 9 by Ward 5 Alderman at-Large Paul Coletti after a similarly titled song by The Clovers sponsored by seven of the Board s 24 members, including likely mayoral candidate Alderman Ken Parker. The board was operating as a Committee of the Whole, meaning that its votes have the same weight as regular committee votes and could change when they come before the full Board of Aldermen. (Newton Tab, MA)
John Work: A folklorist's window into 1940s black music Dec 6, 2007
The heavy syncopation heard there and in Work's recording of the Fairfield Four's "Walk Around in Dry Bones" presage doo-wop a good decade before vocal groups like the Clovers and the Coasters would establish it as the soundtrack for young black America in the 1950s. Multimedia. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Album A No, But Plant's Honeydrippers To Play Show... Jan 13, 2007
"I had an idea of doing 'Stay Alive' by the Clovers, which is on the flip of 'Love Potion No. 9,' and then he could tell me some more stories about Bobby Darrin. That's what would have made it worthwhile.". However, Plant is resurrecting the original lineup of the Honeydrippers -- which included guitarist Robbie Blunt, who played on Plant's first three solo albums -- for a "one-off" Valentine's Day charity gig in Dudley, England, to raise money to pay for brain cancer treatments for a mutual... (Billboard.com)
