The married songwriting team’s best including Solid; You’re All I Need to Get By/Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing/Ain’t No Mountain High Enough; Somebody Told a Lie; Found a Cure and more! 15 tracks in all. …
Quiet Storm
At the time of its release, this was the watershed for soundtracks, selling a kazillion copies. It documents Whitney Houston’s character in the Kevin Costner movie, which required Houston to play only herself (although one hopes she wouldn’t end up with someone as smarmy as Costner). The album is as much a testament to the production of Babyface …
The son of a plasterer, Berry Gordy Jr. 45 years ago began building the best-known record company of the 20th century from the ground up. By accident and then design, he did so in America’s heartland, away from its traditional music capitals. And the iconic map of Detroit he had printed in the center of almost every Motown …