I JUST WANTED TO SHARE--THE INDUCTION SPEECH I WROTE FOR THE FUNKS...THERE WERE LAST MINUTE CHANGES--BUT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL INTRO... IN 1959 A YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF BERRY GORDY, JR BROUGHT TOGETHER THE MOST TALENTED AND GIFTED SINGERS, SONGWRITERS AND PRODUCERS TO COMPOSE THE BODY OF HITSVILLE USA. BUT IT WOULDNT BE COMPLETE—UNTIL HE COULD GIVE IT A HEART. AND SO ON HIS SEARCH HE FOUND SOME OF THE GREATEST MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD. BASSISTS SUCH AS—JAMERSON, ISABEL AND BABBITT…WOULD PROVIDE THE PULSE. DRUMMERS AND PERCUSSIONISTS SUCH AS BENJAMIN, JONES, ALLEN , ASHFORD AND BROWN PROVIDED THE HEART BEAT. GUITARISTS SUCH AS WILLIS, MESSINA, AND WHITE MOVED THE BLOOD THROUGH THE VEINS WHILE KEYBOARDISTS SUCH AS GRIFFITH, VAN DYKE AND HUNTER MADE THE FEET MOVE. IT IS INDEED AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO INDUCT THESE MUSICIANS WHO PLAYED ON MORE HITS THAN THE BEATLES—INTO THE R & B HALL OF FAME FOR 2014—MOTOWN’S HEART BEAT—THE FUNK BROTHERS! RICHARD “PISTOL” ALLEN, ROBERT WHITE, BENNY BENJAMIN, EDIIE “BONGO” BROWN EDDIE WILLIS JOE MESSINA, BOB BABBITT (JOE KEINAR), JOHNNY GRIFFITH (BETH GRIFFITH), EARL VAN DYKE (TURHAN TERRELL) JOE HUNTER (JOE HUNTER, JR) URIEL JONES (JUNE CHILDRESS JONES), JAMES JAMERSON ( ANNIE JAMERSON JAMES JAMERSON III), PAUL RISER (HONORARY FUNK BROTHER), CLARENCE ISABEL (JESSICA JEFFERY)
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:03:06 +0000
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