MAA Special Report: The Death Of Marv Tarplin A hero passed… Friday September 30, 2011 Motown’s “secret weapon” Marv Tarplin dead at 70 Marvin “Marv” Tarplin (born 13 June 1941, in Atlanta, Georgia) today at the age of 70.You can’t express how much this one man meant to those of us dreaming to make it in the music business. His quiet mystique and unconcerned demeanor would make you believe he was just an ordinary guy. But his creative back beat rhythms on guitar allowed the powers that be to find the creative juices to formulate what would become major classic hits for Motown. Referred to as The Miracles’ “secret weapon”,Tarplin began his career accompanying a teenage Detroit, Michigan girl group known as The Primettes (later The Supremes). The Primettes sought an audition with Motown Records, and Tarplin played guitar as they performed for Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson. Robinson was impressed by Tarplin’s guitar playing, and asked the primettes if they could borrow him for some shows. Gradually luring him away from the Primettes to join The Miracles. Tarplin joined The Miracles in 1958. Tarplin’s playing technique along with Smokey Robinson’s lyrical flair became the inspiration for most of the Miracles hit songs. While Tarplin remained with the Miracles for as long as Robinson was their lead singer, he is only present on the cover of three classic Miracles albums: Cookin’ with The Miracles (1962), I’ll Try Something New (1962), and The Fabulous Miracles (1963). He is mentioned, though not pictured, on the back cover of the group’s very first album, Hi… We’re The Miracles (1961), and listed as an original group member. As a songwriter, Tarplin helped co-compose many of the Miracles’ hit singles, amongst them the million-selling Grammy Hall of Fame winner “The Tracks of My Tears for which he received the ASCAP Award Of Merit (1965), “My Girl Has Gone (1965), “I Like It Like That, (1964), “Going to a Go-Go (1965), “The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage (1967), and Point It Out (1968). In addition, Tarplin co-wrote several Robinson produced hits by Marvin Gaye, including the Top 10 million selling hits, “Ain’t That Peculiar and “I’ll Be Doggone. His guitar work is featured prominently on Gaye’s Top 40 hit, “One More Heartache, which he also co-wrote,and another of Gaye’s chart hits, 1965′s “Take This Heart of Mine. He also played on The Four Tops 1970 Top 20 hit, Still Water (Love),co-written by fellow Miracle Smokey Robinson. He also appeared with the group on The Ed Sullivan Show, the 1964 motion picture The T.A.M.I. Show, THE 1965 CBS television special, Murray The K – It’s What’s Happening, Baby, and virtually all of the group’s personal appearance concerts worldwide, including the legendary Motortown Revue shows in the early 1960s.[citation needed] Tarplin left the Miracles in 1973, shortly after Smokey Robinson and his wife Claudette left the group. His replacement in The Miracles was Donald Griffin, brother of Billy Griffin, Robinson’s replacement in the group. Robinson and Tarplin continued to collaborate as writers on Robinson’s solo recordings, including the Top 10 hits “Cruisin’ (1978) and “Being with You (1981). Tarplin also continued to play guitar on record and in concert for Robinson, and, until 2008, continued to tour with Robinson. In 2007, Milwaukee, Wisconsin musician, Paul Cebar, paid homage to Tarplin with his song “Marv’s Fluttering Guitar (For Marv Tarplin)” from the album Tomorrow Sound Now For Yes Music People. Tarplin’s phenomenal skills as a guitarist and songwriter were demonstrated on many hits of The Miracles, as well as many studio recordings and concert appearances. He served in The Miracles for well over a decade until joining Smokey Robinson after Smokey departed from The Miracles to pursue a solo career. Tarplin is also pictured on the cover of the 2009 Motown CD release, The Miracles-Depend On Me:The Early Albums (2009) .His guitar riffs at the intro of The Miracles’ million-seller “The Tracks of My Tears” , are among the most famous in Pop music history. Tarplin retired from touring in 2008. Marv was preseded in death by his wife, Sylvia, (who died in 2004) They have a daughter named Talese Footnote: More information will be delivered as it comes in.

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Jazzmobile Presents First Annual Jazzy Awards Celebration, October 10, (Press Release News From 24-7 Press Re…)
Jazzmobile Presents First Annual Jazzy Awards Celebration: In Honor of Dr. Billy Taylor’s 90th Birthday Monday, October 10, 7:00 PM, Hudson Theatre NEW YORK, NY, September 30, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ — Jazzmobile, Inc., the Harlem-based organization that pioneered the concept of bringing jazz into the community and creating new audiences with … (more)

Little Haiti (The Big Apple)
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce The Big Apple , a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey’s Clambake Seven with Bob on piano.

Harlem – News September 29, 2011

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New Yorkers keep it stylin’ after Fashion Week (New York Daily News)
The 25-year-old Brooklynite keeps his outfits simple -A dark denim and button-up shirt – but always has on a pair of cool kicks.
Fowl play: Bronx neighbors are staging a coop at urban chicken farm (NY Daily News)
“Today is my first day as a chicken farmer!” crows Lily Kesselman, who is cradling a speckled hen in a lush garden where rows of bell peppers, collard greens and string beans are flourishing on a late Indian summer afternoon.

ADV: New York Neo-Futurist Workshop (Playbill)
The New York Neo-Futurists Fall Basic Training Workshop The New York Neo-Futurists, the writer/performers of the critically-acclaimed long-running show Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind , announce our upcoming workshop.

Report: Emergency food pantries have become a mainstay in many people’s diet (The Post-Standard)
Stacey Miller , 28, and her sons, Donavan , 11, and Troy, 10, pick up groceries at the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger food pantry, which serves nearly 10,000 low-income individuals monthly in Brooklyn, N.Y. A report by a Chicago-based hunger-relief group says emergency food banks and pantries are becoming long-term solutions for a lot of hungry … (more)
Medicaid Redesign Team for Affordable Housing (NY Non-Profit Press)
New York State has announced the formation of a Medicaid Redesign Team Affordable Housing Work Group which will develop a statewide plan for increasing access to affordable housing so that New York State Medicaid beneficiaries are not forced into institutional settings because they cannot access affordable housing.A The work group’s mission states … (more)

Oyster gardens growing under Raritan Bay (SILive)
SOUTH/EAST SHORES – Along the Raritan Bay coast of Staten Island, a number of unusual gardens are growing: They’re made up of oysters.

Tasting Rao’s: America’s Toughest Restaurant Reservation (Forbes)
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African-American – News September 29, 2011

City where Civil War began to get King memorial (Rome News)
Tourists walk through Liberty Square in Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday. The city and the National Park Service are planning a memorial to Dr.
Fire Captain’s Racist Text (KLFY-TV Lafayette)
The Morgan City Fire Department is dealing with some community backlash after one of their Captains sent a racist text in which he makes fun of a carload of African Americans being run over by a semi then sends it to the former fire chief who is black.

Cain: Black Community ‘Brainwashed’ Into Voting For Dems (WAPT-TV Jackson)
The one African-American running for the GOP presidential nomination said Wednesday the black community was ‘brainwashed’ for traditionally siding with liberal politicians.

Sharpton: Obama critics backed Clinton in 2008 (MySanAntonio)
The Rev. Al Sharpton says he will lead a march in Washington next month in support of President Barack Obama ‘s jobs plan – and he dismisses blacks who criticize Obama over high black unemployment.
Gil Noble will not return to ‘Like It Is’ (New York Daily News)
Two months after he suffered a severe stroke, the family of WABC/Ch. 7 legend says Gil Noble will no longer be able to host the long-running public affairs show “Like It Is.” Noble’s loved ones, along with his attorney, told WABC/Ch. 7 general manager David Davis last week that Noble would not return to the show.

Diversity on runways always a grey area. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
SIX months ago, Keli Goff, a blogger, political commentator and self-appointed fashion-industry watchdog, chided designers for their near-exclusion of black models on the runways.

Baking Battle: Student Group Under Fire For Its Anti-Affirmative Action Bake Sale (Time)
On Tuesday, a group of student Republicans will host a bake sale that sells pastries priced by the buyer’s gender or race.

Harlem – News September 28, 2011

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Union Settlement Honored by Street Naming (NY Non-Profit Press)
New York City has honored Union Settlement Association, East Harlem’s oldest and largest social services provider, by adopting legislation officially re-naming East 104th Street between Second and Third Avenues as “Union Settlement Way.”A Union Settlement has been located on this same street since 1895, and the block currently includes the agency’s … (more)

NY children’s museum plans exhibit in Harlem (The Hour Online)
NEW YORK — The Children’s Museum of Manhattan says it plans to open a permanent exhibition at a Harlem housing project that will focus on health and literacy.The 2,000-square-foot installation at the James Weldon Johnson Houses will be funded by a $565,000 federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Students Knowledge of Civil Rights History Has Deteriorated, Study Finds
By SAM DILLON (NYT)

Ignorance by American students of the basic history of the civil rights movement has worsened, according to a new report by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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African-American – News September 28, 2011

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Putting on a Black Face (Auburn Journal)
He enjoyed performing in blackface makeup – a theatrical convention since the mid-19th century.
Judge says Cherokees violate voting rights, extends election (WHNT-TV Huntsville)
A federal judge ruled that the Cherokees violated the voting rights of African-American members of the nation’s second-largest Indian tribe, and he ordered an extension to the voting for chief.

A cupcake sellout at ‘inherently racist’ bake sale by UC Berkeley Republicans (WFMZ-TV Allentown)
A provocative bake sale designed to satirize affirmative action resulted in no fisticuffs Tuesday, but it did prompt a sellout of 300 cupcakes and some heated debate at the University of California at Berkeley, the bake sale organizer said.

Whites no healthier than blacks in Canada: Study (Regina Leader Post)
Black people in Canada are at least as healthy as whites, hints a study that is a stark contrast to U.S. Statistics.

Obama Promotes Jobs Bill, Attacks Republican Policies (Voice of America)
President Barack Obama speaks at the 41st Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.
Van Andel Institute researchers join fight against breast cancer that targets black women (MLive)
Van Andel Research Institute is taking part in a team effort targeting an aggressive form of breast cancer that strikes African Americans disproportionately.

Community united at gala (Mississauga)
On stage. Internationally-known jazz diva and Mississauga resident Liberty Silver was part of the entertainment on Saturday during the United Way of Peel Region’s Black Community Advisory Council gala dinner.

Harlem – News September 27, 2011

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Why is New York Called The Big Apple? (Buzzle)
New York City is by far one of the most happening cities in the world. It is the place to be not just for your business, but also to live your life to the fullest.
Touro College Of Pharmacy In Harlem Announces Walgreens Diversity Scholarship To Ludovick Youmbi (Harlem World)
Touro College of Pharmacy in Harlem announced that Ludovick Youmbi, who will be a member of the school’s first graduating class in 2012, has been chosen to receive the 2011 Walgreens Diversity Scholarship.A The Walgreens Diversity Scholarship is awarded to students who demonstrate a commitment to raise awareness of diversity and community outreach.