Janie Bradford Hobbs, Motown ‘unsung hero’ who co-wrote ‘Money,’ dead at 87

Janie Bradford Hobbs, a key player in Motown’s early hitmaking machine, has died in Los Angeles at 87. The longtime LA resident died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following an extended illness, her family said. Bradford Hobbs later became a familiar face in the city’s music scene, where she ran the Heroes and Legends Awards … Read more

We could sure use another Roy Hobbs around here

We could sure use another Roy Hobbs around here

I still remember the theater: the Green Acres Triplex in Valley Stream. I remember it was a matinee and I did have to look that up — 4:35, because I’d have been in school for the 2 o’clock showing. And I remember the day — Thursday, June 7, 1984 — because the very next day … Read more