{"id":792928,"date":"2019-02-10T21:01:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T04:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=791281"},"modified":"2019-02-10T21:01:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T04:01:24","slug":"grammys-2019-jennifer-lopez-smokey-robinson-lead-motown-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/grammys-2019-jennifer-lopez-smokey-robinson-lead-motown-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammys 2019: Jennifer Lopez, Smokey Robinson Lead Motown Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cPeople say I\u2019m the life of the party just because I say a joke or two,\u201d Smokey Robinson<\/a> sang when the 2019 Grammy Awards came back from commercials, as he and Alica Keys duetted on his \u201cTracks of My Tears.\u201d Motown founder Berry Gordy smiled from ear to ear and applauded, since the reason he was there was to commemorate Motown\u2019s 60th anniversary. Robinson then paid tribute to Gordy and introduced a medley of Motown classics.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Lopez<\/a> kicked things off with a medley of Martha and the Vandellas\u2019 \u201cDancing in the Street\u201d (complete with fireworks) and transitioned into the Marvelettes\u2019 \u201cPlease Mr. Postman.\u201d Then she took on the Berry Gordy-penned \u201cMoney (That\u2019s What I Want)\u201d to his amusement, as she waved hair hair around. But things quickly shimmied their way into the Contours\u2019 \u201cDo You Love Me\u201d and teased the Jackson 5\u2019s \u201cABC,\u201d as her male dancers showed her off Motown\u2019s iconic rainbow logo, as it appeared in the middle of 45s, was lit up behind her.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jennifer Lopez was amazing tonight. Take that haters!@JLo<\/a> proved once again she can dance, sing and keep going. We celebrate #Motown<\/a> with her. I grew up near Detroit and Motown is in my soul. #GRAMMYs<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/R54aqLqk39<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rebecca Aguilar (@RebeccaAguilar) February 11, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cLadies and gentlemen, Smokey Robinson,\u201d she said and he then came out and sang the Temptations\u2019 \u201cMy Girl.\u201d Robinson, though, sang \u201cMy Jen.\u201d Alicia Keys then joined Lopez for a taste of the Temptations\u2019 \u201cPapa Was a Rolling Stone\u201d and Edwin Starr\u2019s \u201cWar\u201d followed by Teena Marie\u2019s \u201cSquare Biz.\u201d And Ne-Yo<\/a> came out to finish things off with a rendition of Stevie Wonder\u2019s \u201cAnother Star,\u201d which he sang while playing a white grand piano that Lopez climbed atop. As he sang, Lopez did flips and danced with her dozen or so backup dancers before ending with fireworks. THe crowd gave the show a standing ovation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Several of the performers are nominated for Grammys at the 2019 ceremony: Chloe x Halle for Best New Artist, Little Big Town for Best Country Duo\/Group Performance and Best Country Song (\u201cWhen Someone Stops Loving You\u201d), Kelly for Best Gospel Performance\/Song (\u201cNever Alone\u201d with Kirk Franklin) and Best Gospel Album (Hiding Place<\/em>) and Legend for Best Musical Theater Album as part of the soloist crew for the\u00a0Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert<\/em> LP,<\/p>\n

Little Big Town will also join for a Dolly Parton tribute<\/a> alongside Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves and Katy Perry.\u00a0Ross, a 12-time Grammy nominee, will be honored with a separate tribute performance<\/a> marking her 75th birthday.<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cPeople say I\u2019m the life of the party just because I say a joke or two,\u201d Smokey Robinson sang when the 2019 Grammy Awards came back from commercials, as he and Alica Keys duetted on his \u201cTracks of My Tears.\u201d Motown founder Berry Gordy smiled from ear to ear and applauded, since the reason he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-792928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 22:19:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}