Denise Quan is a Recording Academy/GRAMMY.com contributor.
On Oct. 18, 2008, 17 million Americans tuned into "Saturday Night Live" to watch then-vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin make a highly anticipated appearance on the show. The musical guest that evening was an under-the-radar, 20-year-old British singer-songwriter who was introduced by guest host Josh Brolin by just a single name: Adele. Standing center stage before her band and half…
It seems fitting that Motown founder Berry Gordy and GRAMMY-winning R&B icon Smokey Robinson were jointly honored on Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with the GRAMMY Museum's first-ever Architects of Sound Awards, recognizing those who are catalysts in changing the musical legacy of America."Smokey and I were a bromance," quipped Gordy, who was presented with the Architects of Sound: Vision…
