Getting your weekend started off with the first song to chart #1 Pop for Motown (“Shop Around” was #1 R&B and #2 Pop) from 1961, The Marvelettes doing what so many have done from time to time waiting on that special note or that money. Now most of the postman is named Google or Yahoo.
Ivan Orr is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, performer, and writer. A native of Charlottesville, Virginia Ivan was involved with the forming and nascent days of The Music Resource Center as its first Program Director. A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Department of Music, Ivan currently resides in Richmond, VA where he maintains an active performance and production schedule while serving as the Music Editor for Grown Folks Music, a position he has held since 2010.
