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"Do You Remember? The Message in Earth, Wind & Fire’s ‘September’" (The Wall Street Journal, September 3, 2019)
"Meet Allee Willis" (voyagela.com, June 25, 2019)
NAMM Salutes Motown (namm.org, May 2019)
"The Saturday Night Sensation of Earth, Wind & Fire’s ‘September’" (Spotify.com, November 23, 2018)
"The Queen Of Everything" (Detroit Jewish News, May 10-16, 2018)
"Motown Museum Debuts New Exhibit, 'Reflections'" (freep.com, April 15, 2019)
"Questlove Supreme Podcast: Episode 102, Featuring Allee Willis" (pandora.com, September, 2018)
"A Drink With – Detroit featuring Allee Willis" (adrinkwith.com, September 5, 2018)
"Allee Willis Home For Detroit Honor as Songwriters Hall of Fame Awaits" (Detroit Free Press, May 3, 2018)
"You, Too, Can Do The Boogaloo" (iwriteforfood.com, June 22, 2018)
"Allee Willis LIVE!" (Marsha Music, June, 2018)
"A Queen of Kitsch Who Made the Whole World Sing" (The New York Times, June 7, 2018)
"Review: Allee Willis Gives, Gets Detroit Love At the City Theatre" (theoaklandpress.com, May 19, 2018)
"The Famous Songwriter Who Is Back In The D" (clickondetroit.com, May 4, 2018)
"Songwriter Allee Willis Returns To The Stage To Love Detroit" (theoaklandpress.com, May 14, 2018)
"Allee Willis Talks 2018 Songwriters Hall Of Fame Induction" (digitaljournal.com, May 14, 2018)
"To Remember" (Break It Down Show, May 14, 2018)
"Spotlight: Detroit Songwriter Allee Willis" (The D Brief Detroit, May 9, 2018)
" Detroit Music Awards Return With Stacked Line-up and More Than 70 Awards" (Detroit Metro Times, May 2, 2018)
"Honoring The Best In Detroit Music" (clickondetroit.com, April 30, 2018)
"Songwriter Allee Willis Returns to Home To Accept Honors, Throw a Party" (corpmagazine.com, April 16, 2018)
"Famed Songwriter Allee Willis Talks Writing 'The Color Purple' and 'Friends' Theme Songs, Working with Music Legends, Success, and More" (The Urban Influencer, March 21, 2018)
"Grapevine: DMAs To Honor Sponge, Willis and Davis" (The Detroit News, March 21, 2018)
"Original Sponge Lineup To Reunite At Detroit Music Awards; First Show Together Since '94" (Detroit Free Press, March 20, 2018)
"Allee Willis, Mellencamp, More Head to Songwriters Hall" (The Detroit News, February 9, 2018)
"How I Wrote: Boogie Wonderland" (Songwriting Magazine, Winter 2017)
"'The Color Purple:' Musical Joy Inspired by Motown" (The Detroit News, November 1, 2017)
"Thousands Celebrate New Detroit Anthem 'The D' at the DIA" (oaklandpress.com, September 28, 2017)
"Allee Willis is Back In The D" (WDIV Detroit, September 20, 2017)
"Allee Willis and The D" (Marsha Music, September 29, 2017)
"Music Writer Allee Willis Debuts New Detroit Anthem" (Fox 2 Detroit, September 29, 2017)
"Allee Willis Debuts Her Record-Breaking Video at a Party at the DIA" (Detroit Jewish News, October 3, 2017)
"Grammy-Winning Songwriter Debuts 'The D' Song at DIA" (deadlinedetroit.com, September 28, 2017)
"Award-winning Detroit Songwriter Debuts 'The D' Music Video" (The Detroit News, September 28, 2017)
"Legendary songwriter previews 'The D,' Unofficial Detroit anthem" (WXYZ Detroit, September 28, 2017)
"Songwriter Delivers New Anthem For Her Hometown of Detroit" (theoaklandpress.com, September 26, 2017)
"Ba-de-ya, the 21st of September Will Always Be Special to Songwriter Allee Willis" (boingboing.net, September 21, 2017)
"Entertainment Calendar: Things to do in Metro Detroit" (The Detroit News, September 27, 2017)
"Detroit Songwriter Allee Willis Brings Her Micro-Documentary 'The D' to the DIA" (wdet.org, September 19, 2017)
"A Lot of Soul in This Hole-In-The-Wall in Northwest Detroit" (theneighborhoods.org, September 2017)
"Detroit Train Station Gets a Homecoming" (crainsdetroit.com, September 13, 2017)
"The Most Prolific Detroit-born Songwriter You've Probably Never Heard Of" (hourdetroit.com, September 6, 2017)
"Songwriter Allee Willis to debut 5,000-vocalist song 'The D' at DIA" (crainsdetroit.com, August 28, 2017)
"Grapevine: Songwriter/artist Allee Willis visits Friday" (The Detroit News, June 6, 2017)
"Detroit's celebrated Mosaic Youth Theatre turns 25" (Detroit Metro Times, March 15, 2017)
"Mosaic teaches music, performing arts to students" (The Detroit News, March 15, 2017)
"Allee Willis to throw rocking Detroit party in L.A." (The Detroit News, March 9, 2017)
"Event To Honor Detroit Youth Arts Group MOSAIC's 25th Anniversary" (looktothestars.org, March 7, 2017)
"Allee Willis, Lily Tomlin and Lamont Dozier to Host THE DETROIT PARTY in L.A." (broadwayworld.com, March 6, 2017)
"Native Detroiter and songwriter Allee Willis talks about her career, hometown influences" (Dialogue, October 26th, 2016)
"Fascination with Detroit illustrated by its popularity in books, movies" (Crain's Business, September 26, 2016)
"Detroit Homecoming" (WXYZ Detroit, September 14, 2016)
"Allee Willis talks about Detroit”, (The Tim Conway Show, KFI AM 640, February 4, 2016)
“An interview with Allee Willis”, (Detroit Nation, January 31, 2016)
10 Questions With Allee Willis (BMI.com, November 2, 2015)
"Grammy-winning songwriter Allee Willis leads Detroiters in song in DIA,” (Crain’s Detroit business, October 26, 2015)
"The most interesting woman you've never heard of", (The Washington Post, May 17, 2015)
"The most interesting woman you've never heard of", (The Washington Post, May 14, 2015)
"Allee Willis On the Edge - with Mark Thompson" (The Edge podcast, December 1, 2014)
The Detroit Party: Allee Willis-Grammy Award-Winning Songwriter, Interview (November 1, 2014)
Allee Willis interview on KFI AM 640, (Thompson & Espinosa, November 20, 2014)
"Detroit Comedy Stars Salute Motor City in LA" (Detroit Free Press, November 3, 2014)
2015 Songwriters Hall of Fame nominees unveiled (CBS News, October 13, 2014)
"Allee Willis to sneak preview Detroit's new sing-a-long song 'The D' at United Sound Studios for public", M-Live, September 10, 2014
"Allee Willis, ‘We Sing the D’ and hometown Godsigns” (Suzy Farman, Synchronicity, Turning Points and Beyond…, August 25, 2014)
"Allee Willis shares passion for Detroit at Charlevoix lecture", (Petoskey News, August 8, 2014)
"Pittsburgh, Detroit and New Orleans: The Comeback Kids," (Movie Maker, Spring 2014)
Allee Willis (WDIV/ NBC, First Block, March 25, 2014)
"The fascinating women featured on Local 4's 'First Block'" (Click On Detroit, March 25, 2014)
"Detroit's Creative Uprising Has A Voice. In Fact, With The Help Of This Visionary Artist, It Now Has Many Voices." (Blazenfluff, March 9, 2014)
Allee Willis Talks "The D" (The Frank DeCaro Show, SiriusXM, January 30, 2014)
Allee Willis Produces Love Song to Detroit (MetroTimes, January 29, 2014)
"ALLEE WILLIS: DETROIT IS FAR FROM OVER!", (JanetCharlton'sHollywood.com), January 28, 2014)
Grammy Winning Songwriter Records Detroit Music Video (Fox News, September 29, 2013)
Watch Allee Willis film her Motor City sing-along tribute 'The D' (MLive, September 26,2013)
Singing in "The D" with Allee Willis" (Doc In The D, September 20, 2013
Hey, You! Kick It Up with Allee Willis! (Detroit Performs, September 21, 2013)
Grammy-winning songwriter filming music video in Detroit (NBC News, September 19, 2013)
Good Works-Motor City Singalong, (Billboard, September 9, 2013)
Warm up those pipes, Detroit. Allee Willis is marching in for her "We Sing the D" project", (The Detroit Hub, September 6, 2013)
Society Confidential: Updating Allee and ‘The D’ (The Detroit News, September 6, 2013)
Allee Willis to Set Recording Record Recording a Record, (World Of Wonder Report, September 5, 2013)
Cause Song Of The Month - Allee Willis "The D" 2013 (SamaritanMag, July 22, 2013)
Allee Willis, "Detroit", (The Sheena Metal Experience, latalkradio.com, 6/17/13)
Allee Willis Loves Detroit (Detroit Public Schools blog, February, 2012)
Allee Willis (Two Chicks In Politics with Susan Olsen and Sheena Metal, latalkradio.com, 6/17/13)
Allee Willis Does Detroit! (The Oh Mary! Show, latalkradio.com, June 4, 2013)
"Allee Willis", (Jackie Kashian's The Dork Forest, May, 28, 2013)
Grammy Winner Allee Willis Unites Detroit in Song With 'The D', (Huffington Post, May 20, 2013)
A Celebration of Detroit From Songwriter Allee Willis, (BlackBook Magazine, May 16, 2013)
Allee Willis and "the D", (WJR Radio, The Paul W. Smith Show, May 14, 2013)
"Here's Hoping This Is Up Your Allee", (The WOW Report, May 12, 2013)
"The D, A Citywide Sing-Along Multimedia Mega-Tribute to Detroit by Allee Willis", (http://laughingsquid.com, May 11, 2013)
You, too, can lift the city up – with song – by Grammy-winning Detroit native Allee Willis (Detroit Unspun, May 3, 2013)
Allee Willis, Tyree Guyton meet over lunch at a Detroit junkyard (Fox News, April 30, 2013)
Heidelberg Project creator Tyree Guyton and songwriter Allee Willis dine in Detroit junkyard, (Michigan Live, April 20, 2013)
Hump the Grinder's Hair Wars, A Hair Design Show With Detroit Roots (http://laughingsquid.com, April 2, 2013)
Allee In The D, (The Detroit News, February 15, 2013).
'Friends' songwriter is down with 'The D,' seeks local collaborators (The Detroit Free Press, January 25, 2013).
Musical Homage To The D (The Jewish News, January 24-30, 2013).
Heart Soul Detroit (Hour Magazine, January 2013).
Allee Willis, (The Sheena Metal Experience, latalkradio.com, 11/23/12).
myFoxDetroit.com, "Look Back on the History of Mumford High School", May 22, 2012.
Allee Willis' "Last Call Before The Wrecking Ball" concert at Mumford High, The Detroit Free Press, May, 17, 2012.
Allee talks about Detroit and her live show at King King on the "Oh Mary!" show (LA Talk Radio, 4/29/12).
Saying goodbye to Detroit's Mumford High (The Detroit News, 4/19/12).
Legendary Songwriter Comes Home to Honor Detroit High School (TV 20 Detroit News at 10, 4/18/12).
Allee Willis on the Craig Fahle radio show Detroit (WDET 101.9, 4/17/12).
Legendary Songwriter Allee Willis Brings Her Party to the People (huffingtonpost.com, October 13, 2011)
Pat & Kim’s Person Of The Week: Allee Willis (94.7 The Wave 4/22/11).
Allee Willis Home to Benefit Mumford High School (Fox Detroit News 4/5/11)
Allee Willis Marches On Detroit (doDetroit 3/22/11)
Detroit, Prepare Yourself For an Invasion of the Willis Kind (The Hub 3/11/11)
Unfiltered: Allee Willis on the Spirit of Detroit (Time Magazine 8/17/10)
Telling Our Detroit Story (Time Magazine Blog 3/19/10)
Radio Interview: Allee and her high school on Pacifica Public Radio during a Civil Rights tape fundraiser (11-18-08)
Celebrity Alum Gets Red-Carpet Welcome At Mumford High (Detroit Free Press, 7/13/08)
WJLB radio interview (5/20/2008)
WDET radio interview (5/23/2008)
The Color Success (metrotimes 5/2008)
'Color Purple' Comes Home (Detroit News 5/2008)
Color Purple (The Windsor Star 5/2008)
'Color Purple' Reveals A Deep Shade Of Beauty (Detroit News 5/2008)
2 former Detroiters wrote songs for show (Detroit Free Press 5/2008)
Two Hits Shows Lure New Audiences (Detroit Free Press 4/2007)


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