Motown’s Suzanne de Passe, Detroit’s MC5 land honors


Suzanne de Passe arrives for the American Black Film Festival Honors in West Hollywood, California, on March 5, 2023.

Suzanne de Passe is headed to an elite wing in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The longtime Motown executive and producer will receive this year’s Ahmet Ertegun Award for Lifetime Achievement, one of the most prestigious honors on the business side of the music industry.

De Passe was part of the 2024 RRHOF class of inductees announced live Sunday night on “American Idol,” led by eight artists in the performers category: Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Kool & the Gang, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Frampton and A Tribe Called Quest.

Detroit rock band MC5 and late Motown songwriter-producer Norman Whitfield will receive the rock hall’s Award for Musical Excellence, a separate honor for figures “whose originality and influence creating music have had a dramatic impact.”



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