And this one by PJ [[Patti Jerome)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pQGniNSRlk
It was covered shortly thereafter by Martha & Vandellas on Black Magic [[album supposedly slated originally for...
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And this one by PJ [[Patti Jerome)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pQGniNSRlk
It was covered shortly thereafter by Martha & Vandellas on Black Magic [[album supposedly slated originally for...
Like many club acts, it appears she was singing to a prerecorded backing track and not with a band, but what I found odd was that she was singing with her own vocal tracks, not just the...
In the 1970 film of The Boys in the Band, before they do the famous line dance to “Heat Wave,” one of the guys picks up the Martha and the Vandellas Live album to play it, which was just so wrong. Of...
When Mary launched Supreme Faith at a big “do” in DC, orchestrated by her pal Linda Greene, I got to chatting with Randy and just decided to ask him point-blank if Forever Faithful had been a thesis...
I disagreed with almost every administrative decision made regarding the group’s live act: the glossing-over of the hits and the under-utilization of Mary and Florence. They could have devised a much...
"Sleep Walk"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef6j6u_KG1E
There really wasn’t much “county/western” about the album other than some of the songs selected and the addition of some pedal steel, but I agree, those harmonies were wonderful, even if Andantes...
I was so fortunate to have met Mary so many times. She was alway happy to see me and gave me much time whenever circumstances permitted. She’ll be missed in so many ways by so many folks, myself not...
Almost all of her 20th Century sides are good, even if they lack the Motown magic.
My favorites from that period are:
Ain’t It the Truth
He’s a Lover
Everlovin' Boy
Why Don’t You...
Even after she defected, Motown had some great tracks on her which, in my opinion, could have been big hits with the proper post-production, but which Motown clapped together as-is for the Vintage...
As I understand it, Mary did express regret over jumping ship. She was pressured by husband Herman and others when Morty Craft, who was at 20th Century-Fox Music at the time, dangled a carrot she...
In August of 1968, I was fortunate enough to see DRATS in two shows one night and one show the next. In the first show they wore the chandelier gowns, in the second they wore the swirl gowns, and the...
They were just very lucky to have crossed paths with Cindy. Otherwise there would have been a much harder search. Still, someone would have been slotted in sooner than later. Diane didn’t have the...
I’ve always described the original Supremes as “The Three S’s:
Slick [[Diane), Sexy [[Mary) and Sassy [[Flo).
An unbeatable combination.
Mary rarely has an unexpressed thought, as evidenced in so many interviews where she gets all wound up and starts rambling off the cuff. I suspect this Facebook post might have been one of those...
A number of acts got shuttled from one imprint to another. Kim and Kiki as mentioned. Supremes, Chris Clark, Velvelettes, and Spinners also come to mind. I imagine there were others I can’t remember...
She changed her name legally to Darlene Love many years ago, so that Phil Spector could not prevent her from using it.
Would this be Sundray Tucker, who has used the name Cindy Scott professionally, or another lady named Cindy Scott?
Without having the information, I would not have recognized the voice as being Gladys, although it is undoubtedly she. It sounds as if her vocal was pitched up a good octave, which was not unheard of.
If nothing else, Kim is a real trouper in every sense of the word. You’ll remember about 20 years ago she stayed up all night coaching an infirm Wanda Rogers before Wanda went into Ian Levine’s...
She’s always been a favorite of mine and it’s great to see her still singing, but it appears she forgot her upper plate!
When Motown bought Ric-Tic and released Edwin’s debut album, Soul Master, I was disappointed that “Back Street” from the Ric-Tic inventory wasn't included, and was further disappointed to discover...
Actually, the film earned five nominations. Ross earned one, for best performance by an actress in a leading role.
“Seventeen” is very different, stylistically, from the rest of the album. The background vocals are rather “flutey,” while on the other tracks they’re much less so, and some verge on being rather...
Why? Why on earth?