The Tempos: Let's Stick Together

[Kamasu_Jr]

I see Johnnie Mae Matthews had a hand in writing this one. And the intro sounds familiar doesn't it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlobCAIOD_8

[oldiesmusicfan]

Thanks for the link - another for my want list. Sounds very much like the beginning of Your Old Stand By by Mary Wells.

[Kamasu_Jr]

Thanks for the link - another for my want list. Sounds very much like the beginning of Your Old Stand By by Mary Wells.

Oldies, I'm told it got some airplay on WCHB and WJLB back in the day. My dad used to have the actual record,bought it. but can't remember what year he got it. He has it on a cassette of old Detroit oldies, which is how I heard it. It never gets included on a northern soul compilation. It would seem that they would like this record.

Oldies, do you recall a bootleg of Detroit oldies being sold in the Detroit area? I wish some company would do a disc of northern soul/Detroit sounds. They've done a few, but nothing that has the really good stuff like Let's Stick Together.

[144man]

Never heard that before. Love it.

[Methuselah2]

Kamasu - That is so good! Hadn't heard it before. And Oldiesmusicfan, I totally agree with your Mary Wells reference. A very astute observation.

[oldiesmusicfan]

Kamasu - I wouldn't have heard it in the Detroit area back in the day because I lived in southeast Pennsylvania until 1977. When I moved here I went crazy collecting Detroit music. There are a lot of comps of obscure Detroit soul music that I've bought over the years. Do you have a want list you could PM to me? Here are a few CDs I have and maybe you could find their track listing on Amazon to see if anything interests you [[or your dad!)

Michigan Artists Volumes 1 & 2
Girls Of Golden World
Ric Tic Relics Volumes 1 & 2
Dave Hamilton's Detroit Soul
Dave Hamilton's Detroit Dancers Volumes 1 & 3
Motortown Group Sounds Volumes 1,2 & 3
Detroit Dynamite
Michigan Memories
Detroit Soul From The Vaults Volume 2
Detroit [[Rare Tracks From) Volumes 1 through 9

Methuselah - Then later in the song it sounds like a different one! What is it???? It's bugging me. Where the background is singing "hey hey hey hoo" - there another song says that exact thing followed by "yes he did" and for the life of me I cannot figure it out, seems it's a female artist or group. I'll kick myself when I find out what it is. Like from 1963 or so. Same mid-tempo beat.

Oldies

[Methuselah2]

Oldies - Could it be Ben E. King's STAND BY ME? I kept hearing some faint resemblance to that tune.

[oldiesmusicfan]

Bump for Kamasu. Did you check out any of those CDs I listed above for some goodies?

Methuselah - GOT IT! It came to me at 4:30 in the morning! It's Gladys Knight & The Pips Letter Full Of Tears, the original 1961 version, not the re-recorded Motown version. Check this link on Youtube and go to 2:30 - There's my "Hey hey hey hoo, yes he did." I've been listening to this song for just over 50 years! I knew it would come to me sooner or later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7BPCbC41rI

I pulled out 4 CDS of Ben E. King and couldn't find anything that reminded me of this one that Kamasu posted. It sounds like a song made up of parts of other popular songs! Great one though!

Oldies

[Kamasu_Jr]

What's on Michigan Memories, Oldies?

[Methuselah2]

GOT IT! It came to me at 4:30 in the morning! It's Gladys Knight & The Pips Letter Full Of Tears, the original 1961 version, not the re-recorded Motown version. Check this link on Youtube and go to 2:30 - There's my "Hey hey hey hoo, yes he did." I've been listening to this song for just over 50 years! I knew it would come to me sooner or later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7BPCbC41rI

Excellent, Oldies. You nailed it!

[oldiesmusicfan]

Kamasu -

Barnes, J.J.---Poor Unfortunate Me 7
Capreez---Rosanna 13
Carlton, Little Carl---Competition Ain't Nothin' 23
Coe, Jamie---The Fool 3
Dynamics---Misery 4
Knight, Terry, & The Pack---A Change On The Way 12
Mayer, Nathaniel, & The Fabulous Twilights---Village Of Love 23
Parliaments---I Wanna) Testify [[I 20
Precisions---If This Is Love [[I'd Rather Be Lonely) 22
Rationals---Respect 15
Reflections---Like Columbus Did 6
Richard & The Young Lions---Open Up Your Door 14
Richard, Scot, Case---I'm So Glad 21
Seger, Bob, & The Last Heard---Persecution Smith 18
Shy Guys---We Gotta Go 11
Starr, Edwin---Scott's On Swingers [[S.O.S.) 10
Tim Tam & The Turn-Ons---Wait A Minute 9
Underdogs---Love's Gone Bad 17
Wanted---In The Midnight Hour 19
Washington, Gino---Gino Is A Coward 5

That one has more common songs. Here is one that has more obscure things on it -

Detroit Dynamite -

Barnes, J.J.---Lonely No More 18
Barnes, Ortheia---Take My Heart And Soul 14
Camaros---We're Not Too Young 5
Chalfontes---He Loves Me 6
Cynthia & The Imaginations---Love Is Real 17
Dee & Joe---Who Is It Gonna Be 9
Dozier, Lamont---Dearest One 12
Fuqua, Harvey---Anyway You Wanna 4
Gambrells---You Better Move 15
Gatti, Marissa---Love's What You Want 3
Ingram, Luther---Ain't That Nice 10
Jackson, Deon---Some Day The Sun Will Shine 8
Lark, Tobi---I'll Steal Your Heart 13
Nabay---Believe It Or Not 1
O'Jays---I'll Never Let You Go 19
St. John, Rose, & The Wonderettes---Fool Don't Laugh 7
Technics---Hey Girl Don't Leave Me 11
Turner, Spyder---You're Good Enough For Me 2
Williams, Bobby---It's All Over 16
Wilson, Dusty---It's Going To Be A Tragedy 21
Woods, Danny---I Want To Thank You 20

Or this one - Detroit Soul From The Vaults Volume 2 -

Brooks Bros.---Looking For A Woman 22
Burdick, Doni---Bari Track [[instrumental) 15
Burdick, Doni---Candle 10
Burdick, Doni---If You Walk Out Of My Life 14
Burdick, Doni---Whatcha Gonna Do 11
Dynamics---Whenever I'm With You 19
Dynamics---Yes I Love You Baby 2
Frontera, Tommy---Merry Go Round 16
Garcia, Frankie---I've Got That Feelin' 4
Hairston, Forest---We Go To Pieces 18
Highlights ---Go Down [[instrumental) 21
Lemons, George---Fascinating Girl 17
Metros---We Still Have Time 9
Metros---What's Wrong With Your Love 8
Rogers, Johnny---Make A Change [[instrumental) 12
Rogers, Johnny---Soul Food 13
Royal Playboys---Arabia 7
Satin Dolls---Lovin' Touch 5
Vaughan, Lafayette---First Degree Love 6
White, Willie---Nobody Likes Me 20
Young, Patti----Head & Shoulders [[instrumental) 3

[Kamasu_Jr]

What's the title of the first disc that you listed, Oldies?

[oldiesmusicfan]

That's the one you asked about - Michigan Memories.

[Kamasu_Jr]

That's the one you asked about - Michigan Memories.

It looks good. We have some of the tracks, but I will look around for it. Thanks.