Obscure Non-Motown songs written by Motown composers

[jillfoster]

This might be fun, to share some hard to find gems , and explore some of the lesser known non-Motown work of various Motown writers. This is my first one, co-written by Pam Sawyer:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFhmmn-gut4

[R. Mark Desjardins]

Thanks for sharing this link to The Harbourlights. I've enjoyed Pam Sawyers songs and this is another one I like.

[johnny_raven]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2ENEqAVNcM

Mamie Galore "It Ain't Necessary"
Co-written by The Contours' Council Gay & Sylvester Potts [[along with Jerry Butler)

[danman869]

I'm more familiar with "All Or Nothing" as sung by Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles. I believe Pam Sawyer wrote it before she began writing for Motown/Jobete.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuHink8A7lY

[144man]

Another Pam Sawyer composition, co-written with Lori Burton: If You Love Her - The Lazy Susans.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0JflDixs1W4

[Nothing But Soul]

The Young Rascals' self titled first album on Atlantic records, which was a pretty big seller, had two Pam Sawyer songs on it: "Baby Let's Wait" and "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore." The latter song had already been released as a Young Rascals single before the album came out. The Rascals didn't release "Baby Let's Wait" as a single, but another group called the Royal Guardsmen did.

[robb_k]

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Janie Bradford wrote many songs for small Detroit labels under aliases, even while working for Motown [[most notably as "Nikki Todd" teaming with Popcorn Wylie, working for Wilbur Golden's Correc-Tone Records). Of course, Wylie and Tony Hester [[who also had worked at Motown) wrote many songs for non-Motown Detroit labels, and Stax/Volt, as well. But 2/3 of Detroit Soul cuts from 1960-70 were probably written by songwriters who worked at Motown for some period [[Don Davis, Bob Hamilton [[Rob Reeco), William Weatherspoon, Emanuel Lasky, Dave Hamilton, even Mike Hanks has writer credits on Motown releases.