View Full Version : 1976...........Motown's Last Best Year?
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marv2
03-23-2016, 08:33 PM
Well looking back now at all the classics produced by Motown in that amazing year....the Bicentennial, could 1976 have been that last great year for new
Motown Music. Some was released in late '75 and enjoy the major parts of it's popularity in 1976. Let's revisit the "Spirit of '76" and what we can come up with!
I will start with this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmneugiD7Ig
marv2
03-23-2016, 08:35 PM
Ms. Thelma Houston- "Don't Leave Me This Way"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLzbKm56dLI
marv2
03-23-2016, 08:39 PM
The Commodores masterpiece..................."Sweet Love"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPT3ZzxJlRM
marv2
03-23-2016, 08:46 PM
The SUPREMES : I'm gonna' let my heart do the walking :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IJQWqe04ks
marv2
03-23-2016, 08:47 PM
The Originals - Down To Love Town 1976:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HH08x6Mkg8
marv2
03-23-2016, 08:48 PM
Marvin Gaye - I Want You [[1976)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjRLbzxz_3Y
marv2
03-23-2016, 08:57 PM
Eddie Kendricks - He's A Friend :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_UoxJZ4crg
marv2
03-23-2016, 08:58 PM
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOzO_4NS8NI
marv2
03-23-2016, 09:13 PM
Willie Hutch - Party down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oyz1WyCs2Y
marv2
03-23-2016, 09:16 PM
Jr. Walker & The All-Stars [[With Thelma Houston) - I Need You Right Now [[Hot Shot 1976)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwMrppal2Lg
lockhartgary
03-23-2016, 10:04 PM
Stevie Wonder...I Wish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYKYka-PNt0
marv2
03-23-2016, 10:30 PM
Stevie Wonder...I Wish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYKYka-PNt0
Yes,yes, yes Lockhartgary! Nothing but high quality!
marv2
03-23-2016, 10:34 PM
Smokey Robinson - Quiet Storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v1GfHWFk1Y
Ngroove
03-23-2016, 10:46 PM
Jermaine Jackson - Let's Be Young Tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRoMSnnL9tg
marv2
03-23-2016, 11:25 PM
Jermaine Jackson - Let's Be Young Tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRoMSnnL9tg
I remember that one at the tail end of the year. Thank you NGroove.
marv2
03-23-2016, 11:27 PM
Commodores - Just To Be Close To You :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKSCUG2YqTM
soulster
03-24-2016, 03:54 AM
I think a strong case could be made for 1978:
Commodores - Natural High
High Inergy - Turnin' On
Diana Ross - Baby, It's Me
Switch - S/T
Rick James - Come Get It
1979:
Diana Ross - The Boss
Teena Marie - Wild & Peaceful
Switch II
Commodores - Midnight Magic
Smokey Robinson - Where There's Smoke...
Rick James - Fire It Up
Bluebrock
03-24-2016, 08:54 AM
1976 was in the words of Sinatra "a very good year", perhaps as good as any year that preceded it. I never realised just how much strong product came out that year. The company was certainly on a creative roll which continued to a lesser extent for the remainder of the 70's. Such great music and I own just about all of it.
Ngroove
03-24-2016, 12:14 PM
I think a strong case could be made for 1978
Honestly, I'd say, up to 1985, before, regardless who's making hits on the brand later years, the term "Motown" becomes interchangeable with "Oldies".
blueskies
03-24-2016, 12:14 PM
The SUPREMES : I'm gonna' let my heart do the walking :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IJQWqe04ks
Oh yea! Where ARE those platform shoes?! The girls really rocked it out. I miss those days. What memories!
soulster
03-24-2016, 01:23 PM
Honestly, I'd say, up to 1985, before, regardless who's making hits on the brand later years, the term "Motown" becomes interchangeable with "Oldies".
I can agree with that! Motown was strong until at least 1985.
roger
03-24-2016, 02:01 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksm-n4UUtj8
:)
marv2
03-25-2016, 04:24 PM
More classic Motown Music from '76!
After The Dance - Marvin Gaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79XgMIZYeE4
marv2
03-25-2016, 04:26 PM
Thelma Houston- The Bingo Long Song [[Steal On Home)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdS_TRghdSQ
marv2
03-25-2016, 04:27 PM
The Supremes - High Energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgrCeWU48_E
arr&bee
03-25-2016, 05:50 PM
Haaaaaaaaaaaa...i totally agree that[1976]was the last great year of motown and if i may inject a personal insight,it was also the last great year of the seventies as far as i'm concerned.
marv2
03-25-2016, 06:20 PM
Haaaaaaaaaaaa...i totally agree that[1976]was the last great year of motown and if i may inject a personal insight,it was also the last great year of the seventies as far as i'm concerned.
JAI, you have great insight! I have to pick 1978 as the greatest, but I also feel that 1976 was a great year.
Ngroove
03-26-2016, 10:30 PM
My favorite of Thelma Houston's: Any Way You Like It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsD3f3F-hW0
sansradio
03-27-2016, 09:57 AM
My favorite of Thelma Houston's: Any Way You Like It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsD3f3F-hW0
Aww, sooky-SOOKY now, Ngroove!!! This track gives me everlasting LIFE.
marv2
03-27-2016, 11:02 AM
My favorite of Thelma Houston's: Any Way You Like It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsD3f3F-hW0
A ++.......................!
marv2
03-27-2016, 11:04 AM
Eddie Kendricks - "Going Up In Smoke" [[1976)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM4iw-MhViI
marv2
03-27-2016, 11:07 AM
Smokey Robinson - OPEN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17YmrkOrLY8
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