Rarely Heard Tracks by Motown Artists

[marv2]

I was listening to this today and it made me think of the many great tracks by former Motown Artists that are rarely heard or played. We may have all have heard of these songs at one time or another, but they are generally not played on radio stations, not even on oldies. You may not have even played them at home in years. Here are a few of my favorites. What are some of yours:

Eddie Kendricks - Diamond Girl.......


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSloA8BBzdc

[marv2]

A favorite of mine from 1981, Marvin Gaye and "Praise"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMTiakvu1BA

[marv2]

Mary Wilson from 1992, "Under Any Moon"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ3Y75H8Hhs

[marv2]

Four Tops, "Hot Nights" from Summer of 1986


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux-B531TgB0

[marv2]

Jackson 5-"Lookin' Through the Windows" from the late summer of 1972.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSY_WMt4Jbo

[marv2]

Diana Ross "Once In the Morning" 1979


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51bu6WVMwR8

[marv2]

Jr. Walker and the Allstars "These Eyes" from the end of 1969


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UofNRkMB7XE

[marv2]

Jean Terrell - "Rising Cost Of Love" from the summer of 1978!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gn3b8_FayQ

[marv2]

The Temptations - "Hum Along & Dance" from the Fall of 1970!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dm59x8B8mg

[marv2]

Gladys Knight and the Pips and "So Sad the Song" from the deep of Winter 1976 LOL!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFUk5mXFTZs

[marv2]

Mary Wells - "Laughing Boy" from 1962.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0jRar-LqrU

[luke]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D-tqAiyE0N8 It's hard to believe Motown released this it's so similar to Shop Around ..Debbie Dean

[marv2]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D-tqAiyE0N8 It's hard to believe Motown released this it's so similar to Shop Around ..Debbie Dean

That was a common practice in the 50s and 60s....."answer records". Even the Miracles did it with "I Got A Job" in response to "Get A Job" the Silhouettes.

[luke]

Yes but this one is SOoooo similar and on the same company!! Great topic though Marv!

[marv2]

Yes but this one is SOoooo similar and on the same company!! Great topic though Marv!

It is almost a complete knock off of the original song it is based on. You are so right!

[marv2]

This one was very popular during it's time on Detroit radio. Bobby Taylor And The Vancouvers - "I'm Your Man".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTiMmWmGL68

[marv2]

Holland and Dozier featuring Brian Holland - "Don't leave me Starving" summer '72.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMFe0LKK5WE

[marv2]

Now when was the last time you heard this? Stevie Wonder - "Hey Love"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD049ZWp2oA

[luke]

I bought Jean's album but it just didn't do it for me but I think most people seemed to like it. I can't find it now but as I recall it may have been too MOR for me.

[marv2]

I bought Jean's album but it just didn't do it for me but I think most people seemed to like it. I can't find it now but as I recall it may have been too MOR for me.

Strange that all these years later Hip Hop artist have discovered Jean's album and more than a few have sampled "No Limit" from it. Go to Youtube and type in "No Limit Sample".

[luke]

Cool. Never knew that. How I love Miss Jean!

[marv2]

Cool. Never knew that. How I love Miss Jean!

Jean is amazing because her music has influence many of different generations. College and High School kids all over the country still sing "Up the Ladder to the Roof" in choirs, vocal ensemble groups etc.

[Boogiedown]

mind if I throw one in ,
never hear it anymore , but it was a Pop Top 30 [[#30) and Top Ten Soul song [[ #10) back in 1972.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbTqY2_ggqQ

with Norman Whitfield working overtime in the studio [[ as usual):

[marv2]

mind if I throw one in ,
never hear it anymore , but it was a Pop Top 30 [[#30) and Top Ten Soul song [[ #10) back in 1972.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbTqY2_ggqQ

with Norman Whitfield working overtime in the studio [[ as usual):

Great entry Boogiedown! I have a clip of them singing it live on the Sonny & Cher Show.

[arr&bee]

I can't stand to see you cry-the miracles..your old standby-mary wells..truly yours-the spinners..i did it all for you-eddie kendricks..dream come true-the temps..holy holly-jr.walker.

[Ngroove]

While there is no longer a classic soul station in my area, just a contemporary one that plays six neo-souls for every one seventies-eighties classic and goody, "Oldies" radio today is mostly British-Psychedelic as their sixties, the rest, basically another mix station of seventies and eighties. I was once incredibly surprised I actually heard "Super Freak" on oldies recently, myself used to remember "oldies" meant mid-fifties-early seventies.

Yes, while they still normally have "My Girl" and "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" in their rotation, it's been years since I last heard on radio:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpLVyZVRw3w

[lockhartgary]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQmvBbaHGLA

Malinda by Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers

[marv2]

While there is no longer a classic soul station in my area, just a contemporary one that plays six neo-souls for every one seventies-eighties classic and goody, "Oldies" radio today is mostly British-Psychedelic as their sixties, the rest, basically another mix station of seventies and eighties. I was once incredibly surprised I actually heard "Super Freak" on oldies recently, myself used to remember "oldies" meant mid-fifties-early seventies.

Yes, while they still normally have "My Girl" and "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" in their rotation, it's been years since I last heard on radio:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpLVyZVRw3w

I know exactly what you mean. Yesterday afternoon I heard "Reach Out, I'll Be There" by the Four Tops on the radio. It was the first classic Motown song I heard this week. Last week I heard "Stoned Love".

[marv2]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQmvBbaHGLA

Malinda by Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers

I was thinking of this one when I started this thread, but I listened to personally just last week. LOL! Great choice.

[marv2]

Gladys Knight & The Pips - The Nitty Gritty


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k9qHmYKxEE

[RanRan79]

A lot of great tracks listed so far. I really don't listen to the radio anymore so a lot of songs that I hear are from my own rotation via ipod and laptop. But some of my favorite Motown and post Motown that seem to be underplayed for radio include:

The Miracles "What's So Good About Goodbye"

Martha Reeves and the Vandellas "Taking My Love and Leaving Me"

Marvin Gaye "You"

Teena Marie "365"

Edwin Starr "Happy Radio"

Diana Ross "Surrender"

Thelma Houston "Doing Wrong For So Long"

Four Tops "I'm In a Different World"

Four Tops "Main Street People"

Kim Weston "It Should Have Been Me"

[snakepit]

Www.mixcloud.com/snakepit2648/

The Soulful Shack
60s 70s soul
On line anytime. Rarer tracks played...
Or am I wasting my time?

[marv2]

Four Tops "I'm In a Different World"
A lot of great tracks listed so far. I really don't listen to the radio anymore so a lot of songs that I hear are from my own rotation via ipod and laptop. But some of my favorite Motown and post Motown that seem to be underplayed for radio include:

The Miracles "What's So Good About Goodbye"

Martha Reeves and the Vandellas "Taking My Love and Leaving Me"

Marvin Gaye "You"

Teena Marie "365"

Edwin Starr "Happy Radio"

Diana Ross "Surrender"

Thelma Houston "Doing Wrong For So Long"

Four Tops "I'm In a Different World"

Four Tops "Main Street People"

Kim Weston "It Should Have Been Me"

Great list especially with the Four Tops "I'm In a Different World".

[marv2]

Www.mixcloud.com/snakepit2648/

The Soulful Shack
60s 70s soul
On line anytime. Rarer tracks played...
Or am I wasting my time?

You're not wasting your time Snakepit. I appreciate having the option and that you keep us informed.

[snakepit]

There appears to be no interest in a show playing soul music that a lot of people on here regularly complain is not played on radio shows. I'm at a loss to understand this.
It can't be the music, so it must be me
Perhaps it's because I'm from the UK?

[marv2]

There appears to be no interest in a show playing soul music that a lot of people on here regularly complain is not played on radio shows. I'm at a loss to understand this.
It can't be the music, so it must be me
Perhaps it's because I'm from the UK?

I think the real reason so many have not taken time to enjoy your well thought out shows is exactly that.........time! For me, Sunday afternoons are the few free hours I get during the week. I can't speak for others.

[McMotown]

[QUOTE=marv2;395117]This one was very popular during it's time on Detroit radio. Bobby Taylor And The Vancouvers - "I'm Your Man".

Oh Marv, what a track. The only time I've ever heard that played on British radio is when I put a request in for it some years back. However I put a request into snakepit who played 3 glorious Bobby Taylor tracks a couple weeks back on his show.
Can I add The Temptations Hevenly please excuse me if the clip does not work it's my first attempt to add one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0tOruV-H4E

[marv2]

[QUOTE=marv2;395117]This one was very popular during it's time on Detroit radio. Bobby Taylor And The Vancouvers - "I'm Your Man".

Oh Marv, what a track. The only time I've ever heard that played on British radio is when I put a request in for it some years back. However I put a request into snakepit who played 3 glorious Bobby Taylor tracks a couple weeks back on his show.
Can I add The Temptations Hevenly please excuse me if the clip does not work it's my first attempt to add one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0tOruV-H4E

This was the Temptations at their best in the 70s along with "Hey Girl". Snakepit puts together a really nice show weekly.

[TomatoTom123]

There are just so many underplayed and underrated Motown tracks! Great thread, Marv.

I'll have a think and post some of my faves in a bit :)

[marv2]

There are just so many underplayed and underrated Motown tracks! Great thread, Marv.

I'll have a think and post some of my faves in a bit :)

Thanks. Please do. They don't necessarily have to been recorded on Motown, but by artists generally affiliated with Motown.

[marv2]

Remember this one? The Originals - "Down To Love Town"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkXqEQkdCWk

[TomatoTom123]

There appears to be no interest in a show playing soul music that a lot of people on here regularly complain is not played on radio shows. I'm at a loss to understand this.
It can't be the music, so it must be me
Perhaps it's because I'm from the UK?

Hey snakepit, honestly, I think people when they say 'radio' mean the thing you turn on in the car or in the kitchen and leave on in the background. Your show is fantastic and plays great, rare stuff but of course it is not the conventional 'radio' that people just 'stick on'.

Marv is right when he says you actually have to take time to seek your show out and listen to it. You can't just 'stick it on' I guess. Just my thoughts. :)

[marv2]

Loved this song back in 1982! Smokey Robinson - "Tell Me Tomorrow"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOYQYBG_ZA8

[marv2]

Killer track from '86! Val Young "If You Should Ever Be Lonely"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74naC8Yzp7o

[McMotown]

marv you beat me to Down To Love Town. How about a bit more Richard Street - The Monitors Bring Back The Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQDMkwtdlhE

[luke]

Classic Motown. Classic Temptations. Never played enough. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8nJvyMxjOqA...Girl Girl Girl....

[marv2]

marv you beat me to Down To Love Town. How about a bit more Richard Street - The Monitors Bring Back The Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQDMkwtdlhE

Now it is a rare one. I probably not heard it since the sixties. Richard was so very underrated and recognized.

[marv2]

Classic Motown. Classic Temptations. Never played enough. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8nJvyMxjOqA...Girl Girl Girl....


Yep, that was one of my Dad's favorites Luke.

[marv2]

A house party favorite from 1965! VELVELETTES- "A BIRD IN HAND [[IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH)"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaI26n0_dFg

[marv2]

One of my favorites that I never hear anymore. The
Isley Brothers and "I Guess I'll Always Love You"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZnEZ_kOeQA

[luke]

Love love love Bird in the hand! Kind of like the Velvelettes do the Marvelettes!

[marv2]

I had just started college when this one came out and I wanted to meet these girls! High Inergy and "Lovin' Fever"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0t5M0AEQOQ

[marv2]

The Jackson 5 - "I Wanna Be Where You Are" The rhythm track to this one is very sophisticated for a "kiddie" record. LOL


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GLaODfMqn4

[marv2]

We loved this one........The Marvelettes - "My Baby Must Be A Magician" [[Nov. 1967).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV3scXzaEGI

[marv2]

I don't know how much it sold, but this was his big one after leaving Motown. From 1978 Eddie Kendricks - "Intimate Friends"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDoWSb4xrts

[marv2]

I use to hear this one several times a day in Spring/Summer 1985 on Detroit radio. Since then it just does not get played. The Four Tops and "Sexy Ways"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4DRVGRP3l0

[marv2]

I can't even describe how good this one was.........Jr. Walker and the Allstars and "Walk in the Night"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uea5C9ASBeg

[Ngroove]

I remember the Temptations' singles during the late nineties. When I first heard "Stay", from the sampling of their own "My Girl", the Temptations-styled harmonies, to Ron Tyson's Temptations-classed falsetto, I guessedly joked "Temptations?", before the contemporary soul station did say "Temptations", then my eyes bulged.

While "Stay" still continues to maintain regular enough rotation to some contemporary soul stations even today, as well as it being included in Temptations Collections as its "They're Still Around" representative, then it was followed up with "This Is My Promise". I forgot if it was led by Theo Peoples or Terry Weeks, but I absolutely fell in love with its toasting serenade, and pure class of appreciation towards the lady in which the subject of serenading.

"Stay" stayed continuing in rotation, but "This Is My Promise" for the most part, remained in 1998/1999.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq-RSSlt-c8

[marv2]

Ngroove, another great pick. You just made me remember a song they did back around 1995 that I really liked:Temptations- "Some Enchanting Evening"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6toSbm-42VU

[Boogiedown]

Remember this one? The Originals - "Down To Love Town"



I enjoyed listening to that again. , barely a radio hit or chart performer [[ #47 pop, #93 soul), so you had to be a clubber back then to really know of the song . But if you were , you knew it inside and out .... it was huge in the discos and topped that chart @#1. [[Shame on Motown to let this one get away)

If you bought the commercial 12" you got as the flip Jermaine' LETS BE YOUNG TONIGHT.

If you were lucky enough to get the promo 12" , Motown provided you with this song [[#90 soul):


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELGVpNpR7Hk

lushly orchestrated , strongly Philly ,kind of Spinners sounding to me
in fact any minute I expect Philippe Wynne to join in !

ps Marv I think Eddie's INTIMATE FRIENDS was his last hurrah for Motown. I liked listening to that . Eddie had great pacing , not afraid to sing a tune for as long as the tune takes.

[marv2]

I like that one by Tata. Boogieman, thanks! This is the one by her that made me a fan.......Tata Vega - "I Just Keep Thinking About You Baby" 1978


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ_MYrZesuY

[marv2]

Motown in the late 70s had some really good tracks out there. This one by Bonnie Pointer" - Free me From my Freedom Tie me To a Tree" bad girl Bonnie, bad girl! LOL!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akxtCCCOZQs

[marv2]

Classic! Jimmy Ruffin "I've Passed This Way Before"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CnZgQcJxqE

[marv2]

Say what you want, Jermaine Jackson produced some really fine music.....Jermaine Jackson - "Don't Take It Personal"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqYWMOD5aNs

[marv2]

Memories, memories from this one. Ashford & Simpson - "It Seems To Hang On" from the Fall of 1978 y'all!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21bditzxgpY

[marv2]

Another good one from Jermaine Jackson that you will not hear on the radio or elsewhere now. I believe this was his first solo record: "THAT S HOW LOVE GOES" from 1972


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnU9tsvNJHo

[TomatoTom123]

WOW, Marv, I'm gonna have to get in quick here before you post every one of mine!!

How about this FANTASTIC TUNE that I certainly have never heard on the radio before:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNODN16-8vc&app=desktop

[TomatoTom123]

Such a brilliant song in every way...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frCr6eq2Vfc&app=desktop

[TomatoTom123]

Just brilliant, brilliant, brilliant... prob my fave Monitors song...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paMkMf8Y2c8&app=desktop

[TomatoTom123]

WHAT A TUNE from Edwin Starr


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwfi_latga4&app=desktop

[TomatoTom123]

The wonderful Brenda Holloway and this fantastic track...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ3dWKPsmaA&app=desktop

[TomatoTom123]

Underrated tune from the underrated Undisputed Truth!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP3JDC5ClUA&app=desktop

[McMotown]

Chris Clarke - Head To Toe


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a7CbBQqMKU

[McMotown]

I love this smooth one from The Spinners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx3MTYIzK20

[marv2]

WOW, Marv, I'm gonna have to get in quick here before you post every one of mine!!

How about this FANTASTIC TUNE that I certainly have never heard on the radio before:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNODN16-8vc&app=desktop

That was a serious party record! The intro was the alert! LOL

[marv2]

I love this smooth one from The Spinners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx3MTYIzK20

I always liked their version. It fits this thread perfectly. Thanks McMotown.

[marv2]

Someone just uploaded this gem here today. Mary Wilson "U" Blacksmith Remix from 1995:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bovnvQDzcM

[Motown Eddie]

For me it's-
Syreeta-"Cause We've Ended As Lovers"
Syreeta-"Just A Little Piece Of You"
The Jackson 5-"I Am Love"
The Temptations-"Heavenly"
The Temptations-"Sail Away"
Smokey Robinson-"Heavy On Pride [[Light On Love)"

[marv2]

I love this one too Motown Eddie. The Temptations-"Sail Away" 1983


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK171ZKZsPw

[marv2]

Eddie Holland - "Jamie" from 1961


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcgXK9DVRZY

[marv2]

Love this one too. Marv Johnson from 1959 and "Come to Me"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns1ZCXFCIj8

[marv2]

This should have been a big hit. DeBarge - "Time Will Reveal" from late 1983:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_988-cpiG94

[Motown Eddie]

This should have been a big hit. DeBarge - "Time Will Reveal" from late 1983:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_988-cpiG94

DeBarge's "Time Will Reveal" was a big hit [[at #1 R&B and #18 Pop) in 1983. And speaking of DeBarge, Bunny DeBarge's "Save The Best For Me [[Best Of Your Lovin')" [[from 1987) is a better example of a great but rarely heard track.


https://youtu.be/ZZnOpg1IOMw

[marv2]

DeBarge's "Time Will Reveal" was a big hit [[at #1 R&B and #18 Pop) in 1983. And speaking of DeBarge, Bunny DeBarge's "Save The Best For Me [[Best Of Your Lovin')" [[from 1987) is a better example of a great but rarely heard track.


https://youtu.be/ZZnOpg1IOMw

Thanks Motown Eddie. I really like that song!

[marv2]

Miss Kim Weston and "Helpless"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA6s1cMS4oQ

[marv2]

A monster track that is one of my all time favorite records! Rare Earth and "I Just Want to Celebrate"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRVPLPFoJL0

[marv2]

This had "80s" written all over it. Lionel Riche and "Running With the Night"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PnhlXLHKAE

[daviddh]

Mary Wilson... warm summer night
the Supremes... Nathan Jones.... very under rated

[marv2]

Back when Smokey and the Miracles were knocking them out of the park with every release. "Baby Baby Don't Cry "


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_45gwZ7vXAg

[marv2]

The King of "Punk Funk".................Rick James and "Big Time" from 1980:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApMp1ISaVLQ

[Ngroove]

A couple years ago, during one of my daily trips to my area's big local antique mall, at one point, the place was playing a virtual back-to-back-to-back Motown marathon. One of the songs played, that I truly found a positively interesting gesture at remembering it enough to play in inclusion with the top twenties, Shorty Long's "Function At The Junction".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxLAXHW80xo

[jsmith]

This Stevie Wonder 45 plug side didn't do too well in the charts in the mid 60's ... so the 45 was flipped by radio DJ's & the other side did better .. by then though it had affected the release plans of Amy Records who retitled Lou Ragland's upcoming 45 track as "I Travel Alone" ... this is a bit like PLACE IN THE SUN ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Hqx_FCNgI

[marv2]

This Stevie Wonder 45 plug side didn't do too well in the charts in the mid 60's ... so the 45 was flipped by radio DJ's & the other side did better .. by then though it had affected the release plans of Amy Records who retitled Lou Ragland's upcoming 45 track as "I Travel Alone" ... this is a bit like PLACE IN THE SUN ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Hqx_FCNgI

I remember this record most because of the noticeable change in Stevie's voice. It became deeper and smooth as he grew up. Thank you for this memory.

[marv2]

This one is like the quintessential Motown recording. It has all of the elements of the "Motown Sound". The Four Tops and "I'll Turn To Stone"!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u9gNkgtjTU

[marv2]

Tammi Terrell "Come On and See Me"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOY-VTz9V4c

[marv2]

Another brilliant number not heard too often. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - "California Soul"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUVTnYwGqxI

[TomatoTom123]

DAMN I love this...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7PXwPzWxvM&app=desktop

[TomatoTom123]

FaNtAsTiC!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBqa_f4_mYI&app=desktop

[Motown Eddie]

Here's a few more Rarely Heard Motown tracks-
1. "Point It Out"-Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
2. "Firefly"-The Temptations
3. "Help Me Make It Through The Night"-Gladys Knight & the Pips
4. "That's How Heartaches Are Made"-The Marvelettes
5. "Satisfaction"-Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
6. "Hum Along And Dance"-Rare Earth
7. "Law Of The Land"-The Undisputed Truth
8. "There's A Ghost In My House"-R. Dean Taylor
9. "Wild One"-Martha & the Vandellas
10. "I Had A Dream"-Shorty Long

[marv2]

Here's a few more Rarely Heard Motown tracks-
1. "Point It Out"-Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
2. "Firefly"-The Temptations
3. "Help Me Make It Through The Night"-Gladys Knight & the Pips
4. "That's How Heartaches Are Made"-The Marvelettes
5. "Satisfaction"-Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
6. "Hum Along And Dance"-Rare Earth
7. "Law Of The Land"-The Undisputed Truth
8. "There's A Ghost In My House"-R. Dean Taylor
9. "Wild One"-Martha & the Vandellas
10. "I Had A Dream"-Shorty Long



Some really great choices. Now I am going to try to listen to these over the holiday.

[marv2]

G.C. Cameron "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday" 1975:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUDVj7qPqRE

[Ngroove]

Mary Jane Girls

Popular Commonly Played Hit: "In My House"

Uncommonly Rarer Rest: The rest, but I presume that's according from region to region, big city areas, and if region has a decent classic soul / urban station around such. Mine used to, but not anymore, but I still remembered when I first heard "All Night Long" on it, its groove was easily confusable with what a more nineties-like girl group would do, than being ahead of its time in the early eighties.

And, I remember the first time I listened to "Boys" on an urban mix station, its beat just as melding with the contemporaries it would play during the late nineties, I listened on a bus, brightly smiling at downtown Chicago's sights when I was thirteen.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDbqddHD9LY

[Ngroove]

Switch

Popular Commonly Played Hit: If there is one, depending on region / big cities / decent urban / classic soul station, "There'll Never Be".

But, there's always the memories. Such as, first hearing "Love Over And Over Again". What captured and continues to capture the most about this one that makes it as special as it was / is, was Bobby DeBarge [[was it Bobby?) with his high falsetto pleading climax of "Love Me, Love Me, Love Me, Love Me, Love Me, Love Me, Love Me, Love Me, Love Me, Love Me, Love Me, Love Me, Love Me"....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnmyMefJo7Y

[arr&bee]

What more could a boy ask for-the spinners...i need a change-the miracles...i'm gonna keep on trying-edwin starr.

[TomatoTom123]

Here you go, arr&bee... enjoy! :)


What more could a boy ask for-the spinners


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kf8ydMLieM&app=desktop

[TomatoTom123]

i need a change-the miracles


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10ZuJrHHRSw&app=desktop

[TomatoTom123]

i'm gonna keep on trying-edwin starr


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noTg0vcGtQg&app=desktop

[arr&bee]

Thanks tomato tom,you da man.

[marv2]

Here you go, arr&bee... enjoy! :)




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kf8ydMLieM&app=desktop

That was a good one!

[marv2]

Mary Jane Girls

Popular Commonly Played Hit: "In My House"

Uncommonly Rarer Rest: The rest, but I presume that's according from region to region, big city areas, and if region has a decent classic soul / urban station around such. Mine used to, but not anymore, but I still remembered when I first heard "All Night Long" on it, its groove was easily confusable with what a more nineties-like girl group would do, than being ahead of its time in the early eighties.

And, I remember the first time I listened to "Boys" on an urban mix station, its beat just as melding with the contemporaries it would play during the late nineties, I listened on a bus, brightly smiling at downtown Chicago's sights when I was thirteen.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDbqddHD9LY

Those were my girls!

[arr&bee]

Hey marv,no disrespect to the great classic girl groups of motown,but the mary jane girls may have been the best motown girl group ever!!

[marv2]

Hey marv,no disrespect to the great classic girl groups of motown,but the mary jane girls may have been the best motown girl group ever!!

I'm not necessarily disagreeing. The Mary Jane Girls were MY GIRLS! They certainly were the best of the bunch in the 80s.

[marv2]

Hey marv,no disrespect to the great classic girl groups of motown,but the mary jane girls may have been the best motown girl group ever!!

They would have been awesome with Mary Wilson as a member. LOL!!!

Did you know that Rick James wanted to produce Mary Wilson?

[TomatoTom123]

They would have been awesome with Mary Wilson as a member. LOL!!!

Did you know that Rick James wanted to produce Mary Wilson?

WOW, Marv, is that true? That would have been interesting [[and great). When was this? 1979-ish? :)

[marv2]

WOW, Marv, is that true? That would have been interesting [[and great). When was this? 1979-ish? :)

Oh yeah it was very true. I am not sure which year, but he was after her to let him produce a solo album on her.

[arr&bee]

Yeah i'd like to produce her too...[hehehehehe-wink-wink].

[lockhartgary]

G.C. Cameron "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday" 1975:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUDVj7qPqRE

One of the greatest tearjerker movie endings if ever there was one!

[marv2]

Yeah i'd like to produce her too...[hehehehehe-wink-wink].

I heard that.........hehehehehehehe!

[marv2]

One of the greatest tearjerker movie endings if ever there was one!

It was awful wasn't it Lockhartgary? I mean, I was 15 when I first saw it in theater with a group of my buddies. At the end we all got real silent LOL! It really was the all time saddest ending next to "Brian's Song" and "Imitation of Life" in 1959.

[arr&bee]

Don't get me started on[imitation of life]mahalia will make a stone cry,she's the best of all time!!

[marv2]

Don't get me started on[imitation of life]mahalia will make a stone cry,she's the best of all time!!

Now that was a truly iconic scene! The vision of Mahalia Jackson singing her heart out in front of a large stain glassed window.....whew!

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[marv2]

Ok, enough of this sad stuff. Let's get Happy!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BREhYxLvnqM

[marv2]

Smokey Robinson - Happy [[Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C2gXMmaC-U

[marv2]

The Marvelettes "Beachwood 4-5789" from 1962!!!!!!!!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsuHewZ4Zg4

[marv2]

One of my favorites!~ The Four Tops "Something About You Baby"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nue3bC_QP8o

[caliluv]

Without The One You Love -- the Four Tops

Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit Baby -- Jimmy Ruffin

Stand By Me.-- Jimmy and David Ruffin

[marv2]

Some good ones Caliluv. Never hear those songs played but they are very good.

[tjl]

for me....my top 25 is......

1. Would I Love You - The Miracles
2. It's A Good Good Feeling - The Miracles
3. I've Got A Feeling - Four Tops
4. Third Finger, Left Hand - Martha & The Vandellas
5. Everything Is Good About You - The Supremes
6. If My Heart Could Tell A Story - Edwin Starr
7. Put Yourself In My Place - The Elgins
8. Show Me You Can Dance - The Miracles
9. Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - Jimmy Ruffin
10. Keep On Loving Me - Frances Nero
11. Just A Misunderstanding - The Contours
12. Behind A Painted Smile - The Isley Brothers
13. Don't Look Back - The Temptations
14. My Love Is Your Love Forever - Miracles/Isley Brothers
15. He's All I Got - The Supremes
16. All I Need - The Temptations
17. Since You've Been Gone - Four Tops
18. S.O.S. - Edwin Starr
19. Take This Heart Of Mine - Marvin Gaye
20. I Guess I'll Always Love You - The Isley Brothers
21. I'm Still Loving You - Kim Weston
22. Little Darling [[I Need You) - Marvin Gaye
23. You Lost The Sweetest Boy - Mary Wells
24. Sweet Thing - The Spinners
25. Baby Don't You Go - The Miracles

[marv2]

for me....my top 25 is......

1. Would I Love You - The Miracles
2. It's A Good Good Feeling - The Miracles
3. I've Got A Feeling - Four Tops
4. Third Finger, Left Hand - Martha & The Vandellas
5. Everything Is Good About You - The Supremes
6. If My Heart Could Tell A Story - Edwin Starr
7. Put Yourself In My Place - The Elgins
8. Show Me You Can Dance - The Miracles
9. Farewell Is A Lonely Sound - Jimmy Ruffin
10. Keep On Loving Me - Frances Nero
11. Just A Misunderstanding - The Contours
12. Behind A Painted Smile - The Isley Brothers
13. Don't Look Back - The Temptations
14. My Love Is Your Love Forever - Miracles/Isley Brothers
15. He's All I Got - The Supremes
16. All I Need - The Temptations
17. Since You've Been Gone - Four Tops
18. S.O.S. - Edwin Starr
19. Take This Heart Of Mine - Marvin Gaye
20. I Guess I'll Always Love You - The Isley Brothers
21. I'm Still Loving You - Kim Weston
22. Little Darling [[I Need You) - Marvin Gaye
23. You Lost The Sweetest Boy - Mary Wells
24. Sweet Thing - The Spinners
25. Baby Don't You Go - The Miracles

Boy TJ! That is a great list. Worthy of a "Motown Special" on the station [[hint, hint LOL!) .

[jobucats]

One of my favorites!~ The Four Tops "Something About You Baby"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nue3bC_QP8o

Definitely one of those "unsung" rockers! In structure, "Something About You" creates a tension and drive in the verses, backed by the great Funk Brothers, and the release of that tension on the chorus, "There's something about you, baby. That's makes me keepa lovin' you!"

[caliluv]

Thanks Marv. I play those a lot

[McMotown]

I Can't believe no one has come up with The Spinners 'Bad, Bad Weather' [[and even London get's a mention lol)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5-LwoQN6ag

[marv2]

I Can't believe no one has come up with The Spinners 'Bad, Bad Weather' [[and even London get's a mention lol)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5-LwoQN6ag

I loved that. Thank you for this one McMotown!

[marv2]

Marvin Gaye "That's The Way Love Is" -1969


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-myDcFUbTQs

[McMotown]

Love that Marvin Gaye track - marv.
Now I also like a bit of Syreeta - Harmour Love


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfwR5HJLEc

[marv2]

Syreeta was another one that should have had more hits. Why she didn't is a mystery.

[marv2]

I only heard this on the radio in New York a couple of times, but it quickly became a favorite. Mary Wilson "Turn Around" from 1996.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYbMChbjDeI

[TomatoTom123]

I only heard this on the radio in New York a couple of times, but it quickly became a favorite. Mary Wilson "Turn Around" from 1996.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYbMChbjDeI

WOW! DAMN, I like that! Much more than I thought I would, I have to say. How great. :)

[marv2]

WOW! DAMN? LOL!!!!! You go boy! LOL!

[TomatoTom123]

WOW! DAMN? LOL!!!!! You go boy! LOL!

lolololol, yes, Marv

[Boogiedown]

Syreeta was another one that should have had more hits. Why she didn't is a mystery.

I'm not really familiar with Syreeta's music .... so when you say she should have had more hits ... well, you gotta put out the qualifying music !!!
Can you provide examples ??


Marv2
One of my favorites!~ The Four Tops "Something About You Baby"

Perfect use of the classic Motown sound !! Top Twenty Pop , Top Ten Soul.

and this , a NUMBER ONE SONG in 1972 , seems to have all but vanished :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g40WCBaUXR4

[marv2]

Sure. For example just about any cut from her 1980 album, "Syreeta" should have been a hit. Here's one for you to sample:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqr6XydnT0M&list=PL6MsUc6U3Ve8OwvB85aprjn-ayAbc1MpZ

[marv2]

Also from the 1980 album "Syreeta" "Let Me Be the One". She could give Minnie Riperton a run for her money.......


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r49WZzW4RA4&index=2&list=PL6MsUc6U3Ve8OwvB85aprjn-ayAbc1MpZ

[marv2]

Last one for now. Her take on the Chantel's big hit......"He's Gone"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX5grh2g80s

[marv2]

I'm not really familiar with Syreeta's music .... so when you say she should have had more hits ... well, you gotta put out the qualifying music !!!
Can you provide examples ??



Perfect use of the classic Motown sound !! Top Twenty Pop , Top Ten Soul.

and this , a NUMBER ONE SONG in 1972 , seems to have all but vanished :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g40WCBaUXR4

This one of my favorites from Michael Jackson. The movie kind of sucked but this song was tremendous!

[marv2]

The Miracles "Do It Baby" from 1974:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOufJoytPxk

[marv2]

From October 1967, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas "Honey Child"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RP7twi__Jo

[marv2]

Edwin Starr - "25 Miles" 1969.......


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFredbE3goM

[RichyP]

Hi Guys
first ever post, been reading here for many years.Can't say I rarely here this song, because I play Stevies version a lot, but also really like the others which I do rarely hear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqbvX_sYoN0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shy8Xgncxww
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMxPsZuouY8

Hope to be back soon with a thread of my own
Best wishes to all!

[marv2]

Hey RichyP, welcome to SDF!

[thommg]

Someone mentioned this early on and I think it deserves to have a video posted - Marvin Gaye singing You. A great, great song. Also, I would add All I Need by The Temptations as a forgotten gem. That one should not be forgotten!

https://youtu.be/a9F8SNmaqIg

[McMotown]

Marv I love that track 'Do it Baby'. All those great Syreeta tracks you posted you forgot 'Spinnin and Spinnin'

BTW welcome RichyP


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6ktkOUfbH8

[TomatoTom123]

Hi Guys
first ever post, been reading here for many years.Can't say I rarely here this song, because I play Stevies version a lot, but also really like the others which I do rarely hear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqbvX_sYoN0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shy8Xgncxww
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMxPsZuouY8

Hope to be back soon with a thread of my own
Best wishes to all!

Hey Richy, welcome!!!!! Great choice by the way... fantastic and underrated song! Are you aware of Brenda Holloway's version? It's also excellent... but no surprise there, eh? :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA8jGpoUGrA&app=desktop

[TomatoTom123]

Marv I love that track 'Do it Baby'. All those great Syreeta tracks you posted you forgot 'Spinnin and Spinnin'

BTW welcome RichyP

Hey Marv and Paul, I love this one by Syreeta too...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSbPwkFzQgE&app=desktop

[TomatoTom123]

Also love this fantastic song... quite a big hit here in the UK I believe but unfortunately I have never heard it on the radio before...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LQSA7V7ffs&app=desktop

[marv2]

Hey Richy, welcome!!!!! Great choice by the way... fantastic and underrated song! Are you aware of Brenda Holloway's? It's also excellent... but no surprise there, eh? :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA8jGpoUGrA&app=desktop

So Brenda got a crack this one too? I like it. Brenda has a more full bodied voice than Tammi Terrell. Nice find.

[marv2]

Also love this fantastic song... quite a big hit here in the UK I believe but unfortunately I have never heard it on the radio before...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LQSA7V7ffs&app=desktop

That's a nice enough record but it would have never gotten any radio airplay in the U.S.

[marv2]

This was the last record by Syreeta that made any noise here in the U.S. From 1981 "Quick Slick":


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvt_Xssb2aw

[marv2]

Now this was a major debut hit for Switch in the Fall of 1978. We would sing this walking across campus my freshman year in college. Switch - "There'll Never Be"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLKkkOoszAA

[marv2]

A big record in Philadelphia................DAVID RUFFIN -"STATUE OF A FOOL" [[1975)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-hmjM5Nt-k

[marv2]

This was popular on CKLW Windsor-Detroit for Martha Reeves - "Wild Night"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdEMQBFUdZ0

[RichyP]

Hi Tomato Tom
I want to thank all you guys for the welcome you've given me, and hope you don't get bored with my ramblings too soon
No I wasn't aware of this track, and as you say great version.
Hey Richy, welcome!!!!! Great choice by the way... fantastic and underrated song! Are you aware of Brenda Holloway's version? It's also excellent... but no surprise there, eh? :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA8jGpoUGrA&app=desktop

[RichyP]

Another one of my favourites is Little Stevies' "Teach me tonight" I love the vocal interjections that sound remarkably like Levi, altho' I believe they are from Clarence Paul.
I cannot find a link to a playable recording and would much appreciate it if someone could and post it on here.
My copy is tucked away somewhere in the attic
Please keep this thread going, I'm really enjoying it

[TomatoTom123]

Hi Tomato Tom
I want to thank all you guys for the welcome you've given me, and hope you don't get bored with my ramblings too soon
No I wasn't aware of this track, and as you say great version.

Hey Richy, I'm sure you'll love it here as I did when I first became a member. And don't worry about rambling, I do it all the time... in fact it's a vital component of most of my posts, LOL

Oh, yes, I believe Brenda's version was another of her then-unreleased recordings that didn't see the light of day until 2005 with her Motown Anthology! :)

[TomatoTom123]

Another one of my favourites is Little Stevies' "Teach me tonight" I love the vocal interjections that sound remarkably like Levi, altho' I believe they are from Clarence Paul.
I cannot find a link to a playable recording and would much appreciate it if someone could and post it on here.
My copy is tucked away somewhere in the attic
Please keep this thread going, I'm really enjoying it

You know, Richy, I had never even heard that one before, it's great. Oh, yea, I hear Levi Stubbs on there too. How great.

Wait, that's Clarence Paul? It really sounds like Levi. I've never really heard Clarence sing though so...? :)

Hey Richy, I found this clip of "Teach Me Tonight" on YouTube, enjoy :D


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1lQDbwM_Q8&app=desktop

[RichyP]

You know, Richy, I had never even heard that one before, it's great. Oh, yea, I hear Levi Stubbs on there too. How great.

Wait, that's Clarence Paul? It really sounds like Levi. I've never really heard Clarance sing though so...? :)

Hey Richy, I found this clip of "Teach Me Tonight" on YouTube, enjoy :D


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1lQDbwM_Q8&app=desktop
Thanks for that Tomato Tom Wow the memories come flooding back, I remember every Friday lunchtime I would go to a certain pub in a boisterous Naval town, as the jukebox was always restocked then, I would sift thro' the records being removed and pay the guy a shilling[[dime, I suppose) for each one I wanted.On this one occasion I got a well worn copy of Stevies' "I was made to love Her" Later that evening I presented it to my then Girlfriend, now my Wife, you would have thought I'd given her a diamond ring
[[what a cheapskate!)

[robb_k]

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The Serenaders - "Tears, Nobody, and a Smile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoGCjrVr22c

[RichyP]

Ooh Ooh can I go again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly8G9Psdqxw






























IMHOP as good as Ooh Baby Baby

[marv2]

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The Serenaders - "Tears, Nobody, and a Smile:

https://www.shazam.com/track/105229858/tears-nobody-and-a-smile

I like the background on this one a lot. Thanks Robb!

[marv2]

Here ya go RichyP


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly8G9Psdqxw

[marv2]

The Marvelettes - "Destination Anywhere" [[August 1968)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5lrEfqUTbw

[RichyP]

[QUOTE=marv2;397541]Here ya go RichyP

Thanks Marv
How do you do that?

[McMotown]

A big record in Philadelphia................DAVID RUFFIN -"STATUE OF A FOOL" [[1975)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-hmjM5Nt-k

OMG Marv this is one fantastic track, it's one of my all time favourite Motown tracks THANKS.

[biggestfourtops fan]

Another one of my favourites is Little Stevies' "Teach me tonight" I love the vocal interjections that sound remarkably like Levi, altho' I believe they are from Clarence Paul.
I cannot find a link to a playable recording and would much appreciate it if someone could and post it on here.
My copy is tucked away somewhere in the attic
Please keep this thread going, I'm really enjoying it
That is Levi. Clarance Paul's has a softer gospel like sound.

[TomatoTom123]

Thanks Marv
How do you do that?

Hey Richy, do you want to know how to insert videos into your posts? If you do, here's my guide!!!

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For example, here is what I typed to insert that Stevie Wonder video into my above post:

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Hope that helps!! :)

[marv2]

Here is a bit simpler way of inserting a video. Copy the video's URL, come back to Soulful Detroit. Then on the little task bar above where you posts your comments click on the little "film role" icon that is second from the end of icons on the task bar. Once you click on it ,a space bar will pop up, past the video URL in the empty bar. Then you can continue typing outside of the URL brackets or you can just click "post quick reply" at the bottom.

[TomatoTom123]

Here is a bit simpler way of inserting a video. Copy the video's URL, come back to Soulful Detroit. Then on the little task bar above where you posts your comments click on the little "film role" icon that is second from the end of icons on the task bar. Once you click on it ,a space bar will pop up, past the video URL in the empty bar. Then you can continue typing outside of the URL brackets or you can just click "post quick reply" at the bottom.

Hey Marv, what ya tryin' to say? That my way of inserting videos isn't simple?! LOL, I'll have you know that just creating that guide took me a good 15 minutes :p

[marv2]

Hey Marv, what ya tryin' to say? That my way of inserting videos isn't simple?! LOL, I'll have you know that just creating that guide took me a good 15 minutes :p

That's why mine is simpler. It took me less than 2 mins to type. LOL

[marv2]

All help to new members is appreciated.

[marv2]

Chuck Jackson - "Boy Overpower [[The Man In You)" 1968


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVn5xqmdEP0

[marv2]

From 1983 High Inergy and..................."He's A Pretender"!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44nAQ7_VdQc

[marv2]

The Supremeskis and "Everybody's Got The Right To Love [[MONO)" from 1970:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Mf6NOgeN0

[marv2]

Marvin Gaye "Pretty Little Baby" 1965:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo0ckSPSDs8

[marv2]

One of my favorite Motown ladies.....Ms. Carolyn Crawford and "My Smile Is Just A Frown [[Turned Upside Down)" 1964


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c19uExWf6r8

[marv2]

This was what I call an essential 60s house party record. Jr. Walker and The Allstars "How Sweet It Is" from 1965!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-wVHosSpJs

[RichyP]

That is Levi. Clarance Paul's has a softer gospel like sound.

Hi BFTF
Thanks for that always doubted, but I think there was some discussion over this in Record Mirror and/or Blues and Soul letters at the time of album release, I probably did not follow thro' to conclusion
Thanks again
I must be up there in the upper echelons of 4top fandom too

[RichyP]

Hey Marv, what ya tryin' to say? That my way of inserting videos isn't simple?! LOL, I'll have you know that just creating that guide took me a good 15 minutes :p

Hey TT and Marv
Thanks a lot you guys, my tech Guru, my 14 year old grandson has abandoned me, he say's I'm a Hopeless case? I don't know what he means?
Will try out my new found skills later

[RichyP]

This was what I call an essential 60s house party record. Jr. Walker and The Allstars "How Sweet It Is" from 1965!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-wVHosSpJs

Hey Marv
Couldn't agree more. I love these pseudo live studio recordings, Money is another as you are well aware. also like the Supremes'
"Someday well be together" Johnny Bristol sounds like he is at the back of a rather large auditorium don't you think
Regarding party records, I have only ever worn out one record and that was The Temptations first greatest hits album, you could put that on with the autochanger arm back and it would play continuously, after 4 or 5 times some would eventually turn it over and repeat.

[RichyP]

Test, but I really do like this one, and haven't heard it anywhere, other than in my house


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjOIJdKMceM


Actually met Jimmy after a concert 1990 I think, I asked him why he had only sang his early stuff, he said it was what people wanted to hear. I pointed out that I was people and said I would have liked to hear this song, his face lit up, and he said " I wrote that "

ooPs this is supposed to be " because of you" but seems to be all of Jimmys' stuff on Youtube
must try harder!!!!

[McMotown]

RichyP thanks for that track I've never heard that before and wow you met him Jimmy Ruffin.
Hey Marv what about this David Ruffin track. Tom might apprciate this one:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbaCXwTsTIc

[TomatoTom123]

Test, but I really do like this one, and haven't heard it anywhere, other than in my house


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjOIJdKMceM


Actually met Jimmy after a concert 1990 I think, I asked him why he had only sang his early stuff, he said it was what people wanted to hear. I pointed out that I was people and said I would have liked to hear this song, his face lit up, and he said " I wrote that "

ooPs this is supposed to be " because of you" but seems to be all of Jimmys' stuff on Youtube
must try harder!!!!

Hey, Richy, you did it!!!! Yay! I'm proud of you, lol

Thanks for posting that one too, for some reason I had never heard it before and WOW it is fantastic. And what a great experience, thanks for sharing. It really made me smile. :)

[TomatoTom123]

RichyP thanks for that track I've never heard that before and wow you met him Jimmy Ruffin.
Hey Marv what about this David Ruffin track. Tom might apprciate this one:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbaCXwTsTIc

AH, I do appreciate it, Paul, LOL

I really don't know why I said I didn't like that one originally. The song is always better than I think it is when I listen to it. It's probably one of my least favourite songs on the [[absolutely fantastic) Everything's Coming Up Love LP... but it's still excellent of course. ;)

[caliluv]

Five Smooth Stone "I Will Never Love Another"

https://youtu.be/ZgAW8O2wfGw

[marv2]

Five Smooth Stone "I Will Never Love Another"

https://youtu.be/ZgAW8O2wfGw

That is a nice song Caliluv. Do you know anything about this group?

[marv2]

The Supremes and The Four Tops "Knock on My Door" from 1970 and a favorite of mine..................


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbjLFgwlv7k

[biggestfourtops fan]

The Four Tops- YESTERDAY'S DREAMS, I'M IN A DIFFERENT WORLD, WHAT IS A MAN, BARBARA'S BOY, NOTHING

[marv2]

The Four Tops- YESTERDAY'S DREAMS, I'M IN A DIFFERENT WORLD, WHAT IS A MAN, BARBARA'S BOY, NOTHING

"I'm In A Different World" is definitely one of my favorites I don't hear much:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5fwuIzaVJ4

[RichyP]

AAH David Ruffin
Where do I begin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEv04FvDyQk
Demonstrating his vocal range even in his advancing years and after much personal abuse

Outperforms TP [[ I love TP)
see also
Miss You pt 1
Take me clear from here
just for starters

[RichyP]

and just for balance, here's Dennis [[well the tempts actually)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UMPa1xe3TU
am I posting too many?

[McMotown]

AAH David Ruffin
Where do I begin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEv04FvDyQk
Demonstrating his vocal range even in his advancing years and after much personal abuse

Outperforms TP [[ I love TP)
see also
Miss You pt 1
Take me clear from here
just for starters

RichyP - I love Take Me Clear From Here great track. You carry on listing as many as you want. It's good to see what gets us all going.
Plus I love Temps could listen to them all day long, in fact I do sometimes lol.

[PeaceNHarmony]

There appears to be no interest in a show playing soul music that a lot of people on here regularly complain is not played on radio shows. I'm at a loss to understand this.
It can't be the music, so it must be me
Perhaps it's because I'm from the UK?
:D Thanks for the mixcloud link! I'll try it this evening.

[marv2]

Back when I thought Little Stevie Wonder was around my age. LOL!

"Contract On Love" 1962

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rodGHamiY9U

[arr&bee]

Who will take the blame-the miracles

[TomatoTom123]

Who will take the blame-the miracles

Hey arr&bee, I could only find this one [[?)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSOXQLmm3wo&app=desktop

[marv2]

Who will take the blame-the miracles

Another one of Motown's sad songs. Without looking, i am remembering June 1970.

[marv2]

Gladys Knight & The Pips "Didn't You Know [[You'd Have To Cry Sometime)" [[1969)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwivWKsL65c

[marv2]

How about a Gladys Knight and the Pips "twin spin"! From 1971 "I Don't Want To Do Wrong":


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opC019TwQsw

[RichyP]

[QUOTE=marv2;398133]Back when I thought Little Stevie Wonder was around my age. LOL!





Hey Marv
Great song that !!
I'm 1 year older than Stevie, almost to the day
here's another great one


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWfpV3AVR94

[RichyP]

Can I insert 2 videos in one post?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1R4800bpDc

apparently I can't, please see next post

[RichyP]

See previous MG Try it Baby post


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmdH5hAhs_8

I was listening to The History of Motown 1965 in my car Sunday morning, and noticed the[[to me anyway) similarities to the backing tracks, is that Marvin on piano, and who is that playing the Jordinaires type guitar solo midway thro' the Shorty number?
anyone have an opinion

[Ngroove]

The Originals, mostly known for Marvin Gaye-penned romantic ballads, a few more ballads after that, then up to 76's "Down To Love Town"; my favorite of theirs, mid-tempo and mid-charting, "Good Lovin' Is Just A Dime Away".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5b4Jyhurrs

[arr&bee]

hey arr&bee, i could only find this one [[?)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsoxqlmm3wo&app=desktopthat's the one,i messed up the title,my bad.

[McMotown]

Great track RichyP I do like Shorty Long, that reminds me hope no one else has posted it yet Funtion At The Junction sorry if they have. Here Comes The Judge is such a great fun album with the likes of the above and Night Fo' last, Here Come's Fat Albert and Stranded in the jungle.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiJUXmIQztg

[TomatoTom123]

The Originals, mostly known for Marvin Gaye-penned romantic ballads, a few more ballads after that, then up to 76's "Down To Love Town"; my favorite of theirs, mid-tempo and mid-charting, "Good Lovin' Is Just A Dime Away".

Ahh, very nice! Don't get me started on The Originals though, Ngroove, they're just so underrated...!!!

How about this absolutely fantastic should-have-been-a-massive-smash of a song?! :D


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tojat4SaPns&app=desktop

[McMotown]

Ahh, very nice! Don't get me started on The Originals though, Ngroove, they're just so underrated...!!!

How about this absolutely fantastic should-have-been-a-massive-smash of a song?! :D


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tojat4SaPns&app=desktop

I thought someone would post this soon another fantastic Originals track. thanks Tom:D

[TomatoTom123]

I thought someone would post this soon another fantastic Originals track. thanks Tom:D

Ah, it just had to be posted... so wonderul... yo' welcome Paul ;)

[McMotown]

River Deep Mountain High - Supremes and Four Tops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb88TkuBODw

[marv2]

[QUOTE=marv2;398133]Back when I thought Little Stevie Wonder was around my age. LOL!



Hey Marv
Great song that !!
I'm 1 year older than Stevie, almost to the day
here's another great one


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWfpV3AVR94

RichyP, you picked a great! This is one I remember a friend sang in one of our school talent shows. Stevie had so many good songs, he could have had his own radio station. Well in fact he did, but it played a variety of artists. Thank you for making me remember "Never Had A Dream Come True".

[marv2]

River Deep Mountain High - Supremes and Four Tops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb88TkuBODw

This one was a huge hit at our house. I remember my 7 year old sister standing in front of the stereo just dancing her brains out and my brother and I singing at the tops of our lungs. LOL!

[marv2]

Ten years after his first solo release, David Ruffin proved he still had IT!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dce5--An8Ug

[marv2]

From the Winter of 1977-78, Diana Ross - "Gettin' Ready for Love"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HSH4qFS_4w

[marv2]

Come on and let's get down with Rick James and "Cold Blooded" from 1983!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnjbMtHH1H8&spfreload=1

[marv2]

Teena Marie - "Lovergirl"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fyWgjhe_Zg

[marv2]

My baby! VANITY Under The Influence


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SL5K72JtHo

[Boogiedown]

Sure. For example just about any cut from her 1980 album, "Syreeta" should have been a hit. Here's one for you to sample:



I meant to thank you for providing these Marv. I do hear hit potential in BLAME IT . :)

I listen to this and I'm reminded how I came to decide that Gladys Knight was and still is my favorite female vocalist. [[ oh and Kris Kristofferson my favorite songwriter)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX66ZtKnmYU

[marv2]

I meant to thank you for providing these Marv. I do hear hit potential in BLAME IT . :)

I listen to this and I'm reminded how I came to decide that Gladys Knight was and still is my favorite female vocalist. [[ oh and Kris Kristofferson my favorite songwriter)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX66ZtKnmYU

Gladys is a LOT of people's favorite female vocalist. Definitely one of mine.

[RichyP]

How about this one, the great Luther is in there somewhere as well


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQwoIxGkO20

[RichyP]

And this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqc_EhmL8-E

[RichyP]

I may be pushing Marvs' parameters for this thread a little with this one, it was the first 45 that my mother bought, she had to buy a record player as well , as her old gramophone she had, only played 78's she had all of Elvis-es she trashed them later when she got "the golden hits"
this may be tenuous, but Berry did co-write it


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXa6PzFR_GE

[RichyP]

alternatively

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnntDuNpDtE

[marv2]

I may be pushing Marvs' parameters for this thread a little with this one, it was the first 45 that my mother bought, she had to buy a record player as well , as her old gramophone she had, only played 78's she had all of Elvis-es she trashed them later when she got "the golden hits"
this may be tenuous, but Berry did co-write it


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXa6PzFR_GE

Oh RichyP you are totally right on with this entry! Jackie Wilson would have been Motown's big star if it were not for his contract with Brunswick. This reminds me of a story. About 5 years ago my mother took me down to the old Civic Auditorium in Toledo, Ohio where Jackie Wilson and all of the early [[soon to be ) Motown stars played. She showed me the wooden dance floor and the wooden stage where Jackie use to glide across, fall down on his knees and sing the roof off of the place! This was in the 1950s and she and my father were big fans!

Another bit of trivia. Berry Gordy's first two weddings were in Toledo!

[marv2]

RichyP, thanks also for remind me of mine and my cousin Debbie's favorite Isley Brothers record...........

Isley Brothers "Love the One You're With" from 1971


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brKwex4UXaw

[RichyP]

Hey Marv
great story, I so envy you guys over there,how I would have loved to have gone to the Roostertail. I used to gaze in wonderment at the 4tops live album cover

[marv2]

Hey Marv
great story, I so envy you guys over there,how I would have loved to have gone to the Roostertail. I used to gaze in wonderment at the 4tops live album cover

I was never old enough to go inside the Roostertail Upper Deck for shows back in the day, but I've been inside.

[RichyP]

I was never old enough to go inside the Roostertail Upper Deck for shows back in the day, but I've been inside.

I've seen the tempts in various incarnations over here, 4 times, as I said the other day, I saw Jimmy Ruffin and saw Mary Wells 1964 I think on the Beatles tour, but they were all in large theatres where there was limited atmosphere I did however see Junior Walker and the All Stars, in 1965/6 at the Shaftsbury theatre in London and boy was there an atmosphere there. A few months later the Theatre was closed for several years for refurbishment, apparently plaster had been falling from the ceiling, I always chuckle when I see Juniors Blow the House Down cover.
We had four or five nice clubs accessible in the mid 60's and 3 or 4 bands that regularly played them. Georgie Fame, Prince Buster, and Jimmy James spring to mind[[ he could really get a conga going singing "Amen" he would leave the dance hall go through the bar, out thro the kitchens, on thro the cloak room back to the dance hall with maybe 100 to 150 of us in tow) great atmosphere.
aaH memories, you realise you guys are my therapists, keeping the old grey matter churning, but don't bill me

[marv2]

I've seen the tempts in various incarnations over here, 4 times, as I said the other day, I saw Jimmy Ruffin and saw Mary Wells 1964 I think on the Beatles tour, but they were all in large theatres where there was limited atmosphere I did however see Junior Walker and the All Stars, in 1965/6 at the Shaftsbury theatre in London and boy was there an atmosphere there. A few months later the Theatre was closed for several years for refurbishment, apparently plaster had been falling from the ceiling, I always chuckle when I see Juniors Blow the House Down cover.
We had four or five nice clubs accessible in the mid 60's and 3 or 4 bands that regularly played them. Georgie Fame, Prince Buster, and Jimmy James spring to mind[[ he could really get a conga going singing "Amen" he would leave the dance hall go through the bar, out thro the kitchens, on thro the cloak room back to the dance hall with maybe 100 to 150 of us in tow) great atmosphere.
aaH memories, you realise you guys are my therapists, keeping the old grey matter churning, but don't bill me

Do you know I never got to hear what Georgie Fame sounded like until he toured with Mary Wilson and Bill Wyman a few years ago. He and Mary did a spectacular duet of "Stormy Weather".

[marv2]

I've seen the tempts in various incarnations over here, 4 times, as I said the other day, I saw Jimmy Ruffin and saw Mary Wells 1964 I think on the Beatles tour, but they were all in large theatres where there was limited atmosphere I did however see Junior Walker and the All Stars, in 1965/6 at the Shaftsbury theatre in London and boy was there an atmosphere there. A few months later the Theatre was closed for several years for refurbishment, apparently plaster had been falling from the ceiling, I always chuckle when I see Juniors Blow the House Down cover.
We had four or five nice clubs accessible in the mid 60's and 3 or 4 bands that regularly played them. Georgie Fame, Prince Buster, and Jimmy James spring to mind[[ he could really get a conga going singing "Amen" he would leave the dance hall go through the bar, out thro the kitchens, on thro the cloak room back to the dance hall with maybe 100 to 150 of us in tow) great atmosphere.
aaH memories, you realise you guys are my therapists, keeping the old grey matter churning, but don't bill me

You're not old....stop it! You guys were just the big kids when I was starting school......................LOL!!!

[RichyP]

Hey Marv
You must, I insist go and find Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames Rythmn and Blues at the Flamingo this is typical of those clubs I spoke about
I did get to the Flamingo once, but it had become too famous by then. I think it was Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band when I was there, he was another on that club circuit I spoke about.

[RichyP]

It may seem that I have veered off topic here, but these groups were heavily into Motown, Check out Georgies version of "Pride and Joy"
i'm done now, must let someone else have a go

[marv2]

Hey Marv
You must, I insist go and find Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames Rythmn and Blues at the Flamingo this is typical of those clubs I spoke about
I did get to the Flamingo once, but it had become too famous by then. I think it was Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band when I was there, he was another on that club circuit I spoke about.

I am promising myself a trip over there as soon as I can. I have always wanted to visit. I am a Coronation Street addict so I want to hear people that talk like that in person! LOL Love it.

[RichyP]

Reet Petite, reet is how right is pronounced up that way, up there they would call me a soft southerner LoL

[marv2]

Reet Petite, reet is how right is pronounced up that way, up there they would call me a soft southerner LoL

I love when they say "so what you playing at?" and "go do one!" LOL!!!

[McMotown]

Hi RichyP careful what you say about Corry St otherwise Marv will get upset lol,
Oh How Happy - Edwin Starr and Blinky


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OtYTrMKOyM

[TomatoTom123]

LOL, I didn't know afternoon soap operas from the UK were so popular in America!

Love "Oh, How Happy" so much... especially this version by The Jackson Five which might be my favourite...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AT9AghN410&app=desktop

[TomatoTom123]

And there's this delightful version by none other than Billy Eckstine, and produced by Norman Whitfield!!!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Urtrdxlnw&app=desktop

[TomatoTom123]

Which reminds me of this absolutely FANTASTIC song by Billy while at Motown... so amazing...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jheWRRqrbH4&app=desktop

[marv2]

Hi RichyP careful what you say about Corry St otherwise Marv will get upset lol,
Oh How Happy - Edwin Starr and Blinky


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OtYTrMKOyM

I just watched today's episode. My biggest complaint about the show is that they took the most beautiful, gorgeous woman on television anywhere in recent times off......Carla Connors , but left Fiz on the show? Good Grief LOL!!!!

[marv2]

And there's this delightful version by none other than Billy Eckstine, and produced by Norman Whitfield!!!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Urtrdxlnw&app=desktop

I've known about this album all of my life practically but never listened to anything from it until. Gramps does a good job on this one. I still give the J-5 the edge.

[RichyP]

Thank Heavens for birth control when this one came out!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNNCNCuCfv0

[rovereab]

A house party favorite from 1965! VELVELETTES- "A BIRD IN HAND [[IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH)"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaI26n0_dFg

This sounds a different mix to that which has appeared on the 2 Velvelette compilation albums. Am I right?