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Boogiedown
06-28-2021, 01:48 PM
CARS !!! ??? .... or driving ?? Anything related ... assembly line .....

Were there any references ???:confused:
reese
06-28-2021, 01:54 PM
MOTORING by Martha and the Vandellas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDyBJ9L3V5Y
Boogiedown
06-28-2021, 02:00 PM
good one !!:cool: even has 'wooos'
snakepit
06-28-2021, 02:12 PM
_"Motor City....Satintones
luckyluckyme
06-28-2021, 02:16 PM
Pa, I Need A Car .... the Contours
calvin
06-28-2021, 02:29 PM
this video made for a tv special


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNFDKm8F4hg
Boogiedown
06-28-2021, 02:41 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-82pplc5_k


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrFxk_LA1MQ

:cool::cool:
nsoule
06-28-2021, 04:57 PM
The flip of the Satintones 45 already mentioned is also kind of about cars. The lyrics talk about going to The Hop in his raggedy jalop that doesn't have brakes or a top.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBFuuKeUuJY
calvin
06-28-2021, 05:08 PM
Well not really what was intended but The Stylers' "Pushing Up Daisies" is about driving [too fast]:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yWzyghy8PQ
motony
06-28-2021, 08:07 PM
I heard that in the 60's, W. Grand Blvd. would have made a GREAT Cadillac commercial.
motony
06-28-2021, 08:11 PM
When you bought a Motown 45 in the 1960's, you got your moneys worth. This was the flip of "Nowhere To Run". "MOTORING" is BAADASS!!
Graham Jarvis
06-29-2021, 05:53 AM
R Dean Taylor "Gotta See Jane"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAYCnXqxEB0&t=10s

Marvin Gaye "Hitch Hike"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ryXUWZrIDo
calvin
06-29-2021, 08:34 AM
not about cars of course but refers to them...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWsoJu7cTWs
9A
06-29-2021, 09:38 AM
"Beep Beep" is a novelty single [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_song) by The Playmates [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Playmates), released in 1958 by Roulette Records [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roulette_Records) as the B-side [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-side_and_B-side) to "Your Love".



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enqNl7tdLR4


"Beep Beep" began charting [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_chart) with Billboard [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_[[magazine)) on November 3, 1958; it charted for 15 weeks, peaking at number four.
Graham Jarvis
06-29-2021, 09:40 AM
Smokey Robinson "Cruising"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx77P0VH6FA
9A
06-29-2021, 09:45 AM
Chuck Berry - No Particular Place to Go.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6OS_ItMGpc
9A
06-29-2021, 09:53 AM
Chuck Berry - Maybelline



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RAfxiyMKAk


[Thanks, Ralph]
9A
06-29-2021, 09:58 AM
Chuck Berry - My Mustang Ford




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fy5VlUTgFI
Boogiedown
06-29-2021, 11:04 AM
good stuff!

Funny Smokey has to live in California for a decade before coming up with CRUISING ...
I guess that was a Cali thing...

HITCH HIKE !!! ha ha
9A
06-30-2021, 06:30 PM
Chuck Berry -- You Never Can Tell


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9l0YBKcGnY

[Thanks, Ralph]
9A
06-30-2021, 06:32 PM
Chuck Berry -- No Money Down



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNQTbqzZaHc
9A
06-30-2021, 06:37 PM
Chuck Berry -- You Canīt Catch Me



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jKrHzps0XM



[Thanks, Ralph]
9A
06-30-2021, 06:42 PM
CARS !!! ??? .... or driving ?? Anything related ... assembly line .....

Were there any references ???:confused:

Boogiedown, I think you kicked a hornetīs nest.
Philles/Motown Gary
07-04-2021, 06:41 PM
The Rockaways - Top-Down Time" [[Red Bird Records)

https://youtu.be/QF4f8T1V5YE