what if whitfield continued at motown?who would have got the rose royce material

[tamla617]

picture this...

norman doesnt leave motown to form whitfield records,assuming his writing travels the same vein who would have got the rose royce material?i doubt car wash soundtrack would've have come his way.but there are songs that would have emerged.
who would have got these?
i wanna get next to you is a just my imagination pt2
i'm going down
put your money where your mouth
makes you feel like dancing
wishing on a star
love dont live here anymore

and stargard's "which way is up"?

or do you think that these were written specially for RR etc.?

[MIKEW-UK]

Hi R, How are you?

Maybe Undisputed Truth and Edwin Starr were all that was required..........

cheers Mike

[tamla617]

hi mike,i think i'm ok!

and yvonne fair?

[johnny_raven]

I could hear Syreeta doing "Wishing On A Star"

[theboyfromxtown]

I could hear Syreeta doing "Wishing On A Star"

Good one. I like that idea.

[marybrewster]

"I Wanna Get Next To You" has the Temptations written all over it.

Listen to it; it even sounds like the Tempts.

[tamla617]

"I Wanna Get Next To You" has the Temptations written all over it.

Listen to it; it even sounds like the Tempts.

its just my imagination pt 2

[Ngroove]

"I'm Going Down" - maybe, Mary Wilson, although 90% sure if given to her, that song would be exponentially less remembered than it still is today, due to underpromotion, because Motown never even gave her a scrap of support as her own singer in her own right. But to me, Ms. Wilson is.

[smark21]

Wishing on a Star could have worked for the Supremes.

[Boogiedown]

this is a clever question !
for some reason I think I'd have enjoyed hearing Gladys Knight do I WANNA GET NEXT TO YOU, if she'd likewise remained with Motown of course.

[tamla617]

about 1974/5 i saw edwin starr [[california ballrooms,dunstable)his backing band was total concept unlimited or the million dollar band,i forget right now,either way this was rose royce before gwen dickie joined.as far as i know it was the complete lineup for rose royce minus female lead.edwin was really singing their praises.i sure he put them on to norman whitfield.so,if whitfeild had stayed at motown i suppose it was possible that the group could have joined motown anyway.whitfield left 73 edwin's last motown lp was hell up in harlem,74 he'd already moved to england 73