Jj barnes & steve mancha - two detroit giants

[MIKEW-UK]

Hope you enjoy this track from two of Detroit's very best who were there from the very start....helping establish the Motown Sound - bit didn't enjoy the benefit of Motown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aCAYrM8040

and JJ on Motown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obB2OMB3ByY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hjk9hChHDs

[robb_k]

5497
Steve Mancha [[Clyde Wilson) came to Motown in mid 1963, when Gwen Gordy and Harvey Fuqua sold out to Berry Gordy and their Harvey/Tri-Phi/HPC/Message labels were "folded into Motown". He had been in a duo with Wilbur Jackson, as The Two Friends, but had also been a songwriter. So, he was given a songwriter's contract with Motown, but not hired as an artist. He stayed about a year at Motown, and got writing credits on a handful of recorded songs.

J.J. Barnes came to Motown in Berry Gordy's first "buyout" of Ed Wingate's Golden World/Ric Tic/Wingate Records, in early 1966. He recorded about 20 songs, but never had a release, due to Marvin Gaye feeling threatened, as J.J. sounded too much like him. He also left after about one year, after getting writing credits on a couple of songs.

[roger]

5497
J.J. Barnes came to Motown in Berry Gordy's first "buyout" of Ed Wingate's Golden World/Ric Tic/Wingate Records, in early 1966. He recorded about 20 songs, but never had a release, due to Marvin Gaye feeling threatened, as J.J. sounded too much like him. He also left after about one year, after getting writing credits on a couple of songs.

Indeed!!

This must be the best known of J.J.s collaberations at Motown .. "Show Me The Way" by MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS, which came out as the "B" side of their big hit "Honey Chile" ..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUKJxUVgRv4

There used to be some confusion about which "Barnes" was amongst the songwriters of this, and on the C.D. toofer of "Riding High"/"Sugar N' Spice" that came out in Britain in 2002 the songwriter was put as SIDNEY BARNES!!

Funnily the same year the original version by J.J.BARNES, with a different set of lyrics, came out on one of those Cellarful C.D.s, which should have put an end to all the confusion ..

J.J. BARNES - "[[Tell Me), Ain't It The Truth" ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un3Sb7MwgoI

Some clever person on You-Tube has managed to mix the two versions together ..

J.J.BARNES/MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9_AtdljUyg

Roger