Do I Love Her - What are the Andantes singing?
Any clue would be greatly appreciated!
Smokey and Freda Celebrate BG’s 95th at Spago
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Worst Motown Covers
"Just Another Lonely Night"
1) THE TEMPTATIONS [[Recorded in 1965)
Producers: Wm. "Mickey" Stevenson & Ivy Jo Hunter
Backing Vocals: The Andantes
Track included on "Temptin' Temptations" LP/CD
https://youtu.be/Qy5OLFhN5xc?si=ndAyrK1k21-6vQmH
2) BRENDA HOLLOWAY [[Recorded in 1966)
Producers: Wm. "Mickey" Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter & Jeffrey Bowen
Backing Vocals: The Andantes & The Originals
Track included on "The Artistry Of Brenda Holloway" CD
https://youtu.be/uGpHFq1Dt8s?si=BX0IKaTdNz4g-b0Q
3) LEVI STUBBS [[Originally recorded in 1965 by The Temptations)
Producers: Wm. "Mickey" Stevenson & Ivy Jo Hunter
Backing Vocals: The Temptations [[1965)
The Andantes & Four Tops credited as being added in 1967, although I have yet to recognize any Tops' vocals)
Track included on Four Tops "Fourever" CD Box Set"
https://youtu.be/KMTY8GeyMMI?si=rNDGX3DhYcecY9sv
4) THE FANTASTIC FOUR [[Recorded in 1969-1970)
Producer: Clay McMurray
Arrangers: Wade Marcus & Paul Riser
Backing Vocals: The Andantes
Track included on The Fantastic Four's "The Lost Motown Album" CD
https://youtu.be/oleCzHg4CYI?si=ezSnKqRy-HoJO_GM
WHICH VERSIONS ARE YOUR FAVORITES?
List them in the order of preference [[your favorite -- of course -- being #1!)
I'll get the ball rolling with my personal favorites:
1) BRENDA HOLLOWAY
2) FANTASTIC FOUR
3) THE TEMPTATIONS
4) LEVI STUBBS w/THE TEMPTATIONS
Motown T-shirt with Missing Marvelettes
About 12 years ago I visited the Motown Museum. It was of course quite the great adventure, even though the major renovations I have read about came along after I was there.
Anyway, in the gift shop that day, I bought a T-shirt that I thought was very cool. I won't be able to describe it very well and I am sure I have long since outgrown it or wore it out, but it featured the names of the Motown stars arranged in sort of a geometric, word-search pattern. You know some going up and down, some across, some diagonal.
It was not until I got home and examined the shirt that I realized that our beloved Marvelettes were NOT featured on that shirt. How could they have not been considered for any list of the classic Motown stars?
Do any of you by any chance recall that shirt and is there any chance that one of you might still have it so you could post a photo of it? It would make for some interesting conversation.
The Honey Cone returns after 50 years with new single
A lot of musical history went into the making of Honey Cone’s cover of the Eurythmics’ 1983 hit “Here Comes the Rain Again.” First, this is the first Honey Cone record in more than 50 years since Shelly Clark, Edna Wright and Carolyn Willis were topping the charts with songs like “Want Ads” and “One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show.” The current version of one of the great female groups from the late 1960s and early 70s includes original member Shelly Clark along with Kathy Merrick and Wendy Smith-Brune.
Secondly, there is a historical connection between Honey Cone and Eurythmics lead singer Annie Lennox. The late Edna Wright, founder and original member of Honey Cone, recorded and performed with Lennox as a session artist. Wright is also the sister of another legendary lead and backing vocalist, Darlene Love. Clark is the wife of Earth, Wind and Fire bassist Verdine White, who along with the band’s drummer John Paris and Neal H. Pouge, produced Honey Cone’s remake of “Here Comes the Rain Again.”
Read full article here:
https://soultracks.com/first-listen-honey-cone-rain/
And still the vinyl comes...
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