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Today 01:06 AM

Do I Love Her - What are the Andantes singing?

Could someone tell me just exactly are the Andantes singing starting at 2:28 on Stevie Wonder's "Do I Love Her?" I've listened so many times and I cannot make out they are saying. It's one of their marshmallow-mouth moments.

Any clue would be greatly appreciated!

Yesterday 03:33 PM

Smokey and Freda Celebrate BG’s 95th at Spago

From Freda’s Threads account. Apologies for low-rez quality:
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Yesterday 06:35 PM

Worst Motown Covers

So encouraged by a post regarding Just Another Lonely Night thought it might be a bit of lightearted relief to see a list of your favourite worst Motown covers - they might even be someone else at Motown covering Motown who knows?
12-04-2024 04:41 AM

"Just Another Lonely Night"

In 1965, Motown producers Wm. "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter composed the hauntingly-beautiful ballad, "Just Another Lonely Night". Since then, it was recorded by 4 different Motown artists as follows:


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
11-29-2024 12:00 PM

Motown T-shirt with Missing Marvelettes

This question will REALLY test the dedication level of some of you fans!!!

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.
12-05-2024 03:57 PM

The Honey Cone returns after 50 years with new single

Soul Tracks.com:

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/


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