Good song, thanks for sharing it. And I'm keeping Archie Bell in my prayers and I hope he can make a full recovery.
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Good song, thanks for sharing it. And I'm keeping Archie Bell in my prayers and I hope he can make a full recovery.
I just looked up Phillip Mitchell on Wikipedia and they say he did writing/production work for Hi Records, Muscle Shoals Sounds & Stax during the '70s. And Ace Records has a compilation of his work...
"Ask The Lonely", "My Heart Is Calling You", "Nothing"-Four Tops
"Pastime Paradise", "Village Ghetto Land"-Stevie Wonder
"Just To Keep You Satisfied", "Feel All My Love Inside", "All The Way...
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough [LP Version]"-Diana Ross
"That's How Heartaches Are Made"-The Marvelettes
"Just My Imagination [Running Away With Me]"-The Temptations
"Jamie"-Eddie Holland
"Just A...
"The Hissing Of Summer Lawns"-Joni Mitchell
No it's not The Miracles; it's The Versatones. The song was recorded in June 1963 and left in the vaults, Produced by Robert Gordy & Written by Robert Gordy with Ronald Wakfield & Carl Gibson. ...
Info from Edsel/Demon Records UK:
The definitive post-Motown collection of the legendary song-writing trio Holland-Dozier-Holland • 68 tracks taken from the period 1969-1977 when the trio had...
Disc: 1
1
Freda Payne - Band of Gold [Single Mix]
2
Chairman of the Board - Give Me Just a Little More Time
Here's an interview that Freda Payne did with Goldmine.com last year with songwriter Michael B. Sutton.
“Band of Gold” singer + Motown songwriter on '70s B-sides, new recordings - Goldmine...
Info from SoulTracks.com:
Legendary Houston singer Archie Bell, the leader of the vocal group Archie Bell & The Drells, is currently hospitalized in a Houston nursing facility. Bell’s health has...
A couple more-
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine"-Marvin Gaye
"I Am Love"-The Jackson 5
"I Can't Get Next To You"-The Temptations
"Let's Talk It Over"-Marv Johnson
Name Your Favorite Motown Keyboard Intros. All keyboards, Piano, Organ, Clavinet or Synth are fair game.
I'll start with:
"Money [That's What I Want]"-Barrett Strong
"Someday Someway"-The...
And-
https://youtu.be/9LzPMWVjifw?si=B9dzqkZXAnvDDUXW
Almost forgot about this one!
https://youtu.be/_GgirQwee2g?si=wvi88nz7l92g9R7q
I see; I do know that Johnny Bristol had wanted Jr. Walker & The All Stars to record "Someday We'll Be Together" but Walker turned it down and Berry Gordy suggested that it go to Diana Ross for the...
H-D-H moved their Invictus label from Capitol Records to Columbia Records in early 1973 with the promise of getting better promotion for their albums. The Hox Wax and Music Merchant labels, which...
According to the entry for "Someday We'll Be Together" on the Don't Forget the Motor City site, the song was recorded in Los Angeles and not at Motown's Studio in Detroit. This means they could've...
This is a Great Find! And I agree that "The Real Reason" is the better of the two songs [it reminds me of the B-Side of "Whole Lotta Woman", "Come On And Be Mine"]. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Yes Indeed; Invictus/Hot Wax didn't last long thanks to bad business decisions [along with the departures of Lamont Dozier and other creative staff at the company]. However, they were still at the...
One of Motown's Funkiest Drum Intros-
https://youtu.be/3pmt-wWzC1E?si=vRThoMJQpdylC8Aj
One of my favorite Drum Intros of All Time....
https://youtu.be/ftdZ363R9kQ?si=AbwCvl89DJnbPOKD
Sorry to hear about Ernest 'Bilbo' Berger from Heatwave. 'Bilbo' along with the other members of the original band made a vital contribution to the Music World during their run of hits during the...
Here's one from Motown that's virtually All Drum Roll!
https://youtu.be/j116_-blXak?si=soz0IfkmjdMC0mTP
Info from Omnivore Records:
The early recordings from the Funk and Soul Powerhouse that would bring “Fire” and “Love Rollercoaster” to the world.
Formed in 1964 as The Players, and eventually...
On The Jackson 5's Soulsation! box set, Disc 4-Track 9 is listed on the back cover and the booklet as "You're The Only One" [by Jackie Jackson]. However, this was replaced at the last minute by...