Good read. Thanks for posting.
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Good read. Thanks for posting.
I would vote for Dance Party, simply because there's a 19 month gap between their Heatwave album and the Dance Party album. I wonder how many songs the group recorded during this period?
I'm a HUGE fan of Teena Marie. I was able to see her in concert three times, twice with Rick James! I still have mint condition copies of all her vinyl albums and everything else on cd. As a fan I...
Shirley Lawson came up on my music stream a couple months ago.
https://youtu.be/FqvcnbD5znU?si=spVW6sOFl8uyDsSB
We'll Be Satisfied w/ Tammi
Seek And You Shall Find
I've Found Something [[second version)
Oh, Lover w/ Mary Wells
Was It A Dream w/ Oma Heard
Rilleh w/ Oma Heard
So Good To Be Loved By You w/...
Thank you!
I wondered if Martha's son and family were there for the ceremony?
Interesting factoid about Aretha Franklin.
Such sad news. Rest In Peace.
She had a lovely voice.
IMO the best track on the album is Hey Man/We Got To Get You A Woman followed by Walk With Me, Talk With Me. The rest of album is mostly forgettable. Also Jimmy Ruffin got the first release of If You...
There's also a live version by the Temptations from their Live in Japan album. Brenda Holloway also cut a version in late 1967. And Valerie also recorded a version in May '67.
Her Motown recordings are indeed exceptional. She has such a beautiful voice. I do wonder if there are any live recordings by here still trapped in the vault?
Thanks for posting this article...
Great line up! I would go just to see the Mary Jane Girls! I thought that the Rick James estate refused to allow them to perform the songs that James wrote for them.
That's a great price!
The first time I saw her it was at Miller Auditorium on the campus of Western Michigan University, the second time it was at the Mable House Amphitheater in Mableton, Georgia, a suburb just outside...
I was lucky to see her twice. The first time back in the mid-80s, around 1986 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. I remember Mary giving a shout out to some Velvelette members who were in the audience. And the...
Have all of Smokey R & The Miracles albums now made it onto CD with this release?
How did this Frank Wilson/Marc Gordon song manage to escape Motown? Seems that it was released in May 1965. Publishing rights are split between Jobete and T.M. Parmelier. It somewhat reminds me of a...
I've read where Motown did the same thing, once early on with the Marvelettes and again with Mary Wells.
Did you intend to leave out all the unreleased material?
Hitch Hike - Marvin Gaye; Martha & The Vandellas.
Am I the only one hearing at least one Andante mixed in on the backgound vocals?
I don't think that the women were more manipulated in the 60s-70s, they just simply had less power. I recall seeing a magazine ad in the early 80's for Virginia Slim cigarettes with the caption "Not...
The Andantes are still on a handful of Temptation records.
It's funny you write this, just last week I was listening to the Rita Wright set again and there were a couple of songs that made me wonder if it could have been RW singing on some songs instead of...