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Gazillion percent agree Mike. It was a once in a lifetime manifestation of the most creative of musical minds in sync, in step and in soul

Ahhh yes of course the revisiting of the Bobby Scott sessions. Good shout!

I'll check out Dale Warren, thanks for the heads up.

I wonder if Gus Dudgeon musically arranged the Mary Wilson...

The recent post on Coleridge-Taylor Perkins as a songwriter and arranger for Motown got me to thinkin…

There were the long-term stalwart Motown arrangers such as Paul Riser, David Van DePitte, Hal...

Thanks :)

I'll give DITS another musical deep dive and see what comes up. I mean we have the story from Mickey Stevenson about how the song went from Kim Weston to Martha. We know from Martha that...

Yeh we can see that 1975-1976 period of Leon Ware-Marvin Gaye collaboration and exchange with a wider scope now we know Coleridge-Taylor was heavily involved in the musical and orchestral...

Hey all, thanks for the great responses. Such a wealth pool of knowledge.. I learned something new!

I'd totally forgotten about Diana Ross' 'Baby It's Love' and Yvonne Fair's 'Funky Music Sho...

Interesting topic!

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson was known for his 60s Jazz orchestral arrangements. I'm guessing he must have known Barbara in some capcity to have written 'You're Gonna Love My...

That's some good one's there! How could I forget Nightshift?! Most are pretty self explanatory but for fun I edited my post to list what the songs pay tribute to. I can't think of any more in songs...

I always loved Sammy Davis Jr.'s 'Hello Detroit' by Berry Gordy and Willie Hutch. A deserved love song for Detroit in the form of old school big band orchestra.

It got me thinking on the other...

A question for all you experts!

Marvin had an impressive catalogue of backing vocalists; The Vandellas, The Love-Tones, The Supremes, The Miracles, The Temptations, The Andantes, Gladys Knight &...

Claudette could almost have a full album with her lead vocals for The Miracles. Taking in all the above mentioned track it would look like this;

'After All' - The Miracles [[Claudette Robinson...

Super interesting insights. From an outsider's perspective, I feel a few things were in play.

I 100% agree that the 'P.J.' moniker is a tough sell. It's too abstract and alienating and way before...

Some of those beefs were so long they've fossilised.

As we know Motown existed and succeeded despite the torrent of societal and industry racism they continualy endured. As the phenomenom of the...

Ooo that could be a little gem. Especially if it featured the Funk Brothers/Andantes and produced by Harry Balk. That has the potential to bring up some interesting production sounds. I can imagine...

Hey Reese thanks for sharing this. I'm now even more intrigued now I know it was a MJ, Thelma Houston, Smokey collab. I found another clip but it only had a couple of seconds more. I'm on a quest to...

Hey Paul, thanks for the info.What's the Stevie Wonder cover Patti recorded? Let's hope those gods want their laps back and release the P. J. tracks!

Couldn't agree more about the quality Isley Brothers material at Motown. Especially those Gospel harmonies.

So the good news is...

The MusiCares set list had The Isley Brothers [[Ron and...

Thanks Graham and Quinn. I can only but imagine what those recording sessions would have been like :)

Thelma Houston on YMMSVH would be a treat. I've had a route around the internet and not been able to find any 1976 footage of the American Music Awards other than the winners. The footage must be...

Nice one, I’d never heard Dionne Warwick’s version, thanks for sharing.
Yeh you’re right about the Kiki Dee musical backing. I had thought that it was most likely arranged and recorded by the BBC...

It's a pleasure sharing Motown Eddie! There's another live version [[with yet another arrangement) by Kiki Dee in 1971 in the UK. I'm not sure if she was still signed to Motown but this version would...

It was a rare 60s occasion when a female Motown artist got to write their own songs. A Mavelette here, a Mary Wells there. This 1967 classic written by Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Berry Gordy...

I second that emotion ;) New nuggets are harder to come by and Jack Soo X Motown is an interesting part of American history

Thanks for that clarification !

Sadly it seems that only a couple of songs from Kem's 2014 album were recorded at the Snakepit so it doesn't appear that the Ron Isley duet was one. That would have elevated a truly historic moment...