"Bird In the Hand" was very hard to find an original copy haven't seen one yet. I was
elated when Motown put out the "Best of the Velvelettes" CD. It had that song plus the
unreleased "Let Love...
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"Bird In the Hand" was very hard to find an original copy haven't seen one yet. I was
elated when Motown put out the "Best of the Velvelettes" CD. It had that song plus the
unreleased "Let Love...
Those two Velvelette 45s were VERY hard to come by, lucked up finding Lonely Lonely
Girl [[Am I) in an oldies 45 record bin. Never found an original copy of "Bird in the hand"
I was elated when...
I think Motown could have been saved if they had kept the musical talent of the songwriters and looked for new talented artists. I think the sound and the song topics
would have evolved with the...
Lonely Lonely Girl [[Am I) -- The Velvelettes-- sitting on the back porch listening to a local
oldies program. In those days, they had DJs who would specifically do scheduled oldies programs when we...
I Want My Baby Back
Ain't that asking for trouble
Angel Baby
Be Cool,Calm and keep yourself together
Love a Go Go
"Know, I'm the same man that gave the Function, remember the big affair down at the Junction. Mr. Party is my name and baby having big fun is my game."
Shorty Long--Night Fo' Last [[vocal).
I remember the old labels on both the album cover and album in the 1964 releases.
By 1965 and 1966. The album covers and the inside jackets had the new Gordy and Tamla
labels, but the albums...
My rarest find was in a small record bin in a store [[I have forgotten where) was
the "Darling Baby" LP by the Elgins in brand new condition still wrapped in cellophane
and dusty. I always...
"Dance Party" MR & V in record bin for $1.99 original in brand new condition
"Shotgun" Jr. Walker in used record store original brand new condition for $5.00
"Uptight" Stevie Wonder...
For Americans, on a first trip to Africa, Ghana would be the safest, developed country to
go to and there are already 3000 Black Americans already living in the capital. However,
you will be only...
Juno Records has 30 second snippets
As far as "prized" I would say very hard to find, my original label
45s are:
I miss you baby--marv johnson
Helpless--kim weston
love's gone bad --chris clark
little darling [[I need you) --...
Pre -Ordered this set, glad to see the series is back, what a pleasant surprise, wondering
how many completed tracks are still in the vaults that are decent to release? The 3 HDH tracks are great,...
At first, I didn't like it, but I think it was aimed at the Millennials [[ I know some 29 year
olds who NEVER heard of Martha and the Vandellas). They only showcased the very big
near universal...
I would say Stevenson, Hunter,Moy
1966-1968--The various R&B, Soul, the Boogaloo dance records, James Brown, Sandpebbles, Jerryo, Wilson Pickett, Alvin Cash in 1966. By 1967, I got into 65-66 Motown
along with the current of then...
Was wondering if there were still decent songs still in the vaults that would at least make
good album cuts, I was thinking by 1968, music was changing and Motown was starting to
decline and get...
Ain't That Peculiar--45--1967 I was drawn to the piano riff and the clashing sound throughout the whole song along with the general melody, background and lyrics.
Hearing "Uptight" for the first...
Where Did You Go? -- The Four Tops
I 'am Livin in Shame -- Diana Ross and The Supremes
The Four Tops song gets to me very bad for some reason, it always did.
The one by Diana Ross is such a sad...
Like 60s Marvin the best Late '63 to '68...But I like "Got To Give It Up" but can't stand
"Sexual Healing"
1. [[There's Always Room For) Love in A Movie--Bob Kayli
2. Boogie On Reggae Woman--Stevie Wonder
3. I 'am Livin in Shame--Diana Ross and The Supremes--Storyline is very depressing and
sad....
This was one of the big roller skating songs back in the day...we would have formations of
at least 9 people, crossing feet skating backwards, kicking out one foot in unison and rocking in time to...
However, come to think of it, some of the R&B songs in the mid-sixties were more
obvious like: Midnight Mover, A Man and a Half, In the Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett.
I remember reading...
Love is like an Itching in My Heart--Supremes
Shoot your Shot --Jr Walker and the All Stars
Do you think we are reading too much into the old songs? Or did songs imply things in
those days due...
Come See About Me-@ 9 years old blasting from a jukebox [[kind of scared me, had never heard
music that loud) Dad stopped in bar and didn't want to leave me in the car.