Just goes to show how things have changed.
For the last 30+ years, when US acts have been brought over to the UK, they've been informed which songs the audiences here want to hear [[many times...
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Just goes to show how things have changed.
For the last 30+ years, when US acts have been brought over to the UK, they've been informed which songs the audiences here want to hear [[many times...
He also did this song & introduced it to many Brits [[& the reggae world too) ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzhNRwsebfE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNgzk0TvJJI
His album was also released in the US twice by Atco [[1967 & 68) ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izk9Xc2-pBg
It has been reported in Jamaica that Carib born / UK based singer Jimmy James has passed. He was massively popular in the 60's when he fronted the Vagabonds doing great soul songs. In the 70's, he...
Stevie surprising Sir Tom ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK_CklnpOOM
I grew up dancing to this tune. It was an 'anthem' at the 1st soul / mod club I attended as a 16 year old ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2FzBDhd2Q
What a truly talented guy Stevie was & is ... a true musical genius ... AND he's now made it to 74 years old ...
soul with a reggae twist ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcVZfJO01NI
Back in the 60's, many Motown / soul acts performed 'speeded up' versions of their songs on live shows. I once got the chance to ask a soul singer why this was & he stated that it raised the energy...
A RELATED QUESTION ... to this thread about Temptations members back in the day ....
David Ruffin started off performing / touring as a member of the Dixie Nightingales. He then made the change to...
The tour is ongoing & audience members are warned not to make recordings on their phones before the start. Many more shows still to come.
Lots of photos being taken on smartphones, so no doubt lots...
Seems George headed out to LA around 1970 but didn't seem to work for Motown much at all.
He was in a jazz outfit, the Ernie Watts Encounter that cut a lot of jazzy versions of Motown songs. He then...
The Shirley Lawson 45 was released in the US on Backbeat.
Unfortunately, Duke / Peacock / Backbeat put little or no background info on their 45 releases, so no producer / arranger details are shown...
Is much known about Fern Bledsoe's time @ Motown ... when it started & ended ?
I know she started out in a group with Martha Reeves around 1960, Martha quit the group before it changed it's name to...
Spelt George's surname wrong in the thread title ... just one N ...
It must have been confusing at times in the late 60's with George Bohanon leading the Motortown Review Band and Hamilton Bohannon leading Stevie Wonder's live band. Which band was on duty when Stevie...
I know a bit about the chain. Flourishing in the 70's, they expanded and opened new stores all over. The Pittsburgh one seemed to be the local 'go to' store for live show tickets as they sold them...
Can't agree. The group was in turmoil when he joined. They weren't doing many live shows; Eddie was gone; Paul was on his way out; Otis injured himself & missed shows ...
all in all, it must have...
Went to the show Friday night & along with everyone else there [[it was packed) really enjoyed myself.
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WOW, Otis must be getting more mellow in his old age ...
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Just days before he quit the group, Eddie fronting them up on the Ed Sullivan show [[31st Jan 71) ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvhwFAuvLwc
The 'classic' sound of the Tempts was almost 100% based around David & Eddie's lead vocal work ... so I can fully understand the group's fans being totally pissed off in 1971 with both exceptional...
In summer 1971 they were asking ARE THE TEMPTATIONS DEAD ...
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The Temptations played Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh on February 5th -- was that Eddie's last show as a member of the group ?
The group's next [[known) gigs were 21st to 29th May @ Twin...
Her NS gig in the UK ...
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