The Best NON-Motown Song That Was Recorded By A Motown Act?

[Lulu]

I'm sure we all agree?

[kenneth]

Well, there's probably better examples but I think the Marvelettes did a fabulous job with "Uptown."

Oh - duh - I see the Ross song is that weird clip you mentioned earlier. I will have to hear that.

[Lulu]

Well, there's probably better examples but I think the Marvelettes did a fabulous job with "Uptown."

Oh - duh - I see the Ross song is that weird clip you mentioned earlier. I will have to hear that.

I thought we all could use a little humour!

[skooldem1]

I thought it was hip. It was a cool way to end side one of the Lp. Here it is for those who never heard it.

[robb_k]

"That's How Heartaches Are Made" -Marvelettes

[Lulu]

"That's How Heartaches Are Made" -Marvelettes

Oops! I meant on another label! I should have made that clear in the title of the forum!!! Yes, robb_k, I love that version!

[marv2]

"MacArthur's Park" by the Four Tops!

[mysterysinger]

Hey Lulu, I was going to say the same as marv2 but then I noticed you said "Oops! I meant on another label! I". That's an incredibly large range of songs isn't it? It might include "Beat It", "Thriller", "Billie Jean", "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love", "Ghetto Child", "Midnight Train To Georgia", "That Lady", "Sexual Healing", "Hang On In There Baby" anything by The Four Seasons heck the list is endless.

[Lulu]

Hey Lulu, I was going to say the same as marv2 but then I noticed you said "Oops! I meant on another label! I". That's an incredibly large range of songs isn't it? It might include "Beat It", "Thriller", "Billie Jean", "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love", "Ghetto Child", "Midnight Train To Georgia", "That Lady", "Sexual Healing", "Hang On In There Baby" anything by The Four Seasons heck the list is endless.

"Human Nature" is probably my personal fave

[midnightman]

Sexual Healing, DUH.

[thisoldheart]

"when you're young and in love", the marvelettes

[thisoldheart]

"if i were a carpenter", the four tops

[marymary]

The Four Tops' version of It's All in the Game is my favorite, Levi Stubbs could have sung Pacman Fever and made it flawless.

[robb_k]

duplicate post

[robb_k]

On another label:

"Bad Girl" by The Miracles on Chess Records
"You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet" - Mary Love
"Run One Flight of Stairs" - Gloria Jones
"Me Without You" and "Dear Lover" - Mary Wells
"Come On" - Distants [[Richard Street, Otis Williams, Elbie Bryant)
"Baby, Please Come Back Home" - J.J. Barnes
"I Didn't Know" - Lamont Anthony [[Dozier) and The Voice Masters [[Originals)
"In A Bad Way" - Freddie Gorman
"That Was My Girl" - Parliaments
"Never Let Me Go"- Serenaders
"Think [[Before You Walk Away)" - Herman Lewis [[Griffin)
"Mystery Man" - Gwen Owens
"Love and Desire" - Patrice Holloway
"Never Felt Like This Before" - The Five Quails

[soulster]

Lulu, no, I don't agree!

It's kind of silly because many artists were on Motown for a blink of an eye. Someone could go to town with Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Neil Young, or Jerry Butler, all of whom recorded for the label. Having said that: some of my picks of non-Motown songs that were recorded by Motown artists are:

Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Are You man Enough - Four Tops
Working Day And Night - Michael Jackson
I Think It's Love-Jermaine Jackson
For The Love Of You - Isley Brothers

[thisoldheart]

it's your thing - isley bros

[Methuselah2]

Martha Reeves/WILD NIGHT [1974]

Written by Van Morrison

[Roberta75]

Martha Reeves/WILD NIGHT [1974]

Written by Van Morrison

Yes yes yes yes yes and a whole new legion of fans discovered this gem and the First Lady of Motown Reciords when the movie Thelma and Louise come out.

Roberta

[roger]

Its hard to beat this one as far as I'm concerned .. and the songwriters and producers were Ex-Motowners as well!!

Roger

[midnightman]

Anything by the Isley Brothers between 1969 and 1989.

[soulster]

Anything by the Isley Brothers between 1969 and 1989.

I would make that 1969-1982.

[midnightman]

I would make that 1969-1982.

Yeah but I dig some of the post-1982 stuff. I can see why people would stop after 1982-1983 though.

[Ngroove]

I'll go for:
Mary Wells "Dear Lover"
Gladys Knight & the Pips "I Feel A Song [[In My Heart)", "On And On"
Jermaine Jackson "Do What You Do"
Stacy Lattisaw "Miracles"
Johnny Gill "Half Crazy"
Eldra DeBarge "Slide"

Waitasec, does Mary Wells' "Dear Lover" count? It was included on Motown's Mary Wells "Ultimate Collection", so some of her post-Motown catalog may have been bought by Motown, just like Edwin Starr's pre-Motown catalog is Motown's, as well as Junior Walker & the All-Stars, Fantastic Four, Grover Washington Jr, Toni Tony Tone...

[reese]

I'll go for:
Mary Wells "Dear Lover"
Gladys Knight & the Pips "I Feel A Song [[In My Heart)", "On And On"
Jermaine Jackson "Do What You Do"
Stacy Lattisaw "Miracles"
Johnny Gill "Half Crazy"
Eldra DeBarge "Slide"

Waitasec, does Mary Wells' "Dear Lover" count? It was included on Motown's Mary Wells "Ultimate Collection", so some of her post-Motown catalog may have been bought by Motown, just like Edwin Starr's pre-Motown catalog is Motown's, as well as Junior Walker & the All-Stars, Fantastic Four, Grover Washington Jr, Toni Tony Tone...

I think Motown just licensed DEAR LOVER for that collection, along with some of her 20TH CENTURY-FOX recordings. But they didn't buy them.

[mysterysinger]

"Jump [[For My Love)" - The Pointer Sisters
"Why Can't We Be Lovers" - Holland and Dozier
"Ghetto Child" - Detroit Spinners
"The Good Lord Knows" - Four Tops
"Side Stepping" - Fantastic Four
"H.A.P.P.Y. Radio" - Edwin Starr
"Amoureuse" - Kiki Dee
"Hang On In There Baby" - Johnny Bristol
"Solid" - Ashford & Simpson
"Street Life" - The Crusaders
"Dream Lover" - Bobby Darin
"Maybe I Know" - Lesley Gore

[smark21]

YOu Stepped out of a Dream - Tony Martin

[Bokiluis]

"Blowin in the Wind" - Stevie Wonder

"Summertime" - Diana Ross

"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" - Diana Ross & The Supremes with The Temptations

"Don't Leave Me This Way" - Thelma Houston

"Lady Sings the Blues [[soundtrack)/"Stolen Moments" - Diana Ross

[captainjames]

Missing You............................Diana Ross
Until Its Time To Go...............Susaye Greene
Thriller................................Michael Jackson
and finally ..................Sanctified Lady by Marvin Gaye

[Soshe]

Gladys Knight and the Pips - Groovin' [[1968)

Marvin Gaye - Groovin' [[1970)

TWO great versions of the Rascals song

[144man]

For Your Love - The Four Tops

[johnbell]

If you mean non-motown songs recorded on Motown , by Motown recording artists, why not this one, appears on GIT On ''Broadway''

The Leading Lady Medley by Miss Diana Ross

[Ngroove]

"Blowin' In The Wind" - Stevie Wonder. For all I know, he probably was the first to mainstream top 10 that Dylan folk staple.

[Bokiluis]

Its hard to beat this one as far as I'm concerned .. and the songwriters and producers were Ex-Motowners as well!!

Roger

I hear a lot of the structure of "No One Gets the Prize". Ashford & Simpson at the top of their game!

[robb_k]

"Good, Good Whiskey", "Bad, Bad Whiskey", "Saturday Night Fish Fry" by Amos Milburn.

"I'm The Playboy"-Pyramids [[former Satintones)

[florence]

Bob Dylan's Forever Young by Diana Ross [[with guitar solo by Eric Clapton).

Poignant and sensational version.