Motowniest Non Motown Song?

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This Willie Jones and The Chimes cut sounds like 1959 Miracles:


The flute solo sounds like Motown's Beans Bowles. In 1959 most of Motown's workers were not on salary, but paid for the individual tasks they performed.

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Here's one from Van McCoy:

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Here's Yvonne Vernee[[Allen)'s group, The Donays, recording for Wilbur Golden's Correc-Tone Records, produced by ex-Motowner, Robert Bateman, arranged by ex-Motowner Popcorn Wylie:

It sounds like a 1962 Marvelettes' song.

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Here's one produced by Gene Redd:

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Here's another Don Davis production:

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Here's Detroit's Gwen Owens:

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Here's another great Thelma cut:

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Here's another Harry Balk Vol umes' cut:

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An obvious one-but should be here, anyway:

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Another great Detroit "Off-Motown" cut:

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Here's yet another of ex-Motowner, Don Davis' productions, by fellow ex-Motowner, Clyde Wilson [[AKA Steve Mancha) released by a Mike Hanks label-no less!:

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Here's another by New York Jobete Music Office's Gene Redd-recorded at Golden World:

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Another great L.A. Jobete staff production by Marc Gordon and Frank Wilson, by Mary Love:

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Here's yet another L.A. Jobete staff production by Gordon & Wilson, sung by Frank, himself, disguised as "Eddie" Wilson:

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Another great cut by an ex-L.A. Jobete producer, Ed Cobb:

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And another Ed Cobb production of a song written originally to sell to Jobete music, but produced on an independent label, after Cobb and Berry Gordy had a falling out over Cobb's not getting producer credit for Brenda Holloway's "Every Little Bit Hurts"

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Here's Ron Banks' Dramatics. I can hear The Temptations singing this:

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Here's ex-Motowner, Herman Griffin, singing another Van McCoy song, produced by ex-Motowner, Andre Williams, and arranged by Motown arranger, Dale Warren:

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Another great Darrell Banks cut:

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Here's backgrounds produced in Detroit by ex-Motowner, Dave Hamilton, used by Chicago producer, Maurice Jackson:

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Joshie Armstead and Mel Collins sent their Chicago artists to ex-Motowner and Detroit producer, Mike Terry:

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Sidney Barnes teamed with J.J. Jackson to write Motownish songs together when his former full-time Motown writing partner, George Kerr, started his own label. The wrote for Mary Wells, among others, like this one:

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Here's Detroit's Dynamics singing a Detroit song they wrote, but recorded in Memphis:

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Here's backgrounds produced in Detroit by ex-Motowner, Dave Hamilton, used by Chicago producer, Maurice Jackson:

Robb, now that's interesting to me! I put up a post recently on Maurice Jackson but little response. In fact you were the only person to respond. I am surprised to learn from your post he had his own label and issued the Monique recording, created in Detroit, even though he is the master of the Chicago sound....
https://soulfuldetroit.com/showthrea...e-Independents

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Here's Detroit's Gwen Owens:

oh my lord Robb...i rushed home from work just to see what other gems you might have posted...and i hear this...im in awe of all your posts..lordy lordy.

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oh my lord Robb...i rushed home from work just to see what other gems you might have posted...and i hear this...im in awe of all your posts..lordy lordy.

And, despite those accolades, I have just barely scratched the surface. I have hardly posted any of the 2 biggest sources: Ed Wingate's Golden World/Ric Tic/Wingate Records, and Don Davis' and LeBaron Taylor's Solid Hitbound Productions [[Revilot/Groovesville/Solid Hit Records, as well as Wilbur Golden's Correc-Tone/SonBert Records, Mike Hanks' labels, and Popcorn Wylie/Tony Hester Productions.

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You should like This Popcorn Wylie/Tony Hester song:

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Here's another Popcorn Wylie production, for Wilbur Golden's Correc-Tone Records, written by ex-Motowner Wylie and Motown's secretary Janie Bradford [[under the pen name: Nikki Todd):

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Here are The Debonairs, an unheralded Detroit girls group who recorded for Ed Wingate's Golden World, and Don Davis' Solid Hitbound Productions:

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Here's Barbara Jean and The Lyrics from Johnnie Mae Matthews' Big Hit Records, working with Ernest Burt's Magic City Records:

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Here's another Terri Bryant Don Davis production:

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Here's Monique singing to the other Dave Hamilton Detroit Funk Brothers track that Maurice Jackson somehow got ahold of:

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Here's another Barrett Strong-written "Motownish" song sung by The Artistics, recorded in Chicago:

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Here's another Parliaments from Golden World:

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Here's another Big Hit Production by Cynthia & The Imaginary 3 [[formerly The Imaginations), who recorded previously for Magic City and Blue Rock Records:

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Another Parliaments:

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You should like This Popcorn Wylie/Tony Hester song:

WOW...goosebumps.

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This one certainly qualifies:

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Does anyone know berry gordy or Motown in general felt about these songs?

We’re they thinking “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”?

Or “they’re stealing our sound!”?

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Here's another great Tobi Lark song produced by Joe Hunter and Fred Brown. Sorry for the poor sound quality. All the good ones have been removed:

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Spencer Davis Group - Keep on Running

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The reason why-deon jackson.

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Just wow, Robb_k. This has been very enlightening for me. I think I’m going to make a playlist just from your posts here! Thanks for bringing all these “lost” tunes forward. Wow.

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Three from Gamble - Huff on Neptune

We're Only Human - Bunny Sigler & Cindy Scott
Sounds like Marvin & Tammi's "Your Precious Love"

Conquer The World Together - Bunny & Cindy
Sounds Like Marvin & Tammi's "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"

Great Big Liar - Bunny Sigler
Pushing it I know, but if you take away the Philly strings and if the female backing singers were less strident, it would sound like Marvin Gaye singing to the band track of the Temptations' "Runaway Child Running Wild".

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Here's another outstanding Harry Balk Volumes' cut:

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Here's another Motown-sounding Mary Wells:

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Here's another of Ed Wingate's Golden World gems:

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Here's another of Ed Wingate's Ric Tic gems from former and future Motowner, Freddie Gorman [[who also recorded for my record label):

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Here's one heavily related to Soulful Detroit Forum, produced by Ralph's friend, Fred Saxon, and recorded in his studio, Arranged by Dennis Coffey's friend and work partner, Mike Theodore, and engineered by Bob Ohlsson's colleague, Milan Bogden:

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Here's a Chicago artist sent to Mike Terry, in Detroit: