What Song R U Listening To Right Now?

[Motown Eddie]

"Thankful N' Thoughtful"-Sly & The Family Stone

[sansradio]

Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer

[westgrandboulevard]

Drown In My Own Tears - Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers

[westgrandboulevard]

It's A Bitter Pill To Swallow - Marvin Gaye

[westgrandboulevard]

Tears At The End Of A Love Affair - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

[westgrandboulevard]

I'm Gonna Be True - Chris Clark

[westgrandboulevard]

Whenever I'm Without You - Chris Clark

[westgrandboulevard]

Twelve Months Of The Year - The Spinners

[YourOldStandBy]

I've spent most of this afternoon and evening listening to a song I heard for the first time today: Uptown by the Crystals. I've fallen absolutely in love with it and it's going to be an all time favourite song of mine. Somewhere in my top ten or twenty at the least.

It's such a beautiful song, and I'm very sad to have found out the lead singer for the single, Barbera Alston passed a few years ago.

[westgrandboulevard]

I Can't Erase The Way I Feel - Suzee Ikeda

[westgrandboulevard]

I've spent most of this afternoon and evening listening to a song I heard for the first time today: Uptown by the Crystals. I've fallen absolutely in love with it and it's going to be an all time favourite song of mine. Somewhere in my top ten or twenty at the least.

It's such a beautiful song, and I'm very sad to have found out the lead singer for the single, Barbera Alston passed a few years ago.

If you've not heard the version by The Marvelettes, check it out and see how you feel it compares with the Crystals' recording.

Sadly, all the original members of The Marvelettes - with the exception of Wyanetta [known as Juanita] Cowart Motley - have all passed away. Later member Ann Bogan is thought to be still alive.....

[sansradio]

You Want This - Mary J. Blige

[sansradio]

How Can I Tell Him - Dionne Warwicke

[sansradio]

Jewels n’ Drugs - Lady Gaga featuring T.I., Too $hort and Twista

[sansradio]

Seems I'm Never Tired Lovin' You - Nina Simone

[sansradio]

Ha Ha Hey [Laugh Til You Cry] - Susaye Greene

[sansradio]

Let Jesus Love You - Jennifer Holliday

[sansradio]

Miss Being Mrs. - Loretta Lynn

[Motown Eddie]

"She Knows Me Too Well"-The Beach Boys

[Motown Eddie]

"Let Him Run Wild"-The Beach Boys

[sansradio]

No, Never Alone - Deniece Williams

[sansradio]

Rough Ridin' - Ella Fitzgerald

[sansradio]

I Just Can't Stand It - Millie Jackson

[sansradio]

Powder Your Face with Sunshine [Smile! Smile! Smile!] - Dean Martin

[sansradio]

That's How Heartaches Are Made - The Marvelettes

[Motown Eddie]

"The Best"-Tina Turner

[sansradio]

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [live] - Luther Vandross and Chaka Khan

[sansradio]

Family [from the Dreamgirls​ original Broadway cast album] - Obba Babatunde, Jennifer Holliday and cast

[sansradio]

Love Hangover [alternate studio take/version #1] - Diana Ross

[sansradio]

Once Upon a Time [live] - Donna Summer

[sansradio]

Boi-bumba - Kathleen Battle & Christopher Parkening

[sansradio]

On Green Dolphin Street [live] - Dorothy Donegan

[sansradio]

Bridges - Tracy Chapman

[sansradio]

You're the Top [live] - Ethel Merman featuring Frank Sinatra

[sansradio]

Santo - Katherine Dunham Presents The Singing Gods

[Motown Eddie]

"Maggot Brain" [alternate mix]-Funkadelic

[sansradio]

Find the Love - Mary J. Blige

[sansradio]

Freaks on This Side - The New Power Generation

[sansradio]

Pirate Jenny [live [...in Concert album version]] - Nina Simone

[westgrandboulevard]

Give Me Your Love - Paul Petersen

[westgrandboulevard]

All I Need Is You To Love Me - The Temptations

[westgrandboulevard]

[Must We Always Live For] Tomorrow - The Messengers

[westgrandboulevard]

Now Is The Time For Love - Paul Petersen

[sansradio]

My Girl - The Mamas & The Papas

[YourOldStandBy]

[QUOTE=westgrandboulevard;827987]If you've not heard the version by The Marvelettes, check it out and see how you feel it compares with the Crystals' recording.

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As much as I adore the Marvelettes and Wanda, I gave it a listen and I have to say the Crystals win this one for me. I think there's just too much going on with the music and Wanda oversinging, and there's no room for anything to breathe, so it ends up lacking the sublime and ethereal qualities that the Crystals version has. Rather than sitting on top of the Wall of Sound the way Barbara Alston does in the Crystals and Ronnie does in the Ronettes recordings, Wanda feels like she's determined to drown it out completely, so her voice, the backup singing and the backing track all feel like they are fighting each other for dominance instead of melding and harmonising. Still that was just my first impression so I may have to give it another listen and I may end up learning to appreciate it on its own merits. It is trying to do something different to the Crystals original, so I have to give it that at least.

Very sad about the Marvelettes pretty much all no longer being with us. One of the underrated Motown and 60s Girl Group greats.

[sansradio]

The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd

[sansradio]

It's Gonna Take All Our Love - Gladys Knight & The Pips

[Motown Eddie]

"Caught In A Web"-Dream Theater

[sansradio]

I Won't Let Go - Karen Clark Sheard

[sansradio]

Remarks by Rev. C.L. Franklin [live [Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings version]] - Aretha Franklin featuring The Rev. C.L. Franklin and The Rev. James Cleveland