Juniors gonna blow for yer again
Juniors gonna blow for yer again
Some Earl Van
Dyke
and to finish, some San Remo Golden Strings
As a few non-Motown songs have been included I thought I'd mention this one by the Four Tops. It's a really good track, perhaps with an edit a possible single at the time too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2haBm9W546g
Marvin Gaye - "Your Unchanging Love" from 1967!
Every Time I See You I Go Wild
1967:
My favorite Stevie Wonder number, and on single release form, it was the B-Side, to "I'm Wondering". Anyhow, to let you guys know, my favorite Stevie Wonder period was his mid-late sixties period, with his voice and energy as rollicking and exciting, as it was wild and mischievous.
1966:
Around the same time yet unreleased, as it eventually was unearthed on A Cellarful of Motown Volume Two, J J Barnes:
"Despite expectations of a prolific career at Motown after his contract was bought from Ric-Tic, there appears to be little in the way of new recordings in the Motown vaults. However, what there is shows that JJ should have gone on to be a major player in the label's history. Here he shows his ability to take a song and make it his very own on a track that first appeared by Stevie Wonder on his album 'I Was Made To Love Her'".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7K8I4RyFxA
1978:
High Inergy, on their "Steppin' Out" album. Quite a sizzling, disco-fied attempt, I shall compliment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxAbcOUmhks
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The Jackson 5 - "Ready Or Not [[ Here I Come)"
Jimmy Ruffins version of a Labi Siffre song, from his Polydor tenure
I love Jimmy's version of "Family Affair" from that album too...
And while were on the subject of Jimmy Ruffin let's have this absolutely wonderful Philly-Disco track...!!!
[QUOTE=TomatoTom123;406878]And while were on the subject of Jimmy Ruffin let's have this absolutely wonderful Philly-Disco track...!!!
Hey TT and Marv
We love Jimmy don't we, even when he doesn't sing!!!
Here's another great track
Some Smokey I think..
Nice one Richy... how 'bout this from the same album... Smokey does Disco... and Smokey kills it!!
Jose Feliciano "Lonely Teardrops"
Can I get a witness to Marvin Rockin'
"Can I Get A Witness"
I still love this rollicking track...so unusual for the Marvelettes and especially for Wanda singing lead on songs like this. If the group's earlier lineup was still intact at the time, I imagine this would have been a Gladys vocal, but I think Wanda still does a great job with it.
I love the deconstruction of "Someday We'll Be Together" which makes it a totally different song than that which provided the Diane-led Supremes their swan song.
Definitely not heard enough!!!
One of Stevie Wonder's greatest rarely-heard songs is from Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants" [[but it's not Send One Your Love). If you haven't played it lately, dig out your album and select 'A Seed's A Star, A Star Is A Seed.' It absolutely rocks. I'd love to hear Stevie play it live but it seems to be one of those tunes that's just been forgotten.
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