Our Motown Top 60

[marv2]

Hey everyone, keeping with Motown's 60th Anniversary I think it would be great if we post a favorite Motown recording here until we reach 60 of our favorites. If someone post one that you were thinking of posting, pick a different one [[God knows there are a lot to choose from).
I will start things off with this one:

1).

[arr&bee]

By jove ,marv,you've done it again...the girl's alright with me.

[marv2]

By jove ,marv,you've done it again...the girl's alright with me.

Thanks JAI! I can't wait to see the completed list here:

2).

[Ngroove]

3).

[marv2]

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Excellent choice Ngroove!

[lockhartgary]

[Ngroove]

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3).




Excellent choice Ngroove!

Thank you very much. It was always a dramatic standout, whether since first noticing its dramatic name, up to the buildup and beyond of the objection of what should otherwise have been a sacred celebrated ceremony, with Gladys' belting of soul.

[Ngroove]

My favorite from the Diana Ross / Nile Rogers / Bernard Edwards' Diana album, 1980.



5).

[WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance]

[[6.) This is just TOO TUFF not to love.

[Motown Eddie]

I've got so many Motown favorites but I'm going with this one for now; The Supremes' "Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart" [[The Supremix)

https://youtu.be/VkJCdxoQwhc

[marv2]

I've got so many Motown favorites but I'm going with this one for now; The Supremes' "Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart" [[The Supremix)

https://youtu.be/VkJCdxoQwhc

I wished they had done more in this style and cut out some of the "standards"

7).

[robb_k]

The Monitors - Crying In The Night

[marv2]

The Monitors - Crying In The Night

Thanks Robb!

8).

[Ngroove]

This has got to be the most pop-oriented "friendly" Edwin Starr, hahaha, yet this is my favorite of his Motown recordings.

9).

[woodward]

Heaven Must Have Sent You by the great Elgins.

[marv2]

Heaven Must Have Sent You by the great Elgins.

Woodward of course!

10).

[Ngroove]

Switching genres only just a slight after all, because one memory was when subjecting my brother, a hard rock / metal listener, a few of Rare Earth's numbers, his answer was that they were still soul. I guess they were not "hardcore" enough to be fully pegged as "rock", haha.


11).

[marv2]

I know you wouldn't know this,but this "I Just Want to Celebrate", is one of my all time favorite records! LOL!

[RanRan79]

How about this one from the 80s:

[Boogiedown]

let's get the J5 included here:



the only successful song written by Clifton Davis?

[marv2]

Ok people we're up to 13 great Motown songs, let's pick it up! LOL!

[lockhartgary]

let's get the J5 included here:



the only successful song written by Clifton Davis?

I guess it depends on how you define "successful". He also wrote the J5's "Lookin' Through the Windows", which charted 16 Pop, 5 RnB and 9 in the U.K.

[TomatoTom123]

One of the most iconic Motown intros ever.....? Has to be included

[marv2]

One of the most iconic Motown intros ever.....? Has to be included

It is also one of the best and most popular Motown hit for fans of my age group and perhaps younger. By the time this one hit, Motown had been producing hit records for nearly 10 years!

[Ngroove]

this song, when listened upon chance surfing the radio one evening, near-Christmas near twenty years ago, got my ears hooked into its beauty, and got me deciding to further absorb more of Motown in earnest from then on.


15).

[marv2]

Oh yeah NGroove! It always takes me back to when I first heard it around Christmas time........1968! Ok, I'm kind of old! LOL! Great record!

[luke]

Of course the amazing Isley Bros with my fave Motown song of all time...This Old Heart of Mine. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U_9M6kRfJes

[marv2]

Of course the amazing Isley Bros with my fave Motown song of all time...This Old Heart of Mine. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U_9M6kRfJes

Another excellent pick Luke!

16).

[Ngroove]

We're at 17), still lots to go, but Four Tops has still not been mentioned, actually surprising.

Four Tops, Always one of my consistent favorites, this is one of my personal favorites from their H-D-H peak years.


17).

[Boogiedown]

I guess it depends on how you define "successful". He also wrote the J5's "Lookin' Through the Windows", which charted 16 Pop, 5 RnB and 9 in the U.K.

I haven't heard that once since the early seventies! Reaching #16 is impressive and reasonably successful !

Both WINDOWS and NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE were Hal Davis productions

[Motown Eddie]

We can't forget this Martha & The Vandellas classic:

https://youtu.be/sW9mCPlp61U

[mowsville]

The Temptations.."I Need You"....absolute bliss to the ears.

[marv2]

We can't forget this Martha & The Vandellas classic:

https://youtu.be/sW9mCPlp61U

This one does represent the "Motown Sound" all day long!

19).

[marv2]

The Temptations.."I Need You"....absolute bliss to the ears.

Well then here we go Mowsville!

20).

[marv2]

A perennial favorite of mine.........

21).

[mowsville]

beautiful.

[mowsville]

Well then here we go Mowsville!

20).

it dont get any better than this...thanks.

[marv2]

it dont get any better than this...thanks.

It sounds very much like something Eddie Kendricks would have recorded in the 70s.

[detmotownguy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgrCeWU48_E


High Energy - MSS

[marv2]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgrCeWU48_E


High Energy - MSS

Motown never sounded so sophisticated.....

22).

[marv2]

23).

The Contours - "Shake Sherry"

[144man]

Kim Weston - Take Me In Your Arms [[Rock Me A Little While)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luKWweHnqcc

[marv2]

Kim Weston - Take Me In Your Arms [[Rock Me A Little While)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luKWweHnqcc

Brilliant record and still very listenable!

24).

[Motown Eddie]

Here's one that got away from The Marvelettes:

https://youtu.be/m2CiT6PUG9I

[marv2]

Here's one that got away from The Marvelettes:

https://youtu.be/m2CiT6PUG9I

They sound great, very early sixties sound too:

25).

[arr&bee]

Your love is amazing-the four tops

[Roger Polhill]

What a hard one Marv, what about Marvin Gaye`s "Your Unchanging Love" great bass line too!Sorry I`m too dumb to post the music.

[marv2]

What a hard one Marv, what about Marvin Gaye`s "Your Unchanging Love" great bass line too!Sorry I`m too dumb to post the music.

Mr. Polhill! Excellent choice. Not to worry I will post the video for you. I cannot thank you enough for what you did for me. I will not forget it!

26).

[marv2]

Your love is amazing-the four tops

Ok JAI save me some of them Four Tops! LOL! Good one!

27).

[Roger Polhill]

You`re a champ Marv.