According to the Tops Duke Fakir, Lamont Dozier was under the gun to write a follow-up to I Cant Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) in 1965, so he just reversed the earlier hits chord changes hence the winking in-joke of a song title. In the mid-60s, Barrett Strong became the lyrical lynchpin for the symphonic songs of Norman Whitfield, but before that he was quite something as a singer-songwriter, delivering this massive monetary smash in 1961, as covered by The Beatles on their With The Beatles album. That its songs still sit among the greatest and most soulful ever recorded is testament to the relentless quality of the artists and songwriters Gordy hired. Apple Inc. Somebodys Watching Me Rockwell / U.S. R&B, 9. Alls fair in love and war: A reconnaissance mission turns into a romantic ambush in the Marvelettes hit The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game. Secretly I been tailing you, like a fox that preys on a rabbit, Wanda Young sings. I kind of got that from my own experiences that was Lionel Richie from Tuskegee, Alabama, where there is no such thing as four-in-the-morning partying. K.G. Boogie On Reggae Woman Stevie Wonder / U.S. 2019 Preview 1 I Want You Back (Z-Trip Remix) Jackson 5 4:35 2 I Heard It Through the Grapevine (The Randy Watson Experience Sympathy For The Grapes Mix) Gladys Knight & The Pips 5:30 3 Let's Get It On (Da Producers MPG Groove Mix) Marvin Gaye 4:22 4 Here lies yet another of the earth-shaking rhythm sections in Motowns massive discography: an unchanging snare drum cruelly punching holes in a four-part bass riff stuffed with chubby notes. Diana doesnt want Alka-Seltzer. You Havent Done Nothin Stevie Wonder / U.S. Sam Armstrong, The Isley Brothers only recorded songs for Motown for a short time, but they made a mighty impact with this pleading HollandDozierHolland gem. Motown stars like Robinson, the Commodores, Diana Ross, and Michael Jackson kept churning out great music through the funk, disco, and easy-listening eras, and hitmakers like Rick James, Lionel Richie, DeBarge, and Boyz II Me kept the label all over the radio in the slick Eighties and into the Nineties. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) Jr. Walker & The All-Stars / U.S. R&B, 4. Four Tops 1966 monster, with Levi Stubbs straining every sinew to let you know hes standing by, ready to catch you when you fall. Im Gonna Make You Love Me Diana Ross & the Supremes & the Temptations / U.S. Ross uses a single tempo shift to great, dance-floor-destroying effect in Love Hangover, vaulting from breathy, besotted, slinking funk to darting disco, with cymbals shushing like angry passengers on an Amtrak quiet car. Working out of a separate mixing and mastering room . (I Know) Im Losing You The Temptations / U.S. R&B, 8. His hoarse voice fronted a slew of hits, including this guttural dance-craze romp (it suits The Pony). Pop U.S. R&B, 22. For Your Love Stevie Wonder / U.S. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); About Us Contributors Terms of Service Privacy Policy 2023 uDiscover Music, Jon Pardi Invited To Join Grand Ole Opry At Stagecoach By Guy Fieri And Alan Jackson, Red Hot Chili Peppers Flea Shares His Three Favorite Basslines, Killer Mike Sets 2023 North American Solo Tour, Carrie Underwood To Welcome Listeners Into Carries Country With New SiriusXM Channel, Lil Wayne Invites Fans To Welcome To Tha Carter Global Livestream Concert, LE SSERAFIM Head Up A Rebellion In Nile Rodgers Collaboration, Unforgiven, 702, Tame Impala, And Brick & Lace: Currently Trending Songs, Best Iggy Pop Songs: 20 Tracks With An Insatiable Lust For Life, Fancy: Behind Bobbie Gentrys Womens Lib Statement. Please Mr. Postman The Marvelettes / U.S. The result was a sweet, transporting tune and a hit their first as the Supremes (rather than Diana Ross and the Supremes) in three years. In The Name Of Love (Extended Stereo Mix) 2-18: Mary Wells - My Guy (Extended Stereo Mix) 2-19: The Temptations - My Girl (Extended Stereo Mix) 2-20: The Miracles - My Girl . It was the start of several brokenhearted hits for her, and the songs gaping vulnerability touched a nerve inspiring versions by Aretha Franklin and the Clash, among others. Motown Vinyl Releases Nelly NELLYVILLE (2LP) 2x12" 28.07.22 20th anniversary double vinyl reissue of the iconic second album from nelly. K.G. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) Marvin Gaye, #1 cover version by James Taylor: U.S. 17. In between, they taped utterly amazing records at Motown, such as this bruising 1966 dancer. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) The Temptations / U.S. Do I Do Stevie Wonder / U.S. Dance/Disco, 1. The upbeat tempo contrasts to the cringeworthy moment as her heels slide up and down the marble tile to the euphoric horns very rock & roll. D.B. A song of deep longing for a missing lover, the track itself is far from forlorn, thanks to songwriters Holland-Dozier-Holland and the Funk Brothers pumping rhythms. Forget the hair of the dog. Back In My Arms Again The Supremes / U.S. All rights reserved. Upside Down Diana Ross / U.S. Incredibly passionate music from 1970, with a highly romantic pulse. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (Extended Alternate Background Vocals Stereo Mix) 2-16: Four Tops - Something About You: 2-17: The Supremes - Stop! The songs vibe is consciously international, fitting in Caribbean, Spanish, and Swahili phrases. But when a song like this was the result, it was worth arguing over. Three years after proclaiming that Young Girls Are My Weakness, the group was praising a mighty mighty who was built like an Amazon. A brick house means shes stacked, Commodores frontman Lionel Richie once said. Slippery When Wet The Commodores / U.S. R&B, 16. The only two I can think of are: "Angel Baby" by Darrell Banks, better than Stevie Wonder's, and "California Soul" by Marlena Shaw, better than The Messengers' original. Yet the ladies got back to work with new singer Jean Terrell and kept cranking out hits. Pop U.S. R&B U.S. Build your soul vinyl collection with classic titles and under-the-radar favorites. It made US No.50 in 1966 and had to wait until 1971 to become a UK No.3. Adult Contemporary, 9. Richie recorded the song with frequent collaborator James Anthony Carmichael and a variety of session musicians (some of whom had played on Thriller), working up a plush, Caribbean-inspired groove that fits like an impeccably tailored velvet suit. Ashford and Simpson knew they had a hit Nick called it the golden egg, Simpson later recalled. 0:57. This tune, co-written by Stevie Wonder, was the groups most successful song for Motown, reaching No. Getting down to a list of the 100 Greatest Motown Songs wasnt easy. Writers Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong came up with a track that was just as incisive and explosive as the lyrics. J.D. 22. Pop U.S. Adult Contemporary, 4. 4 on the Billboard R&B chart. Mama knows best: dont fall for the first lover you meet. Otis Williams later recalled, I know there werent drug references because Norman and Barrett didnt do drugs.. HEADLINE TOPICS Runaway Child, Running Wild The Temptations / U.S. R&B, 2. He planned it as a duet with his protg Teena Marie, until she came down with a bad fever and her doctor warned her not to sing. But stories of the label in the Seventies tend to focus on Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, to the exclusion of others. Uptight (Everythings Alright) Stevie Wonder / U.S. R&B, 23. Pop 3.. 10: 1970 Various The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. Sublabel Apollo Theatre Records Parent Label: UMG Recordings, Inc. Label [l61002] Edit Label Penny Lover Lionel Richie / U.S. Originally released by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes in 1975, Thelma Houston covered Dont Leave Me This Way for her fourth album, Any Way You Like It, a year later. Hello Lionel Richie / U.S. Automatically Sunshine, riding a brilliant little bass run, finds the girls in the masterly supervision of Smokey Robinson, who created a thoughtful yet still danceable sound that was both contemporary to 1972 and true to Motowns classic values. Nastay as a busted tooth, slick as an oil spill, this Motown song kicks butt. Dueling funk riffs slide over proto-boom bap drums as frontman G.C. Pop U.S. R&B U.K. 6. Sheppard / U.S. Country, 1. Gayes early Seventies albums tend to get more attention than his work later in the decade, but 1976s I Want You is wildly ambitious and recklessly groovy, maybe nowhere more than its title song. But I will definitely work on more when I get some time to be creative. 0:05. Pop U.S. R&B Australia, 11. Shotgun Jr. Walker & the All-Stars / U.S. R&B, 16. Move on Up (Extended Version) in Motown Dinner Buffering Motown Dinner no one 1 year ago 7 80 2 Hear the full playlist Hear every second of every track with SoundCloud Go+. Do It Baby The Miracles / U.S. R&B*/**, 9. If You Should Ever Be Lonely Val Young / U.S. Dance/Disco, 5. The best Motown songs are timeless soul classics that capture everything it means to be in love, to suffer heartbreak and to want to dance with abandon. Gladys Knight Set To Open 2023 Hampton Court Palace Festival, Teena Maries Remix Collection By John Morales Now Available Digitally, Motown Museum To Re-Open For Public Tours After Three-Month Closure, 702, Tame Impala, And Brick & Lace: Currently Trending Songs, Best Iggy Pop Songs: 20 Tracks With An Insatiable Lust For Life, Fancy: Behind Bobbie Gentrys Womens Lib Statement. J.D. Throbbing, grinding, and otherworldly, this is Ross in inner space, chasing dreams and illusions, while regretting wasted love as ever. SOULFUL DETROIT Forum K.H. Pop U.S. R&B, 1. Adult Contemporary, #1 cover/rap version by Coolio featuring L.V., as Gangstas Paradise: U.S., Australia, Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, 1. Pretty sure there's a thread or two here on the man and his work. Ill Be Doggone Marvin Gaye / U.S. R&B, 18. In 1965, Stevie Wonders voice was changing, chart success was not forthcoming, and you might suspect that the wunderkind was washed up at 15. Soulful Detroit Tours, JOIN US! Pop U.S. R&B*, 24. [C# Fm B D# G#m] Chords for Diana Ross Supremes Motown "Forever Came Today" My Extended Version! As Ross put it, if theres a cure for this, I dont want it. E.L. Being With You Smokey Robinson / U.S. Gaye threads multitracked backing vocals throughout almost the entire tune, sometimes echoing the lead lyric, sometimes breaking the spell with shattering ad-libs then knitting everything back together by bathing the whole track in the prettiest of ooohs and aaahs. When he starts to fade out not long after four minutes, you may not feel ready to leave. Love Will Conquer All Lionel Richie / U.S. In this serene context, Robinsons desires seem extraordinarily vivid: You short-circuit all my nerves, promising electric things/You touch me and suddenly theres rainbow rings. E.L. Pop U.S. R&B U.S. Dance/Disco, 9. The track, originally titled Oh, My Marsha after Wonders girlfriend, is expertly featured in Almost Famous, when Penny Lane overdoses on quaaludes and has her stomach pumped inside the Plaza. Wherever I Lay My Hat (Thats My Home) Marvin Gaye, 1. Master Blaster (Jammin) Stevie Wonder / U.S. R&B Austria Switzerland. Rub You The Right Way Johnny Gill / U.S. R&B, 4. My Girl The Temptations / U.S. You Wear It Well El DeBarge with DeBarge / U.S. Dance/Disco, 18. Smokey Robinson And The Miracles reflect on their amorous error and beg for forgiveness. This was the only hit outside of the Temptations for Edwards he gets a healthy assist from Garrett, who would go on to co-write Michael Jacksons Man in the Mirror but even without his longtime groupmates, he can shoot out words and phrases with the gravel-shotgun force of Teddy Pendergrass. Sam Armstrong, This massive hit for The Four Tops wasnt just a No. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) Marvin Gaye / U.S. R&B, 9. Adult Contemporary, 17. Required fields are marked *. Pop*/**. That Girl Stevie Wonder / U.S. 2023 Rolling Stone, LLC. Let Your Hair Down Temptations / U.S. R&B, 5. Wells once called her biggest hit, My Guy, the epitome of the Motown sound, and she was right. And amid all the hits, there are still lesser-known gems to be discovered. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. It's been a while since I've created anything new, but my life has gotten so busy that I simply don't have time at the moment. Love Machine (Part 1) The Miracles / U.S. Required fields are marked *. Man, he was one of the major forces in the Motown sound, Stevie Wonder told Rolling Stone in 1973, just a few years after Benjamins fatal stroke. Sticking with the R&B end of Tamla Motown, heres the labels first No.1, stylishly delivered by Gladys Horton and the girls from Inkster, Michigan. Adult Contemporary, 7. Come See About Me The Supremes / U.S. Within 24 hours, a new Four Tops classic was written and recorded, and it went to Number Two on the R&B chart, and Number Five on pop. In search of rock cred at the end of the Sixties, Motown started a subsidiary label, Rare Earth, named after one of its first signings, a Detroit band. You Cant Hurry Love, My Baby Loves Me, Ooh, Baby, Baby, I Want You Back, Aint That Peculiar, My Smile is Just A Frown (Turned Upside Down), Chain Reaction, Signed, Sealed & Delivered,The Boss, Quicksand,Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While),You Beat Me To The Punch. Of course, musical tastes are subjective, and that will always be true. As Wells told biographer Peter Benjaminson, she thought it would be cute to pay tribute to Mae West during the outro, doing a bit of a sultry staccato. Lets Get Serious Jermaine Jackson / U.S. R&B, 3. I love hearing the voices and instruments, sometimes separately and often more clearly on these versions than on the ones that were released. Either way, Dancing In The Street was an anthem. 2: 1962 Various The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. Pop U.S. R&B, 7. And though they played it for a very interested Dusty Springfield, they held on to Aint No Mountain High Enough as their ticket to gigs at Motown. It remains one of Motowns best songs. 1s box set. A.M. The title track from the Miracles monumentally great 1965 album (which ranks at 420 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list) is an invitation to go out and hit the club that easily doubles as a metaphor for Motowns inviting, integrationist spirit You might see anyone in town, Smokey Robinson tells us. The All Stars dig into the groove as though determined to show how far you can get on just one chord. Pop, 14. Humongous talent! I Cant Help Myself Four Tops / U.S. Down To Love Town The Originals / U.S. Dance/Disco, 6. Was it about dancing or riots? A singer from Los Angeles with a gospel and classical background, Brenda Holloway sang with an old-soul weariness that stood apart from Motowns youthful energy, especially on the achingly mournful Every Little Bit Hurts. Holloway wasnt interested in recording the song, and you can hear a little bit of that beleaguered tension in her brooding delivery. Youve Made Me So Very Happy Brenda Holloway, #1 cover version by Blood, Sweat & Tears: Canada, 1. Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day Stevie Wonder / U.S. R&B, 17. A medley of Motown. Boogie On Reggae Woman is a synth-funk electro-skank where Stevie plays nearly everything himself, from the harmonica solo to that filthy Moog bass line. Pop U.S. R&B U.S. Dance/Disco Australia Norway Switzerland, 5. It feels so real but its just my imagination running away from me. The tune is one of Kendricks finest vocals the Tempts Otis Williams remembers him staying up all night to nail it but by the time it hit Number One, Kendricks, who had become frustrated with the Temptations, had already quit the group. D.B. Adult Contemporary, 3. I Cant Get Next To You The Temptations / U.S. This song was never a hit, not even a single. Sheppard / U.S. Country, 20. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep The Temptations / U.S. R&B. For Once In My Life Stevie Wonder / U.S. 2 by The Marvelettes on Amazon Music. What a single. Follow the Motown playlist. The DNA appears to have been borrowed from Keni Burkes Risin to the Top, released the year before though the snare in All Night Long is more punishing and then leaked into the 1990s through the similarly entrancing Ascension (Dont Ever Wonder), by Maxwell, plus direct samples by Groove Theory and Mary J. Blige, among others. Im Coming Out Diana Ross / U.S. Dance/Disco, 4. On Bended Knee Boyz II Men / U.S. You Cant Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On) High Inergy / U.S. R&B**, 12. Motown: The Complete No 1's Disc 1 1. A fair question, Marvin, as the skinny 60s soul romantic grows into a man aware that the world around him is full of exploitation, fear, and loathing. But the not-quite original is the best! Marvin Gaye made his big score with, , the 1972 thriller about a ghetto kingpin named Mister T. (The poster called him One Cat Who Plays Like an Army!) It was his only film soundtrack, but it was a smash he went Top 10 with his bluesy theme song. Pop U.S. R&B Canada, 10. Four Tops "Bernadette" My BIG Extended Version!! Living For The City Stevie Wonder / U.S. R&B, 4. Overjoyed Stevie Wonder / U.S. Pop U.S. R&B U.S. Pop U.S. R&B*/**, 14. Pop U.S. R&B Canada, 19. Motown Extended Versions Charles Hackney 176 videos 1,345 views Last updated on May 19, 2016 Play all Shuffle 1 5:47 Temptations - Cloud Nine - REMIX rickydfcc77 477K views 13 years ago 2. J.D. R.S. Pop U.S. R&B Australia Canada, 11. Adult Contemporary, 10. Marvin is overwhelmed by desire in the title track of his 1976 album, I Want You, produced and co-written by Leon Ware. Pop U.S. R&B, 18. In terms of sound, it heralded what was to come on Marvin Gayes classic Whats Going On album. Also shout out for Eddie the writer and Brian Holland, both living, and Lamont Dozier for the melody and music! I Wanna Be Where You Are Michael Jackson / U.S. R&B*/**, 12. Pop U.S. R&B, 4. She is reveling in her passion-jaded condition, delivering a trophy-grabbing disco masterpiece, showing the likes of Donna Summer and Gloria Gaynor whos The Boss. The collection features a staggering total of 208 chart-topping Motown hits, including such indelible classics as the Four Tops I Cant Help Myself, Marvin Gayes Whats Going On, the Jackson 5s ABC, Martha & the Vandellas Dancing In The Street, The Marvelettes Please Mr. Postman, Diana Ross Aint No Mountain High Enough, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles I Second That Emotion, the Supremes Where Did Our Love Go, the Temptations Aint Too Proud To Beg and Stevie Wonders Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Im Yours)., The new edition of the box set adds ten bonus tracks across its first ten discs. Stevie Wonders all-time clavinet killer riffed its way into history in 1972, and has thrilled (and advised) listeners ever since. Junior Walker aka Autry DeWalt Mixon, Jr was Motowns leading horn-playing star, guaranteed to kick up a rumpus, yet sensitive, too. Pop U.S. R&B U.S. In the space of three minutes, he declares, I live only to hold you and I need you to live before he escalates his infatuation to Youre the soul of me, more than a dream, youre a plan to me by the tunes end. Pop U.S. R&B Canada, 8. A recreated version of the Motown DI is now publicly available as the Acme Audio Motown DI WB-3. I was so happy whenever I got a hit record on one of the artists, said Smokey Robinson, the labels greatest songwriting genius. This is where it all starts. I've also done some of my own Motown extensions and reworkings, of which I've shared Youtube links on here since I joined the board a few months ago. They performed it for the first of their 19 appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. Roy Ayers) [Groove Boutique Chill Jazz Mix], My World Is Empty Without You (Tranzition Remix), Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) [Easy Mo Bee Remix], Smiling Faces Sometimes (Futureshock Main Ingredient Mix), What Becomes of the Brokenhearted (Mocean Worker Remix), Reach out, I'll Be There (Montez Payton & Taurus Braxton Remix), (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave (Noizetrip Mix), Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing (The Rurals Cool Mix). With a chorus driven into your brain by a guitar like an angry hornet, this has the pop fashion of 1967 all over it. Santa Claus Is Comin To Town The Jackson 5 / U.S. Holiday, 4. A Motown Records Release; This Compilation 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc. Try it free for 30 days In "mixable order" using related BPM Key, trending charts and hackathon data. Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where Youre Going To) Diana Ross / U.S. Its So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday Boyz II Men / U.S. R&B, 6. CLUBHOUSE Produced and penned by Holland-Dozier-Holland, this fabulous single was the only big hit for The Elgins, a highly-accomplished vocal outfit. My Guy Mary Wells / U.S. Today, Forever - Extended Version (DVD, 2016, 6-Disc Set) $49.99. Please Mr. Postman The Marvelettes / U.S. Shockingly, Ooo Baby Baby was not a UK hit, though it made US No.16 in 1965. War Edwin Starr / U.S. Pop Canada, 21. Too Hot Ta Trot The Commodores / U.S. R&B, 14. Copyright 2023 Got To Be There Michael Jackson / U.S. Adult Contemporary, 6. Give It To Me Baby Rick James / U.S. R&B U.S. Dance/Disco, 8. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game The Marvelettes / U.S. R&B*, 9. As a recording, with its swaying harmonies and Michael McCarys spoken Barry Whitestyle interlude, End of the Road had one foot in the past and another stepping forward, and it spent 13 weeks at Number One to break the long-standing record that Elvis had set with Dont Be Cruel/Hound Dog. K.H. Johnny Bristol Hang in there Baby should have been listed. In the best Motown tradition, I Just Want to Celebrate transcended genres. With a boogie-woogie piano and church-steeped lyrics that blurred the sacred and the secular, I Got a Witness is arguably Gayes first classic hit, arriving in September 1963. Got To Give It Up Marvin Gaye / U.S. I kind of got that from my own experiences that was Lionel Richie from Tuskegee, Alabama, where there is no such thing as four-in-the-morning partying.. Dancing In The Street Martha & the Vandellas, #1 cover version by David Bowie and Mick Jagger: U.K. Australia Canada Ireland Netherlands, 25. The song became more significant in the decades following, however, as it became a heartbroken anthem for the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Pop** U.S. R&B, 11. The Tops in 1967 were on a roll, including this huge. Go Home Stevie Wonder / U.S. Dance/Disco U.S. Discover the best Motown love songs. Aint No Mountain High Enough Diana Ross / U.S. The newly-expanded Motown: The Complete No. Pop* U.S. R&B, 4. Dancing On The Ceiling Lionel Richie / Norway, 8. Pop** U.S. R&B U.K. 7. Holland-Dozier-Holland, whod practically written The Supremes rise to fame, had quit the label, and the group could not afford to slide. R.S. E.L. Please enjoy, I hope you like it. Pop U.S. R&B, 15. For the breakdown in the middle, Richie asked a friend who worked at the United Nations to recommend some African sayings. Three Times A Lady The Commodores / U.S. high) and free, and really, who could deny such a sweet farewell? Hip-hop heads know the bass line was so good that Eric B. and Rakim used it to underpin their masterpiece Paid in Full. E.L. Shoeshine Boy Eddie Kendricks / U.S. R&B, 13. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Here's the Diana I have: Diana Ross - Diana Alexlotl, Jul 26, 2020 #5 Walk in her shoes? The title track unfurls for close to eight minutes, with keening synthesizer, whooshing wind effects, and a flute solo skimming over a demure rhythm section. Play with guitar, piano, ukulele, or any instrument you choose.
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