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RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Dictionary Idioms Encyclopedia Wikipedia </>embed</> MI Wolverine State Michigan Great Lakes S... Motor City Detroit Motown noun Synonyms for Motown nounthe largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port ...
The Oscar-nominated, British stage and movie actor “sang” on a London-recorded album, featuring his own lyrics and music by ace arranger/producer Denis King. BOBBY DARIN(1972) The versatile, middle-of-the-road star was in serious mode (mostly) while in the studio for Motown, and Smokey...
I’m a total sucker for 60s-70s soul. If you visit these pages from time to time you’ll know that already. I’m more of a Stax man than a Motown man. I’ve always considered Stax to be the rough ‘n tumble, snotty nosed version of its more well-known big brother. If Stax an...
However, in the '60s there was no system for recording who did what on a session and it transpires that Motown were particularly poor record keepers. Even they are unsure of who played on what for their early sessions so it's not surprising that for some considerable time the world remain...
Two CD set that both celebrates the Civil Rights movement of the '60s, but also contains emotionally-charged lyrics that are still relevant today. 30 tracks from the likes of Marvin Gaye, Edwin Starr, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Temptations, David Ruffin, Martha & The Vandelllas and man...
If you are a fan and collector of vintage soul music on vinyl, you probably know by now just how difficult it is to find many of those classic, sought-after recordings in nice condition. As with jazz from the 1950s and ’60s, soul sides were often life-o...
Carole King, who with then-husband Gerry Goffin was another leading hitmaker of the ’60s, tweeted that that "striving to keep up with them made us better songwriters." RELATED: Smokey Robinson among Motown greats to attend completion of museum expansion The polish of H-D-H was ideally ...
Like the rest of the world in the early '60s, all the Beatles were entranced by the sounds pumping out of Berry Gordy's hit factory
I saw them as entertainer because they didn't write or produce anything as up until the mid-60s they were with Smokey and then they were with Whitfield and Strong. This is a 1970 Whitfield production and one of the great things about this record are the song's lyrics which have great ...