with a characteristic style of black music that combined rhythm and blues with the rhythms and ballad style of pop music, often with orchestral backing. The company featured a stable of songwriters and composers that scored many hits in the 1960s and 70s, including Smokey Robinson and The ...
A protégé of Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol was a major component of the Motown sound of the late 60s andearly 70s.He penned Motown standards such as Gladys Knight And The Pips’ “I Don’t Want To Do Wrong,” Jr Walker And The All-Stars’ “What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)”...
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 a...
The first song I decided to do was [Holland-Dozier-Holland’s] “In My Lonely Room.” One of my favorite bands in the ’60s growing up was [British R&B group] the Action, and they did that song in their set, and it was the B-side of their first single. When I worked with L...
Learn how Bollywood music has transformed through the decades, from the ’60s until today, spanning the golden era of Bollywood in the ’70s and ’80s when American rock and funk music was a major influence in films, and evolving into more contemporary sounds. $17 (plus tax) tickets availab...
Motown enjoyed its greatest success between 1965 and 1968, when it dominated the Billboard charts. Although the company was never quite the force in the 1970s that it was in the ’60s (having lost several key performers), it was still a formidable enterprise with the Jackson 5, the Commod...
Motown enjoyed its greatest success between 1965 and 1968, when it dominated the Billboard charts. Although the company was never quite the force in the 1970s that it was in the ’60s (having lost several key performers), it was still a formidable enterprise with the Jackson 5, the Commod...