Comprehensive List of Motown Alumni! - SoulfulDetroit
Aug 8, 2018 · Vanity had given Motown at least two albums that provided at least one hit - Wild Animal's "A Pretty Mess" and Skin on Skin's "Under The Influence" - as well as the Motown production The Last Dragon. I notice some DeBarge names, so there goes the 1959-1972-3 Detroit years only kinda thing, Rick James would have still been included either way ...
List of any and all books about Motown or Motown artists or by …
Jul 28, 2014 · It's not the typical dry retelling of Motown lore everyone here has read countless times, the author editorializes most of the time, poking fun where well deserved, and enjoys going into detail about more obscure singles, labels and artists [[Barrett Strong is the artist the author chose to have be on the cover so clearly the author would fit ...
Motown Birthdays - can you help? - SoulfulDetroit
Apr 18, 2013 · I'm having trouble tracking down information on Motown figures' birthdays. I'm trying to basically compile a huge list of when the artists, writers, musicians, producers and executives were born, so that I can
Motown artists on the MAH's Records label - soulfuldetroit.com
Oct 5, 2024 · Their first Motown release in 1962 as "The Vells", was placed on Mel-O-dy Records, on which Gloria led on one side, and Martha on the other. Martha had previously started at Motown as their general secretary. Before their first Gordy release, Gloria left the group tohave her first child and become a housewife, and their group name was changed.
Motown Artists singing Pepsi Commercials - soulfuldetroit.com
Nov 3, 2024 · Motown Artists singing Pepsi Commercials I just discovered in looking at www.dftmc.info that there are two Pepsi Commercial Taste That Beats The Others Cold. They are shown as an acetate.
Superior Motown Covers By Non Motown Artists - SoulfulDetroit
May 15, 2017 · 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. But, a better Motown singer singing to The Messengers' super Funk Brothers instrumental would have been better than any non-Motown version.
List of Hip-O Select Releases - SoulfulDetroit
Jun 2, 2013 · [various artists] The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 7 1967 [various artists] The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 8 1968 [various artists] The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 9 1969 [various artists] Let The Music Play: Supreme Rarities Diana Ross Everything Is Everything [Expanded Edition] Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons The Motown Years [various ...
Motown Recording Stars and Groups Homes and Residences
Jul 21, 2012 · Where did some of the Motown Singers live when they actually on there way to becoming recording artists and during thefamous recording years when they were achieving success :confused: I seen where Barry Gordy moved into his house at 918 West Boston Boulevard in the Boston-Edison Historic Districtafter he moved from Hittsville USA.
Underrated & Unknown Motown Artists & Songs - SoulfulDetroit
Mar 18, 2019 · Terry Johnson, "My Springtime" - Was to be released but unreleased, but much enjoyed from my Cellarful of Motown Volume 2 and Complete Motown Singles 1969 collections, a breezy simulation of euphoric feelings of pure and falling in love.
Motown Artists - The Streets of Detroit - SoulfulDetroit
Jan 29, 2015 · At the site of the Jeffries Projects in Detroit there are several streets named after Motown artists including: Temptations, Four Tops, Miracles, Supremes, Marvin Gaye and Martha Reeves/Vandellas. The latter is interesting in that one of the corner street signs says "Martha Reeves" and a separate sign immediately below it says "Vandellas".