Gotta love that motown- sound.
I'll be the first to admit, it was the Blues Brothers movie in 1980 that first got me hooked on bluesy based boogie and the sweet vocal stylings of what is commenly known as the motown sound. Which pleased my father to no end, as there was a compromise for the record player time ( he was a big band era guy, that didn't "get" alice cooper..for some reason..lol)Nowadays we get watered down vanilla versions with flavour of the month backstreet boy type fluff that has more to do with image and swag sales imo.
Not to say that it was any different back in the day, i know lots of girls that swooned over derek the drummer of Bay City Roller fame when i was a kid, so i concede my bias.
anyways with that in mind..the next 10 spots are covering the acts that you may not know, though you may well know the song. I love the Temptations and the Four Tops, but they are well known and are played often, which is why they do not appear in this section.
68. Sam & Dave- You got me hummin -(1967)
Sam & Dave are members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, and are Grammy Award and multiple Gold Record award winning artists. According to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Sam & Dave were the most successful soul duo, and brought the sounds of the black gospel church to pop music with their call-and-response records. Recorded primarily at Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, from 1965 through 1968, these included "Soul Man", "Hold On, I'm Comin", "I Thank You", "When Something is Wrong with My Baby", "Wrap It Up", and many other Southern Soul classics. Other than Aretha Franklin, no soul act during Sam & Dave's Stax years (1965-1968) had more consistent R&B chart success, including 10 consecutive top 20 singles and 3 consecutive top 10 LPs.[1] Their crossover charts appeal (13 straight appearances and 2 top 10 singles) helped to pave the way for the acceptance of soul music by white pop audiences, and their song "Soul Man" was one of the first songs by a black group to top the pop charts using the word "Soul", helping define the genre "Soul Music". "Soul Man" was a number one Pop Hit (Cashbox: November 11, 1967) and has been recognized as one of the most influential songs of the past 50 years by the Grammy Hall of Fame, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone Magazine, and RIAA Songs of the Century. "Soul Man" was featured as the soundtrack and title for a 1986 film and also a 19971998 television series, and Soul Men was a 2008 feature film.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_&_Dave
67. Gloria Jones- Tainted Love (1964)
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66. The Spinners- I'll be Around (1972)
65. The Detroit Emeralds- You want it you got it (1972)
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64.
James & Bobby Purify-I'm Your Puppet (1966)
63. The Foundations- Now that I've Found You (1967)
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62. We Five- You were on my mind
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61. Music Explosion - lil bit o soul (1967)
60. The Five Stair-Steps- oooh Child (1971)
59. Dobie Gray - The In-Crowd (1965)
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I'll be the first to admit, it was the Blues Brothers movie in 1980 that first got me hooked on bluesy based boogie and the sweet vocal stylings of what is commenly known as the motown sound. Which pleased my father to no end, as there was a compromise for the record player time ( he was a big band era guy, that didn't "get" alice cooper..for some reason..lol)Nowadays we get watered down vanilla versions with flavour of the month backstreet boy type fluff that has more to do with image and swag sales imo.
Not to say that it was any different back in the day, i know lots of girls that swooned over derek the drummer of Bay City Roller fame when i was a kid, so i concede my bias.
anyways with that in mind..the next 10 spots are covering the acts that you may not know, though you may well know the song. I love the Temptations and the Four Tops, but they are well known and are played often, which is why they do not appear in this section.
68. Sam & Dave- You got me hummin -(1967)
Sam & Dave are members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, and are Grammy Award and multiple Gold Record award winning artists. According to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Sam & Dave were the most successful soul duo, and brought the sounds of the black gospel church to pop music with their call-and-response records. Recorded primarily at Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, from 1965 through 1968, these included "Soul Man", "Hold On, I'm Comin", "I Thank You", "When Something is Wrong with My Baby", "Wrap It Up", and many other Southern Soul classics. Other than Aretha Franklin, no soul act during Sam & Dave's Stax years (1965-1968) had more consistent R&B chart success, including 10 consecutive top 20 singles and 3 consecutive top 10 LPs.[1] Their crossover charts appeal (13 straight appearances and 2 top 10 singles) helped to pave the way for the acceptance of soul music by white pop audiences, and their song "Soul Man" was one of the first songs by a black group to top the pop charts using the word "Soul", helping define the genre "Soul Music". "Soul Man" was a number one Pop Hit (Cashbox: November 11, 1967) and has been recognized as one of the most influential songs of the past 50 years by the Grammy Hall of Fame, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone Magazine, and RIAA Songs of the Century. "Soul Man" was featured as the soundtrack and title for a 1986 film and also a 19971998 television series, and Soul Men was a 2008 feature film.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_&_Dave
67. Gloria Jones- Tainted Love (1964)
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66. The Spinners- I'll be Around (1972)
65. The Detroit Emeralds- You want it you got it (1972)
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64.
James & Bobby Purify-I'm Your Puppet (1966)
63. The Foundations- Now that I've Found You (1967)
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62. We Five- You were on my mind
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61. Music Explosion - lil bit o soul (1967)
60. The Five Stair-Steps- oooh Child (1971)
59. Dobie Gray - The In-Crowd (1965)
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"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." - Michelangelo.