Here's this week's listening list. It's much longer than usual as this is meant partly to give you an idea of the scope of Motown in the 1960s. You will probably recognize many songs (some from cover versions done later). The ones marked *** are more likely to be used in class.
The videos at the bottom are a sampling of the instrumental and a capella tracks available.
The last video is a sample of the Motown strategy of appealing to middle aged listeners by performing songs that would be familiar to them (especially on TV appearances).
Hopefully I'll have a lyric sheet tomorrow by 19.00...
EARLY YEARS 1960-63)
Money (That's what I
want)
Barret Strong (1960)
***Shop around
The Miracles (1961)
***Please
Mr. Postman
The
Marvelettes (1961)
Beechwood 4-5789
The
Marvelettes (1962)
***Fingertips
(Part 2)
Little
Stevie Wonder (1963)
Heat wave
Martha and
the Vandellas (1963)
GLORY YEARS 1964-1970)
My Guy
Mary Wells
(1964)
My Girl
(1964)
The
Temptations
***Where
did our love go?
The
Supremes (1964)
How sweet
it is (to be loved by you)
Marvin Gaye
(1964)
Dancing in
the streets
Martha and
the Vandellas (1964)
Baby, I
need your loving
The Four
Tops (1964)
Baby love
The
Supremes (1964)
***I can't
help myself (Sugar pie honey bunch)
The Four
Tops (1965)
Stop! In
the name of love
The Supremes
(1965)
Ain't too
proud to beg
The
Temptations (1966)
What
becomes of the brokenhearted?
Jimmy
Ruffin (1966)
You keep me
hangin' on
The
Supremes (1966)
Reach out!
I'll be there
The Four
Tops (1966)
***I heard
it through the grapevine
Gladys
Knight and the Pips (1967)
***Ain't no
mountain high enough
Marvin Gaye
and Tammi Terrell (1967)
Cloud Nine
The
Temptations (1968)
Love Child
Diana Ross
and the Supremes (1968)
***I heard
it through the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
(1968)
I can't get
next to you
The
Temptations (1969)
Someday we'll be together
Diana Ross
and the Supremes (1969)
Ball of
Confusion
The
Temptations (1970)
If I were
your woman
Gladys
Knight and the Pips (1970)
The tears
of a clown
Smokey
Robinson and the Miracles (1970)
***I want
you back
The Jackson
5 (1970)
RELATED VIDEOS
***James
Jamerson isolated bass (I can't help myself)
***Funk
brothers instrumental track (Love is like an itching in my heart)
Funk
brothers with the Andantes (Just ask the lonely)
Supremes a
capella track (Come see about me)
Temptations
a capella track (Just my imagination)
Somewhere (cover
by the Supremes)
