wtorek, 19 maja 2020

Motown listening list....

Here's the Motown listening list (please let me know of any dead links) songs with *** are especially important in the history of the label.
The notes will be posted Thursday or Friday...



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)

czwartek, 14 maja 2020

poniedziałek, 4 maja 2020

Early Rock n Roll, Vocal groups and Covers...



 Okay, we have a (hopefully real) restart date. I'm going to catch up on posting notes later this week as I plan what to do in classes once we're back in the real world.

Soooooo, another week, another listening list.

This is a mixed bag of trends that began earlier but ended up crossing paths in the 1950s....

As always please let me know if you find any dead links.

Early Rock and Roll and Rhythm and Blues

Move to Alabama (first listen at normal speed and then listen at 1.25 normal speed)
Charley Patton (1929)

Keep on Churnin' (till the butter comes)
Wynonie Harris (1952)

Further on up the Road
Bobby Bland (1957)

Vocal group history

Barbershop

Explanation of Barbershop harmony

Let me call you sweetheart
Shannon Quartet (1926)

Sincere
Buffalo Bills (from the movie The Music Man) 1962

I get around
Proper Sound Barbshop Quartet (2014)

The evolution of modern vocal groups

Crazy People
Boswell Sisters (1932) (not African American but hugely important)

My Prayer
The Ink Spots (1939)

Paper Doll
The Mills Brothers (1943)

Platters
Smoke gets in your eyes (1958)

Doo Wop

Sixty Minute Man
The Dominos (1951)

Little Darlin'
The Gladiolas (1957)

The Wah Watusi
The Orlons (1962)

Cover Versions

Ain't That a Shame?
Fats Domino

Pat Boone

Tutti Frutti
Little Richard

Pat Boone

As always, take care and stay healthy.