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The Supremes “When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes”
When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes” is a song written by Holland–Dozier–Holland and recorded in 1963 by Motown singing group The Supremes. It is notable as the Supremes’ first Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 recording, following seven previous singles between January 1961 and September 1963 which failed to enter the Top 40. The […]
Read More The Supremes “When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes”Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On”
What’s Going On is the eleventh studio album by soul musician Marvin Gaye, released May 21, 1971, on the Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in June 1970 and March–May 1971 at Hitsville U.S.A., Golden World and United Sound Studios in Detroit and at The Sound Factory in West Hollywood, California. What’s Going On was the first album on which Motown Records’ main studio band, the group of session […]
Read More Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On”The Supremes “Let me go the right way”
A huge number of 1960s songs were forgotten, because that period met with many cultural and political changes. The result was a rush which shuffled minds, memories,values and traditions. But, this wave of extraordinary events would pave the way into a new era that would impact music in many unexpected ways. Black music talents recruited […]
Read More The Supremes “Let me go the right way”The Supremes “My World Is Empty Without You”
Written and produced by Motown’s main production team of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song’s fast tempo accompanies a somber lyric which delves into the feelings of depression which can set in after a breakup; instrumentally, this is showcased with a Storm and Stress musical arrangement, in tow with the trend of baroque pop during the mid-1960s. “My […]
Read More The Supremes “My World Is Empty Without You”“My Girl by The Temptations!”
The Temptations are an American vocal group who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s; their work with producer Norman Whitfield, which started with the Top 10 hit single “Cloud Nine” in October 1968, pioneered psychedelic soul, and was significant in the evolution of R&B and […]
Read More “My Girl by The Temptations!”Stevie Wonder “Ribbon In The Sky”
“Ribbon in the Sky” is a song by American singer Stevie Wonder. The ballad was first featured on the 1982 greatest hits album, Stevie Wonder’s Original Musiquarium I, and charted at No. 54 pop and No. 10 R&B in the US when it was released. In February 1983, Wonder was nominated for a Grammy Award […]
Read More Stevie Wonder “Ribbon In The Sky”Diana Ross “Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand)”
“Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” was the debut solo single of Motown singer Diana Ross, released in April 1970. Ross, having just left The Supremes after a decade of serving as that group’s lead singer, went through a difficult situation trying to piece a solo album together. With Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson writing […]
Read More Diana Ross “Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand)”The Marvelettes “Playboy”
The Marvelettes was an American girl group that achieved popularity in the early- to mid-1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson, Georgeanna Tillman, Juanita Cowart (now Cowart Motley), and Georgia Dobbins, who was replaced by Wanda Young prior to the group signing their first deal. They were the first major successful act of […]
Read More The Marvelettes “Playboy”“Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da Day” Stevie Wonder
“Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day” is a 1968 single released by American and Motown recording artist Stevie Wonder. The song, co-written by Wonder and produced by the late Henry Cosby and late Sylvia Moy, was the first to showcase Wonder’s talents at the clavinet and was one of his first successful co-written tracks during his 1960s Motown period. The […]
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