In 1968 The Four Tops released thier version of "Walk Away Rene" from thier Reach Out Lp it was one of thier last Holland-Dozier_Holla nd produced singles
How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You was released as Tamla 258 in january 1965 there were 4 singles from the Lp "How Sweet It Is" was Marvin's Biggest hit to date "Forever" was the b-side and Marvin's version is sweet as to The Marvelettes version is a serious song of love
In 1966 Jimmy Ruffin scored a big hit, with "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" a song that was originally intended for The Spinners, this was one of the first Soul records with the "Swirl" design but my copy is the original design
In 1968 Marvin & Tammi released one of thier most well known songs, "Aint Nothing Like The Real Thing" was released in 1968, it was taken from thier Lp "All I Need"
The Motortown Revue was always a popular stable at Motown in the 60's there were 4 Motortown Revue Lp's released in the 60, here i play a live performance of Heat Wave from The Vandellas from the second Motortown Revue released as Motown 615 in 1964
Stubborn Kind Of Fellow was Marvin Gaye's first hit record in 1962, being backed by The Vandellas, Martha, Anette, Rosalind and Gloria, climed to #46 on the charts, Gloria left The Vandellas with in a few months after this
Gladys Knight & The Pips are probly the only act to records one of thier hits for 3 different labels' "Every Beat Of My Heart" was recorded and released on Vee-Jay in 1961 under the Name Pips it was the second label they recorded the song for ( Fury Records) in 1962 that added Gladys' name infront of the groups, and then in 1970 they recorded the song one more time for motown
Marvin Gaye released "When Im Alone I Cry" in April 1964 the lp is all big Band Arrangements this is the kind of singer Marvin really wanted to be, but motown had different plans for him the LP was released as Tamla 251
In 1970 The Spinners released "Message Fram A Black Man" which should have been a very big hit for them but Motown never promoted the single, this song is all Pervis Jackson with a lil GC Cameron doing lead as well
Temptaions Sing Smokey was the second Lp by the group, only one song from this Lp was recorded while Al Bryant was still a member, all the songs from this Lp were written or co written by Smokey, the Lp was released in 1965
this is another honorable non motown mention by a motown artist, before she was Tammi Terrell, she was Tammy Montgomery who was discovered by James Brown himself he even penned this killer slow groovin song for her in 1963
In 1968 Davis (David) Ruffin was fired from the Temptations he was replaced by Dennis Edwards who was with The Contours, Cloud 9 was Motowns first pop grammy and it took The Temptations mucis in a totally different direction with the help of Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
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