Motown why do i love you

When Soussan listened to the record, he realised this could be hot property. The record became an instant hit on the Northern soul scene, primarily via plays by Russ Winstanley at the biggest Northern soul venue, the Wigan Casino.

Several years passed before Les had a chance meeting with Nottingham-based record collector Johnathan Woodliffe, who bought the record and was amazed to discover that the Eddie Foster bootleg was actually by Frank Wilson. Tim now possessed both known copies of Do I Love You.

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And rightfully so. Clark dated Gordy, nearly two decades her senior, and later became an executive with Motown. She also worked on the script for the Billie Holiday biopic "Lady Sings the Blues," which starred Diana Ross as the legendary singer. Clark went from being a musical artist to a visual one, and her work depicting Motown stars is now touring with "Motown: The Musical" and on display at the Fisher Theatre. You can read all about "Motown's great white hope" in this story from the LA Times.

The Isley Brothers are soul legends and one of the genre's best-selling and longest-performing groups. The Cincinnati natives first cracked the big time with "Shout" in But this track sounds nothing like any of those other hits. The Marvelettes hold a weird spot in the history of Motown. On one hand, the ladies from Inkster had one of Motown's first smash hits, 's "Please, Mister Postman.

Indeed, the group had some 35 releases for Motown. Yet the group is largely unheralded these days, seldom mentioned in the same breath as the Supremes, Four Tops, Temptations and Miracles. Unlike those groups, the Marvelettes are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, though they are on this year's ballot. When longtime lead singer Gladys Horton died in Los Angeles in at age 66, in didn't generate much press.

Wanda Young, who later married Bobby Rogers of the Miracles, handles the vocal duties on this single, which peaked at No. But the tune has largely been forgotten by all but the most devote soul enthusiasts.

The song is about a woman who refuses to give up on landing a certain boy. He tells his friends that he "can't be caught. Sho 'nuff. It's actually kind of a scary tune, when you think about it — a situation that might lead to a restraining order today. With a stunning voice and looks to match, Holloway is one of Motown's most underrated female lead vocalists.

In , Holloway was the only female singer to be part of the Beatles' North American tour. She performed in front of massive crowds from coast to coast, even playing the legendary Beatles show at Shea Stadium in New York on Aug.

She married a minister and became a born-again Christian, leading her to leave the music business at just age Today, she is back on stage, performing at music festivals, mostly in Europe, where her records became massively popular on the Northern Soul scene in the late s and early '80s. Among them is this jaw-dropper of a dancer.

This song has it all: strings, a foot-stomping beat, a heart-stopping chorus, Holloway's soaring vocals and deft production by Frank Wilson who co-wrote the tune.

And as many smash hits as Motown had, there were a ton of tunes that went unreleased in the '60s. Here are five must-hears from the Motown vaults that you won't believe didn't hit the airwaves until recently:. We've mentioned Wilson's production skills a couple of times so far.

This outstanding, uptempo cut was pressed in but never released. After Wilson decided he'd rather produce and write songs than sing them, Berry Gordy reportedly had them all destroyed. All, that is, except for the two copies known to survive. Too bad, because it has that classic sing-a-long Motown chorus, beautiful horns and one of James Jamerson's great toe-tapping bass lines. Wilson penned or was co-writer on such hits as the Supremes' No. Wilson became a born-again Christian in and left Motown two years later, becoming a minister.

He died Sept 27, , in California at age 71 from complications of a lung infection. The Philadelphia native is best-known for being Marvin Gaye's duet partner, but had several strong singles and an LP for Motown, and also was a touring back-up singer for James Brown. She was born Thomasina Montgomery and broke into show biz when she was only In , she enlisted in the James Brown Revue, though there were rumors that he abused her.

She quit the music business to study pre-med at the University of Philadelphia and married boxer Ernie Terrell.