Posted on 11/29/2024 2:11:31 PM PST by nickcarraway
Great post!
The list of Motown performers is phenomenal. I won’t even try to list them, because I would forget too many.
Even though they were founded in 1959, they had more #1 hits than any record label in the world in the 60's. Gordy also enforced a "conservative style" on them, until soemtime in the 70's.
I grew up in flint in the 1960’s, that motown sound was all around
Motown, along with nonmotown soul performers, hit in the mid sixties in the wake of the Beatles and the English rock movement. I was a teenager at the time, and it was music to dance to.
Berry Gordy:
Typically, promiscuous negro who knocked up Diana Ross.....out of wedlock.....and people are celebrating him?
Shameful!
I once heard of another typically, promisuous negro who.....
01. ) Attended communist party meetings in the 1950s.
02. ) Declared “conscientious objector,” status so that he would not have to serve in the military, which is simply another way of saying, “I am a coward.”
03.) Had many orgies with causasian females while married to his wife!
04. ) He was the worst hypocrite the planet has ever seen, and now has a U.S. holiday for himself?!?
I repeat, “Shameful, to all who now celebrate them!”
Before you call me all kinds of names, please let the word, “Typically,” sink into your brain. The names shall not bother me nor will I reply!
They tried so hard to push all the “civil rights” protests on him, and he didnt wany any part of it...in fact, he hated it. He said from the start, “i just want to make music, make some money, and meet girls”. How American is that, i ask you...
Yes.
Not to forget The Funk Brothers (studio band). They sold more records than any band in history - even the Beatles. Just no credit for it
Give Me a Kiss--The Hornets (1964)
This is the "Detroit version" of "Shop Around," which was a local hit in the fall of '60. The hit version" was released shortly afterwards.
Love's Gone Bad--Chris Clark (1966)
“Not to forget The Funk Brothers (studio band).”
I had no idea. I knew Motown had sessions bands but didn’t realize they were credited with anything. Thanks for the tip!
I’ve heard all of that before, but don’t think it’s relevant on this thread.
Berry came up with an assembly line method of song production one pint of which was a badass intro, and he had a HELL of a lot of very talented people around him many of whom were young and untried and not exactly in high demand elsewhere in the industry.
I’ve seen at least one documentary about the Funk Bros., and it was so interesting! Also the studio band The Wrecking Crew. Amazing musicians!
“I’ve heard all of that before, but don’t think it’s relevant on this thread.”
The thread celebrates him, does it not?
What I found interesting about the Swampers was they were all local white country guys who arraigned and played on many soul artists like Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge. No music charts. Improvised until they got it right - usually with in a few takes.
What does MLK have to do with thread?
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