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At 84, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - I'll Never Stop Loving You Baby (1968)





This song comes from the album You're All I Need. With Marvin Gaye,Tammi Terrell scored seven Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" and "You're All I Need to Get By". Terrell's career was interrupted when she collapsed into Gaye's arms as the two performed at a concert at Hampden–Sydney College on October 14, 1967, with Terrell later being diagnosed with a brain tumor. She had eight unsuccessful surgeries before succumbing to the illness on March 16, 1970 at the age of 24.




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Mable John - Actions Speak Louder Than Words (1960)




Mable John (born November 3, 1930) is an American blues vocalist and was the first female signed by Berry Gordy to Motown's Tamla label. In order for Tamla to appeal to a younger audience, Gordy soon thinned out his roster of early blues artists. While John continued to be used as a background singer, Gordy dissolved her contract in 1962.

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At 82, Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (1964)




This was Marvin Gaye's most successful single to date, selling over 900,000 copies.
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At 81, The Velvelettes - Needle In a Haystack (1964)




I just love a good "doo-lang, doo-lang" .....

The Velvelettes recorded at the Hitsville USA studio and "There He Goes" and "That's The Reason Why" were released as a single. The recordings included a young Stevie Wonder playing harmonica. While the group awaited their chance at stardom, they recorded for many producers, some of which were re-recorded by other artists including fellow labelmates Martha and the Vandellas and The Supremes.

The Velvelettes got their break chartwise in the spring of 1964 thanks to young producer Norman Whitfield, who produced "Needle In A Haystack" as a single for the group, on Motown's VIP Records imprint. "Needle In A Haystack" peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 in mid 1964. The group recorded its follow-up, "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'", with Whitfield again producing.

Success eluded the Velvelettes but I really rate their limited output .....
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At 80, Little Stevie Wonder - Fingertips (Parts I & II) (1963)




Frankly, I'm not impressed - it sounds highly discordant to my ears.
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At 79, The Monitors – Number One In Your Heart (1966)




This is the B-Side to "Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)", one of only a half-dozen, mostly unsuccesful, singles by The Monitors.

Notably produced by Harvey Fuqua.

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At 78, The Spinners – It's A Shame (1970)





"It's a Shame" is a song co-written by Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright and Lee Garrett and produced by Wonder as a single for The Spinners on Motown's V.I.P. Records label. The single became the Detroit-reared group's biggest single on the Motown Records company since they had signed with the company in 1964 and also their biggest hit in a decade.
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Loved it Omah ,one of my all time favourites from that era .
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At 77, Gladys Knight & The Pips - Friendship Train (1969)




This song, from the assured power base of producer Norman Whitfield and his frequent collaborator (and former Motown artist) Barrett Strong, matched a typically socially aware lyric to a busy, funky, brass-fuelled beat and an arrangement by Jerry Long, with the group on top form and Knight exuding her customary vocal luminosity.
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At 76, The Undisputed Truth – Smiling Faces Some Times





"Smiling Faces Sometimes" is a soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong and originally recorded by the Temptations in 1971. Producer Norman Whitfield had the song re-recorded by the Undisputed Truth the same year, resulting in the only Top 40 single released by the group.

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