18-10-2019, 12:40 AM
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Re: A Tamla Motown Hot 100
Originally Posted by Psmith
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Yes,it is good.I do prefer the original version though.
18-10-2019, 01:10 AM
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Re: A Tamla Motown Hot 100
At 66, David Ruffin - Walk Away From Love (1975)
"Walk Away from Love" was a million-selling single, produced by Van McCoy, for David Ruffin but his only solo entry into the UK Charts, peaking at #10 in early 1976.
AFAIK, the (long) version above is from Ruffin's album "Who I Am".
18-10-2019, 01:27 AM
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Re: A Tamla Motown Hot 100
Originally Posted by Omah
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Not being an expert, I had to "look up" the difference. As far as I can gather, the UK single was the original 1967 "thin" mix whereas the US single was a new 1970 "rich" mix with extra bass and drums. Is that correct?
18-10-2019, 01:33 AM
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Re: A Tamla Motown Hot 100
Originally Posted by Psmith
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I meant the video you included is not the version I know.
As it happens, I've checked my (digital) collection and I do have both - thanks for letting me know about the versions .....
18-10-2019, 01:41 AM
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Re: A Tamla Motown Hot 100
Originally Posted by Psmith
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Your thread is proving very informative.I'm only know the famous hits.
18-10-2019, 09:47 AM
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Re: A Tamla Motown Hot 100
At 65, Marvin Gaye - Hitch Hike (1962)
This song sparked a brief dance craze when audience members from American Bandstand performed the "hitch hike" dance. Marvin performed the song on the show and also did the move onstage. The single was successful enough to land Gaye his first top forty pop single in 1963 with "Hitch Hike" reaching #30 on the pop singles chart.
Background vocals by The Vandellas - Martha Reeves, Rosalind Ashford and Annette Beard.
18-10-2019, 12:40 PM
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At 64, Diana Ross - Love Hangover (1976)
Recording for Diana Ross' "Love Hangover" was done at two in the morning with Ross passing out shots of Remy Martin. The musicians that producer Hal Davis used on the session included some of the same ones he would use on Thelma Houston's 1977 R&B/pop chart-topping cover of "Don't Leave Me This Way": drummer James Gadson, bassist Henry Davis, guitarist Art Wright, and Crusaders pianist Joe Sample. Ross herself thought that she was "above" doing disco but the intervention of Motown founder Berry Gordy set the stage for Ross having her biggest hit since "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." As the song changed from ballad to uptempo, Ross became more comfortable with the material; she hummed, sang bit parts, laughed, danced around and even imitated Billie Holiday. It did the trick with "Love Hangover" going to #1 R&B and #1 pop for two weeks in spring 1976.
By the time the single reached #1, Ross had reinvented herself as a disco diva.
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