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Personnel:
Crathman Plato (C.P.) Spencer - 1st Tenor
Walter Gaines - baritone
Freddie Gorman - bass
Notes:
C.P. Spencer and Walter Gaines were members of a group named Five Stars who has the distinction of being Berry Gordy's first production job in 1957, before he found his record company.
Freddie Gorman is also the writer of some of Motown's early classics such as the Marvelettes' "Please Mr. Postman" and the Supremes "I Want A Guy"
Oma Page (Heard) left Motown around 1965 after just one solitary single release on VIP "Mr Lonely Heart".
Oma at Motown :
When someone's good to you
Momma told me not to cry ( 'Momma tried to warn me' according to Jobete)
Lifetime Man
Mr Lonely Heart
Daddy Cool
Stuck Up
Thief of Love
He holds his own
These are West Coast recordings - solo - by Oma. Most are by the Pipkins
according to the Jobete Catalog (59-67).
Oma also recorded the duets with Marvin that appear on his box set together
with one other unreleased entitled 'Your Kiss, Kiss' at the end of which MG
sounds none too impressed with the effort....
WILSON PICKETT Back To The Top
BONNIE POINTER Back To The Top
BARBARA RANDALPH Back To The Top
Can I get A Witness
I've Got A Feeling" Originally issued on Soul
Get Ready
Hey Big Brother
I Just Want To Celebrate
(I Know) I'm Losing You
MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS Back To The Top
Birthday - July 18
They were formerly known as The Vells, a quartet with Gloria Williamson on lead.
LIONEL RITCHIE Back To The Top
ALL NIGHT LONG (ALL NIGHT)
HELLO
TRUELY
SMOKEY ROBINSON Back To The Top
TRIVIA:
William "Smokey" Robinson's nick name "Smokey" came from one of his uncles? William really liked Cowboys as a child. His uncle started calling him "Smokey Joe" as a nickname. Eventually everyone started calling him that. As he got older the "Joe" portion was eliminated, and "Smokey" remained.
BEING WITH YOU
CRUISIN'
SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES Back To The Top
BABY, BABY DON'T CRY
TEARS OF A CLOWN
WE'VE COME TO END IT NOW
SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME
David Ruffin replaced original member Tempataion member, Elbridge Bryant, originally a soloist, he joined the Temptations in 1964 and left to pursue his solo career again in 1968. In 1975, he scored his biggest hit in his solo career with the now classic recording of 'Walk Away From Love.' During this time, he also recorded duet albums with his brother Jimmy (1971) and Eddie Kendrick (1982). He also released a track on Motorcity Records (Hurt The One You Love). In the late 80's, he hooked up again with Eddie Kendrick for a successful cross-country tour along with Hall & Oates. Their legendary collaboration was memoralized in the RCA release '...At the Apollo Theatre.' David and Eddie were also guest vocalists in the anti-apartheid Sun City Recording headed by . He died in 1990.
WALK AWAY FROM LOVE
MY WHOLE WORLD ENDED (THE MOMENT YOU LEFT ME)
THE SATINTONES Back To The Top
Brian Holland of the famed writing trio Holland-Dozier-Holland, at one time was the lead vocalist for the Satintones in the early 60's. The Satintones was the first group signed under Motown records, though the Miracles were the first group signed to Berry Gordy's first label Tamla. Amazingly, they've never had an album released on them. But, their records (45's) are amongst the rarest, and the most expensive of all the Motown recording artists.
I LOVE YOUR SMILE
DEVIL IN THE BOTTLE
TRYING TO BEAT THE MORNING HOME
VALERIE SIMPSON Back To The Top
SILLY WASN'T I
THE POINTER SISTERS Back To The Top
Members:
Original professional name: The Domingoes
"Discovered" by Harvey Fuqua.
Labels: Tri-Phi (sold to Motown in 1963), Motown, Atlantic
The Spinners was one of the great lost soul group of Motown Records. After toiling under the shadows of the labels biggest hitmakers, the Spinners signed with Atlantic in 1972 (on the recommendation of Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick). But not before giving Motown a taste of what they were going to miss. Singing as if they were giving Berry Gordy a scolding for treating them like second-hand citizens, "It's A Shame," arranged, written and produced by Stevie Wonder was the springboard that the group needed. While at Motown, they worked as road managers and chaperones for the Supremes and the Marvelettes and the Vandellas; took inventory in the Motown shipping department, drove the Temptations around Detroit and even picked up the Jackson 5 at Metro Airport. In between, they would slip in a few recordings but the material they were given were hand-me-downs.
I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
IT'S A SHAME
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE SUCH SWEET MUSIC
He was born Charles Hatcher but under the moniker, Edwin Starr, he would record several hits for Motown before establishing himself on the dancefloor in the 70's
MOTOWN HITS:
NON-MOTOWN HITS:
Former wife of Stevie Wonder, she was a member of his back-up singers, Wonderlove. She was once considered as a replacement for the departing Diana Ross of the Supremes.
Motown Hits
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