Temptations-Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

Edited June 1, 200916 yr by webbydublin

spinners / i'll always love you

my all time motown favourite, first heard it in the wheel and just had to buy it,

worn out a couple of copies since those days,

joe.

Carolyn Crawford "Forget About Me"

Frank? Best Motown single? Everyone knows Frank's best stuff was recorded for Capitol!

Edited June 2, 200916 yr by Trevski

unreleased but still motown - temptations - forever in my heart

also love miracles - if your mother only knew

Tops - 'Do What You Gotta Do' and definitely Smokey - 'Tracks of my Tears'.

Best Motown Voice? Smokey n' Levi ...?

...cue a heated debate!

Four Tops - Don't bring back memories

David Ruffin - Rode by the place

Edwin Starr - Running back and forth

Brill choices... do you deejay by any chance?

Four Tops "Ask The Lonely " Temptations "Girl / Blue "

Four Tops - Ask the Lonely.

Suz

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100% WITH OUT A DOUT AGREE ! OH HANG ON , MARVIN LITTLE DARLIN IS GOOD TOOOOOO

OH AND TAMMI THIS OLD HEART OF MINE GOD I GIVE UP TO MANY GREAT SONGS X

BRENDA HOLLOWAY--JUST LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE

Too many great tracks........but I absolutely love:

Temptations - Who You Gonna Run to.....

Marvelettes - Reaching for Something I Cant Have....

Martha Reeves & Vandellas - It Aint Like That.....

Of course there are loads more, far too many too choose from.... oops, I cant leave out.....

Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes of the Brokenhearted.......... first motown track I ever heard, still love it.

Edited June 2, 200916 yr by philly

Brill choices... do you deejay by any chance?

On a warm summers day like today I like to play The Temptations "Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)" (the version with the sax solo at the end). Richard Street's on the lead vocals.

So right now I would nominate that one, however, tomorrow it could well be something else!

Tops - 'Do What You Gotta Do' and definitely Smokey - 'Tracks of my Tears'.

Best Motown Voice? Smokey n' Levi ...?

...cue a heated debate!

Smokey, Levi, D.Edwards, D. Ruffin How lucky we've been

Smokey, Levi, D.Edwards, D. Ruffin How lucky we've been

edwin-running back & forth

everybody needs love- jimmy ruffin

my baby loves me -martha & the vandellas

thats this weeks choices!

unreleased but still motown - temptations - forever in my heart

also love miracles - if your mother only knew

You can add Temps superior rendition of "Angel Doll" to the roster then Grant

Kev

You can add Temps superior rendition of "Angel Doll" to the roster then Grant

Kev

A lot of votes for the Temptations rightly so

Mine would have to be------ I Want A Love I Can See

Steve a.

Marvin Gaye - Come get to this........................... Sublime..

Marvin Gaye - Come get to this........................... Sublime..

marvi gaye what,s going on

Haven't read all the previous but for me it has to be:

Contours - First I Look At The Purse

Barrett Strong - Money

Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg

Cheers

Richard

So many to choose from but here are some of mine...

Marvin Gaye...Need Someone..

Marvelletts....You Cheating Kind

PJ..TLC(tender lovin care)

Brenda Hollaway...When i'm Gone

Supremes...Itching In my Heart

Alfie

forget to mention Mavin Gaye -trouble man ,just incredible.

BAZ A

Marvin Gaye --- You're A Wonderful One

Two other favourites of mine are

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gladys knight just walk in my shoes

spinners sweet thing

kim weston helpless

kim weston im still loving you

I could never love another temps

lets go somewhere r dean taylor

just a little mis understanding contours

Just Ask The Lonely - 4 Tops

Just Ask The Lonely - 4 Tops

barbara mc neir album --- allk tracks

There are so many classic Motown singles it's hard to choose but right now this would be the all the time top 10 Motown singles

1. Isley Brothers - This Old Heart of Mine - quite possibly one of the greatest singles in the history of music

2. Jimmy Ruffin - He Who Picks a Rose

3. The Elgins - Stay In My Lonely Arms

4. The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself

5. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack

6. Stevie Wonder - A Place In The Sun

7. Boyz II Men - End of the Road

8. The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg

9. The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love

10. Jackson 5 - I'll Be There

Too many.... hard to narrow down...

Tammi Terell - This Old Heart Of Mine (beats the isleys for me sorry!)

Elgins - HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU (SERIOUSSSSSSSS)

plus these...

Originals - Suspicion

Marvin Gaye - Little Darlin' I Need You

Jr Walker - I Ain't Going Nowhere

Isleys - Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)

Isleys - I Hear A Symphony

Isleys - When The Love Is Gone

Temps - The Way You Do The Things You Do

Temps - Ain't Too Proud To Beg

Contours - Misunderstanding

Marvellettes - My Baby Must Be A Magician

David Ruffin - Walk Away From Love

Stevie Wonder - Lately

Little Stevie Wonder - Contract On Love

grrr too many! i could carry on for years...

Edited June 5, 200916 yr by Krissii

Temps........Youre not an ordinary girl. Pure class.

Temptations-Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

No One Could Love You More - Gladys Knight.

Just a Little Misunderstanding - The Contours.

Don't anybody disagree coz you're wrong.

Don't like either of those!

Too many to choose from but Shotgun Jnr Walker will always be special as the first 45 I can remember being bought for me as a kid. Though Smokey's lyrics are always special too. Bob Dylan called him America's greatest living poet and you can't say fairer than that.

Some of Smokeys lyrics make you just cringe with embarassment, I dunno about greatest living poet; I'm holding you so tight, you know you could have been a handle...my smile is just a frown turned upside down....

Cloud 9 is f***ing Fabulous!!

Cloud 9 is sh*t

Not released but one of the greatest Motown tunes ever has got to be Suspicion. No Doubt about it.

Kev

Top 5, definitely.

Carolyn Crawford "Forget About Me"

Thats my number 1 as well

There are so many classic Motown singles it's hard to choose but right now this would be the all the time top 10 Motown singles

1. Isley Brothers - This Old Heart of Mine - quite possibly one of the greatest singles in the history of music

2. Jimmy Ruffin - He Who Picks a Rose

3. The Elgins - Stay In My Lonely Arms

4. The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself

5. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack

6. Stevie Wonder - A Place In The Sun

7. Boyz II Men - End of the Road

8. The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg

9. The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love

10. Jackson 5 - I'll Be There

I'd keep numbers 1 and 4...number 7 I would set fire to

Thats my number 1 as well

only twenty nine weeks to xmas.

stevie wonder---thats what xmas means to me.

Why don't you lika all The Psychadelic Soul stuff from the

late 60's and early 70's and do you reckon this is the time

when Northern was turning into Funk?

I like the Motown sound, after 67, it was almost gone completely, too diverse, mainly because of the L.A. influences.

I'd keep numbers 1 and 4...number 7 I would set fire to

I knew you wouldn't like it, Pete, but "End Of the Road" is actually a good group record, but it's not representative of Motown. It doesn't sound like Motown, it just happens to be on the label.

I've got about two hundred "Best Motown Singles", depending on what mood I'm in. But I think if I was really pressed to pick just one, I'd have to narrow it down to either:

"I'll Always Love You" - The Spinners

or:

"I Guess I'll Always Love You" - Isley Brothers

...which, for me, will always epitomise what the real Motown Sound is all about...

Ben. M. Jackson/Five. Rat Soul.

RAT SOUL!!!!

pete why is the isleys version better than tammi's? id have to disagree there....

Edited June 6, 200916 yr by Krissii