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One of Jackie Wilson's early hits, written by Berry Gordy and Roquel "Billy" Davis:
Jackie Wilson: That's Why (I Love You So) (The Ed Sullivan Show, January 21, 1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9POh4ATtuBw
#TuneTuesday #WhyAndBecauseSongs #JackieWilson #BerryGordy #RoquelDavis
"It's Your Thing" is a #funk single by #TheIsleyBrothers. Released in 1969, the anthem was an artistic response to #Motown chief #BerryGordy's demanding hold on his artists after the Isleys left the label in late 1968. The lyrics of the chorus, which also serve as first verse, run: "It's your thing/ Do what you wanna do/ I can't tell you/ Who to sock it to". The song is ranked No. 420 on the #RollingStone magazine's list of #The500GreatestSongsOfAllTime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vajsXO3Ub-4
"Shop Around" is a song originally recorded by #theMiracles on #MotownRecords' Tamla subsidiary label. It was written by Miracles lead singer #SmokeyRobinson and Motown Records founder #BerryGordy. It became a smash hit in 1960 when originally recorded by the Miracles, reaching number one on the Billboard R&B chart, number one on the #Cashbox Top 100 Pop Chart, and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was #theMiracles' first million-selling hit record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE36-7_pwI0
Here’s janie Bradford, “Money (That’s What I Want)” Songwriter, Dies at 87
https://justpaste.in/movies/heres-janie-bradford-money-thats-what-i-want-songwriter-dies-at-87/
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Janie Bradford, “Money (That’s What I Want)” Songwriter, Dies at 87
After starting out as a receptionist for Berry Gordy, she also co-wrote Motown tunes recorded by Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Mary Wells. #emarock
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/janie-bradford-dead-money-thats-what-i-want-songwriter-1236679050/ #JanieBradford #Motown #MarvinGaye #StevieWonder #MaryWells #BerryGordy
https://www.europesays.com/ie/652101/ Clive Davis‘ Last Party: Funeral Guests, Industry Friends Remember #BerryGordy #BruceSpringsteen #Celebrities #CliveDavis #DianeWarren #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #JimmyJam #KennyLoggins
Janie Bradford, “Money (That’s What I Want)” Songwriter, Dies at 87
#Music #MusicNews #Berrygordy #Motown #Obituaries
"I'll Be There" is the first single released from Third Album by #TheJackson5. It was written by #BerryGordy, #HalDavis, Bob West, and #WillieHutch. The song was recorded by The Jackson 5 and released by #MotownRecords on August 28, 1970, as the first single from their Third Album on the same date. Produced by the songwriters, "I'll Be There" was #TheJackson5's fourth number-one hit in a row (after "I Want You Back" in 1969.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjb5vhazFio
"Nowhere to Run" is a 1965 song by #MarthaAndTheVandellas for #BerryGordy's #Motown imprint Gordy Records and is one of the group's #signatureSongs. The song, written and produced by Motown's main production team of #HollandDozierHolland, depicts the story of a woman trapped in a bad relationship with a man she cannot help but love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EexqF4tz-8U
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1115281/ The greatest Motown band that Bob Seger ever witnessed #1960s #1970s #BerryGordy #BobSeger #Entertainment #motown #music #SmokeyRobinson #StevieWonder #TheSupremes #TheTemptations #UK #UnitedKingdom
On the 7th of June 1958: American songwriter and impresario #BerryGordy Jr. founds Tamla Records, precursor to Motown Records, in Detroit, Michigan.
On Apr 14, 1960: American record company Motown, founded by #BerryGordy Jr, is incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit. Michigan.
https://www.wacoca.com/media/603302/ ダイアナ・ロス「Ain’t No Mountain High Enough」解説 #Ashford&Simpson #BerryGordy #DianaRoss #DianaRoss&TheSupremes #DISCO #EdwinStarr #MarvinGaye #MotownRecords #music #OnThisDay #R&B #SOUL #TammiTerrell #音楽
Ted Tocks Covers
Shop Around
Originally posted on February 12, 2024
65 years ago today ‘Shop Around’ by The Miracles became the first song on the Motown label to sell one million copies.
“Before you let her take your hand my son
Understand my son, be a man my son I know you can my son”
#SmokeyRobinsonandtheMiracles #BerryGordy #BobbyVee #CaptainandTennille #DebbieDean #JohnnyKiddandthePirates #MartyWells #SamandDave
“The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling”*…
The quote above, from Ambrose Bierce, was true enough until relatively recently. Business has embraced gaming. When the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting in 2018, Americans, who had legally wagered less than $5 billion on sports annually. Last year, they bet $150 billion, most of it online (with the active involvement of leagues and the broadcasters who serve up their games). And now prediction markets are on the scene, widening the apperture for online casino-like wagering to include politics, the Golden Globe awards, the return of Jesus Christ and virtually anything else… which could be a problem.
Indeed, just this past week, Common Sense Media released a report on gambling by young boys that reveals (among other deeply concerning things) that 1 in 3 American boys ages 11-17 are gambling before they can vote. (Full report here.)
Gambling addiction has been an issue in the U.S. for decades. But with the onslaught of new ways to wager, the problem is surging. And as Benjamin Errett (observes in an amusing piece on “McGuffins“– objects, devices, or events necessary to plot and the motivation of characters, but insignificant, unimportant, or irrelevant in itself), it’s a particularly problematic problem…
There’s a compelling argument to be made that money is the true MacGuffin. George Ainslie [here], a psychiatrist and behavioural economist, makes that case in a very readable paper on addiction and regrettable choices. He gets right to the weird thing about gambling as a compulsive behaviour: Spending money for a chance of getting more money (with the likelihood of losing it) is illogically direct. (I too got stuck on this paradox in The Wit’s Guide to Gambling, and some part of my brain is still spinning on the roulette table.) If you simply must have cocaine or hot fudge sundaes or hot cocaine fudge sundaes, the immediate pleasure and later pain are in different modalities. And so Ainslie concludes that money is a MacGuffin because it’s “the object of a hedonic game that is justified by its instrumental believability but which is actually shaped by its production of satisfaction in its own right.” Ergo, capitalism is a Hitchcock movie….
– source
Ainsle’s essay, prepared for a conference on addiction, is eminently worth reading and pondering.
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As we turn our backs on baccarat, we might recall that it was on this date in 1960 that “Money (That’s What I Want)” by Barrett Strong entered the Billboard Hot 100. Written by Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford, the single was the first hit record by Gordy’s Motown Records (released on Motown’s Tamla label). The song peaked at #23 in April and was the only song recorded by Strong that reached the Hot 100, though Strong went on to write many of Motown’s biggest hits. It was, of course, covered by The Beatles, among many others.
https://youtu.be/96XJl7mxDtc?si=vEXw930DzjYxwXSG
And we might note that today is the first day of a “prefectly square” month…
#BarrettStrong #BerryGordy #betting #commonSenseMedia #culture #gambling #gamblingAddiction #history #money #MoneyThatsWhatIWant #Motown #onlineGambling #politics #predictionMarkets #Tamla #Technology
On January 20, 1988: 3rd Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Beach Boys; The Beatles; The Drifters; #BobDylan; #TheSupremes; #WoodyGuthrie; Leadbelly; Les Paul; and #BerryGordy, Jr.
"It's Your Thing" is a #funk single by #TheIsleyBrothers. Released in 1969, the anthem was an artistic response to #Motown chief #BerryGordy's demanding hold on his artists after the Isleys left the label in late 1968. The lyrics of the chorus, which also serve as first verse, run: "It's your thing/ Do what you wanna do/ I can't tell you/ Who to sock it to". The song is ranked No. 420 on the #RollingStone magazine's list of #The500GreatestSongsOfAllTime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBojabJ4Erk
"Give Love on Christmas Day" is a #Christmas song first recorded in 1970 by #Motown's #Jackson5. Written by the label's songwriting-producing team, #TheCorporation (#BerryGordy, #AlphonzoMizell, Christine Perren, #FreddiePerren and #DekeRichards), the song was recorded for the Jackson 5 Christmas Album. The song was well received critically upon release of the album. The festive track went on to be covered by groups such as #TheTemptations, #NewEdition, and #BlackGirl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCwEhb7DhRM
#OnThisDay in 2021, Kennedy Center Honors ceremony held for singer-songwriter #JoniMitchell, singer-actress #BetteMidler, record mogul #BerryGordy, producer #LorneMichaels and opera singer Justino Diaz, with President Biden attending,in Washington D.C.
#OnThisDay in 2021, Kennedy Center Honors ceremony held for singer-songwriter #JoniMitchell, singer-actress #BetteMidler, record mogul #BerryGordy, producer #LorneMichaels and opera singer Justino Diaz, with President Biden attending,in Washington D.C.
"Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town)" (originally subtitled "The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet") is a song written by #BerryGordy, #BillyDavis, and #GwenGordyFuqua, and made popular by #JackieWilson in his 1957 recording for the #Brunswick label. It was his first solo hit after leaving #theDominoes and, over the years, has become one of his biggest international chart successes. It was the #UKChristmasNumberOne in 1986, almost three years after Wilson's death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CTs8a7dVa0
"I'll Be There" is the first single released from Third Album by #TheJackson5. It was written by #BerryGordy, #HalDavis, Bob West, and #WillieHutch. The song was recorded by The Jackson 5 and released by #MotownRecords on August 28, 1970, as the first single from their Third Album on the same date. Produced by the songwriters, "I'll Be There" was The Jackson 5's fourth number-one hit in a row (after "#IWantYouBack" in 1969, "#ABC" and "#TheLoveYouSave" earlier in 1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtZsPZ0vKJE
#OnThisDay in 1929, #BerryGordy, Jr, American #songwriter, producer and record company founder (Motown), born in Detroit, Michigan.
#HappyBirthday #96 💕⃝🕊️ 💕⃝🕊️🥀
Ted Tocks Covers
Baby Love
Originally posted on November 19, 2023
On this day sixty years ago The Supremes became the first all female group to hit #1 on the U.K. singles charts.
#thesupremes #marywilson #dianaross #FlorenceBallard #BerryGordy #brianholland #LamontDozier #eddieholland #LaToyaJackson #donnyosmond #grahamnash #timcurry
"Nowhere to Run" is a 1965 song by #MarthaAndTheVandellas for #BerryGordy's #Motown imprint Gordy Records and is one of the group's #signatureSongs. The song, written and produced by Motown's main production team of #HollandDozierHolland, depicts the story of a woman trapped in a bad relationship with a man she cannot help but love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR9pvGtyiHg
"I'll Be There" is the first single released from Third Album by #TheJackson5. It was written by #BerryGordy, #HalDavis, Bob West, and #WillieHutch. The song was recorded by The Jackson 5 and released by #MotownRecords on August 28, 1970, as the first single from their Third Album on the same date. Produced by the songwriters, "I'll Be There" was The Jackson 5's fourth number-one hit in a row (after "#IWantYouBack" in 1969, "#ABC" and "#TheLoveYouSave" earlier in 1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRdG9vEJOKY
Music Industry Moves: Universal and UCLA Announce Berry Gordy Scholarship; NIVA Names Audrey Fix Schaefer President of Board
#Variety #News #BerryGordy #NationalIndependentTalentOrganization
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/universal-ucla-berry-gordy-scholarship-1236445427/
Universal Music Group, UCLA Launch Berry Gordy Music Industry Scholarship
#MusicNews #News #Berrygordy #Music #UCLA #UniversalMusicGroup
Song of the Day November 28 2024
In honor of the 95th birthday of Berry Gordy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_Gordy
Berry Gordy plays "To Tell The Truth" featuring The Supremes Dated July 5 1965
https://youtu.be/iVXiKgFZHYY?si=uzif-YOi0kcr3CZ3
#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #November28 #BerryGordy #TheSupremes #BabyLove #BackInMyArmsAgain #DianaRoss #MaryWilson #FlorenceBallard #ToTellTheTruth #BudCollyer #TomPoston #PeggyCass #OrsonBean #KittyCarlisle #Motown #TheMotownSound #Detroit #Soul #RNB #Music #GameShow #1960s
Ted Tocks Covers
Baby Love
Originally posted on November 19, 2023
On this day sixty years ago The Supremes became the first all female group to hit #1 on the U.K. singles charts.
#thesupremes #marywilson #dianaross #FlorenceBallard #BerryGordy #brianholland #LamontDozier #eddieholland #LaToyaJackson #donnyosmond #grahamnash #timcurry
Song of the Day March 26 2024
In honor of the birth of Diana Ross
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Ross
Diana Ross - “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”
https://youtu.be/5dTDyg_ZexY?si=d0GcCsIs8Mxj7PNT
#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #March26 #DianaRoss #AintNoMountainHighEnough #AshfordAndSimpson #Motown #BerryGordy #TheSupremes #Music #Soul #RNB #Pop #AudioRecording #CoverSong #MarvinGaye #TammiTerrell #1960s #1970s
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 7 - Day 12
Shop Around
On this day in 1961 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles gave Motown Records its first recording to sell one million copies. It was ’Shop Around’. Thanks to Berry Gordy’s astute ear some changes were made to the original slow blues version. The more upbeat R&B style had a widespread appeal and opened the door to years of success for the Motown label.
#SmokeyRobinsonandtheMiracles #BerryGordy #DebbieDean #MaryWells
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 6 - Day 129
Baby Love
On this day in 1964, the Supremes were at #1 with ‘Baby Love’. The song, which was penned by the great Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team was their second of five consecutive chart topping hits.
#TheSupremes #DianaRoss #FlorenceBallard #MaryWilson #BrianHolland #LamontDozier #EddieHolland #BerryGordy #TimCurry #LaToyaJackson #Erasure #DonnyOsmond #GrahamNash
The late great #BarrettStrong claims that he co-wrote #Money (That's What I Want) with #BerryGordy and #JanieBradford. (After all, Strong's piano riff comprises about 50% of the song.) His name was removed from the copyright registration 3 yrs after Money was written, restored in 1987 when the copyright was renewed, and then excised again the following year. Gordy has stated that Strong's name was only INCLUDED because of a... clerical error???
Entered 🔥💯 1 Feb 1960.
https://youtu.be/y81JxzU7bow