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  1. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is a song written by American singers and songwriters #NickolasAshfordAndValerieSimpson in 1966 for the Tamla label, a division of #Motown. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by #MarvinGaye and #TammiTerrell, and became a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former #Supremes frontwoman #DianaRoss. The song became Ross's first solo number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=oB9JIz72BoM

  2. "Pride and Joy" is a 1963 single by #MarvinGaye, released on the #Tamla label. The single, co-written by #WilliamMickeyStevenson, Gaye and #NormanWhitfield, and produced by Stevenson, was considered to be a tribute to Gaye's then-girlfriend, #AnnaGordy. The album version of the single featured on Gaye's second album.
    youtube.com/watch?v=qvB8ELvbow4

  3. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is a song written by American singers and songwriters #NickolasAshfordAndValerieSimpson in 1966 for the Tamla label, a division of #Motown. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by #MarvinGaye and #TammiTerrell, and became a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former #Supremes frontwoman #DianaRoss. The song became Ross's first solo number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=h9mDQbax9vs

  4. "Pride and Joy" is a 1963 single by #MarvinGaye, released on the #Tamla label. The single, co-written by #WilliamMickeyStevenson, Gaye and #NormanWhitfield, and produced by Stevenson, was considered to be a tribute to Gaye's then-girlfriend, #AnnaGordy. The album version of the single featured on Gaye's second album.
    youtube.com/watch?v=qvB8ELvbow4

  5. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is a song written by American singers and songwriters #NickolasAshfordAndValerieSimpson in 1966 for the Tamla label, a division of #Motown. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by #MarvinGaye and #TammiTerrell, and became a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former #Supremes frontwoman #DianaRoss. The song became Ross's first solo number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=IE9NPwEeqVA

  6. 6 Artists That I Am Amazed I Saw Perform Live

    1) #YmaSumac
    2) #Odetta
    3) #JimmyScott
    4) #MilesDavis
    5) #AstridGilberto
    6) #EarthaKitt
    7) #HerbAlpert
    😎 #MaryTravers
    9) All #TheBeatles but Ringo

    Artists that I came close to seeing live ... but didn't

    1) #WandaJackson
    2) #AlGreen
    3) #GordonLightfoot
    4) #LucindaWilliams

    Artists I heard singing but never saw 😳

    1) #JoniMitchell
    2) #MarvinGaye

    Artists I still REALLY want to see live (okay there are probably too many to list)

    1) #NinaNastasia
    2) #KateBush
    3) #DylanLeBlanc
    4) #RomeoVoid/ #DeborahIyall

    Artists I REALLY wanted to see, DID see, but no one I know cares ...

    1) #Melanie
    2) #JDSouther
    3) #NinaHagen
    4) #WendyWaldman
    5) #Tamino
    6) #ElyGuerra
    7) #ShannonMcNally

    Tell me your stories ...

    #livemusic #concerts #music #musicworld

  7. This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #thebubble, songs that make you forget everything around you and closes you off to the outside world.

    Somewhat paradoxically - given the lyrical content - this one does it for me:

    Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (1971)
    youtube.com/watch?v=H-kA3UtBj4M

    #marvingaye #soulmusic #tamla #motown

  8. "How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)" is a song by the American #soul singer #MarvinGaye. #Motown issued the song as a single on its #Tamla label in November 1964, and in January 1965 it appeared as the title track of Gaye's fifth studio album. The song was written in 1964 by the Motown songwriting team of #HollandDozierHolland, and produced by #BrianHolland and #LamontDozier.
    youtube.com/watch?v=MEI1FIXstqw

  9. Various – The Tamla-Motown Sound! (Sampler; 1967); Ein energiegeladener Sampler, der das goldene Zeitalter des legendären Labels auf den Punkt bringt. Mit Hits von Künstlern wie The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder und The Four Tops bietet die Compilation eine stilprägende Mischung aus Soul, Pop und Rhythm & Blues. #Motown #DianaRoss #MarvinGaye #TheTemptations #Soul #Funk #BlackPower #Sixties #Groove #ProtestSongs #BlackHistory #IHaveADream