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Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #motown, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Walked in to Al Nalli Music on #MainStreet in #AnnArbor #Michigan circa early 1980s. The keyboard section was empty, just a bunch of cables and cords hanging off of keyboard racks. Me: "Did you get robbed or something?" Them: "Naw, #StevieWonder came in here and bought everything we had!" #HappyBirthday number 76 to a legend, a genius, and fellow tech nerd. 🎵 🎶 ⚡ 🎹 🎂 👍 😁 #Music #Motown #RhythmAndBlues Photo credit: Susan Wineberg, 1981.

  2. Motown’s Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind the pop music juggernaut theconversation.com/motowns-bl @TheConversationUS

    During the 1960s, women weren’t considered producers because of broader biases and norms in the male-dominated music industry. Even so, Miss Ray got credit for producing Jimmy Ruffin’s song “Don’t Feel Sorry for Me” in 1961.

    #Motown #GenderEquality

  3. Motown’s Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind the pop music juggernaut theconversation.com/motowns-bl @TheConversationUS

    During the 1960s, women weren’t considered producers because of broader biases and norms in the male-dominated music industry. Even so, Miss Ray got credit for producing Jimmy Ruffin’s song “Don’t Feel Sorry for Me” in 1961.

    #Motown #GenderEquality

  4. Motown’s Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind the pop music juggernaut theconversation.com/motowns-bl @TheConversationUS

    During the 1960s, women weren’t considered producers because of broader biases and norms in the male-dominated music industry. Even so, Miss Ray got credit for producing Jimmy Ruffin’s song “Don’t Feel Sorry for Me” in 1961.

    #Motown #GenderEquality

  5. Motown’s Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind the pop music juggernaut theconversation.com/motowns-bl @TheConversationUS

    During the 1960s, women weren’t considered producers because of broader biases and norms in the male-dominated music industry. Even so, Miss Ray got credit for producing Jimmy Ruffin’s song “Don’t Feel Sorry for Me” in 1961.

    #Motown #GenderEquality

  6. Motown’s Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind the pop music juggernaut theconversation.com/motowns-bl @TheConversationUS

    During the 1960s, women weren’t considered producers because of broader biases and norms in the male-dominated music industry. Even so, Miss Ray got credit for producing Jimmy Ruffin’s song “Don’t Feel Sorry for Me” in 1961.

    #Motown #GenderEquality

  7. A Look at Tammi Terrell's Life and Career in the 1960s

    📰 Original title: 18 Fascinating Portraits of Tammi Terrell in the 1960s

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/a-look-at-tamm

    #music #tammiterrell #motown #marvingaye

  8. A Look at Tammi Terrell's Life and Career in the 1960s

    📰 Original title: 18 Fascinating Portraits of Tammi Terrell in the 1960s

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/a-look-at-tamm

    #music #tammiterrell #motown #marvingaye

  9. A Look at Tammi Terrell's Life and Career in the 1960s

    📰 Original title: 18 Fascinating Portraits of Tammi Terrell in the 1960s

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/a-look-at-tamm

    #music #tammiterrell #motown #marvingaye

  10. A Look at Tammi Terrell's Life and Career in the 1960s

    📰 Original title: 18 Fascinating Portraits of Tammi Terrell in the 1960s

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/a-look-at-tamm

    #music #tammiterrell #motown #marvingaye

  11. A Look at Tammi Terrell's Life and Career in the 1960s

    📰 Original title: 18 Fascinating Portraits of Tammi Terrell in the 1960s

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/a-look-at-tamm

    #music #tammiterrell #motown #marvingaye

  12. The Musical Legacy and Tragedy of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

    📰 Original title: Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell: A Tragic Partnership

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/the-musical-le

    #music #motown #soul #duets

  13. #Northernsoul is een van oorsprong Noord-Engelse beweging die draait om obscure Amerikaanse #soul muziek uit het midden van de jaren #60s De singles - ook wel stampers genoemd vanwege de #motown achtige uptempo beat werden opgenomen door relatief onbekende artiesten en in beperkte oplage uitgegeven door kleine regionale labels. #Northernsoul was op z'n populairst in de jaren #70s en beïnvloedde #disco #hiphop en #rave.

    Ook te horen bij stepupzorgradio.nl

  14. "The Tracks of My Tears" is a 1965 song originally recorded by #theMiracles on #Motown Record's Tamla subsidiary label. It was composed by Miracles members #SmokeyRobinson, #PeteMoore, and #MarvTarplin. This million-selling, multiple award-winning song has been inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame, has been ranked by the Recording Industry Association of America.
    youtube.com/watch?v=rNS6D4hSQdA

  15. 🎧 Is that the time of the week...
    Ready to go out on the road with a new lot of #records (as usual).
    This time it ranges from #Soul and #Motown to Billy Idol, ORB and other artists in between.
    All originals, cleaned and graded 😉

    Where to find the record stall?
    #Friday - #Cirencester Market
    (marketplace)
    #Saturday - #Bristol Market
    (At the end of Corn Street)

    #vinyl #vinylrecords #recordcollector #music #musicCommunity #vinylcommunity #markets #event #fediverse #mastodon #follow #saturday

  16. 🎧 Is that the time of the week...
    Ready to go out on the road with a new lot of #records (as usual).
    This time it ranges from #Soul and #Motown to Billy Idol, ORB and other artists in between.
    All originals, cleaned and graded 😉

    Where to find the record stall?
    #Friday - #Cirencester Market
    (marketplace)
    #Saturday - #Bristol Market
    (At the end of Corn Street)

    #vinyl #vinylrecords #recordcollector #music #musicCommunity #vinylcommunity #markets #event #fediverse #mastodon #follow #saturday

  17. 🎧 Is that the time of the week...
    Ready to go out on the road with a new lot of #records (as usual).
    This time it ranges from #Soul and #Motown to Billy Idol, ORB and other artists in between.
    All originals, cleaned and graded 😉

    Where to find the record stall?
    #Friday - #Cirencester Market
    (marketplace)
    #Saturday - #Bristol Market
    (At the end of Corn Street)

    #vinyl #vinylrecords #recordcollector #music #musicCommunity #vinylcommunity #markets #event #fediverse #mastodon #follow #saturday

  18. Hi Mastodon,

    I’d like to reintroduce myself and introduce my album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy”.

    I write songs and over the past 6 years roughly, I’ve collected 10 from about 100 to be recorded, mixed and mastered. As of today, those 10 songs are available to listen to at bandcamp as the album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy” (alastairleonard.bandcamp.com/a)

    There are songs about fleeting marketplace romances (Sunflowers), and going in search of your life’s purpose (Desert Rose). There are other songs about taking the easy road and waking up late (Mid-Morning Guy) and the housing crisis in Australia (Yoshino Removals). There are even more songs — about bad haircuts (West Coast Haircut) and the disappearance of the bees (Honey Bee). The title track follows a pair of cufflinks given to me as a young man and their trajectory through the following decades. All the lyrics are up there so you can read along while listening if that’s your preference.

    The music is roughly what I’d call indie-pop including jangly guitars numbers and piano ballads but there are forays into country twang, latin percussion, and doof. Some of my influences include #jeffreylewis #bjork #davidberman #cassandrajenkins #dangelo #leonardcohen #hopesandovalandthewarminventions #lucindawilliams #jenslekman #jonathanrichman #ninasimone #arethafranklin #pixies #thecure #thefieldmice #thesundays #thelemonheads #themagneticfields #tmbg #thegobetweens #motown

    Attention is a commodity these days and I don’t expect too many people will hear the record; but if you do feel inclined to listen and can find a moment, I hope you find something joyful in these songs. Creating A Cufflink-Wearing Guy has been a labour of love. Mostly love, a little labour. Until next time, keep looking on the bright side. Thanks for reading. AL

    #songs #song #music #indie #indiepop #pop #songwriter #acufflinkwearingguy #alastairleonard #introduction #reintroduction #album #newalbum #record

  19. Hi Mastodon,

    I’d like to reintroduce myself and introduce my album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy”.

    I write songs and over the past 6 years roughly, I’ve collected 10 from about 100 to be recorded, mixed and mastered. As of today, those 10 songs are available to listen to at bandcamp as the album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy” (alastairleonard.bandcamp.com/a)

    There are songs about fleeting marketplace romances (Sunflowers), and going in search of your life’s purpose (Desert Rose). There are other songs about taking the easy road and waking up late (Mid-Morning Guy) and the housing crisis in Australia (Yoshino Removals). There are even more songs — about bad haircuts (West Coast Haircut) and the disappearance of the bees (Honey Bee). The title track follows a pair of cufflinks given to me as a young man and their trajectory through the following decades. All the lyrics are up there so you can read along while listening if that’s your preference.

    The music is roughly what I’d call indie-pop including jangly guitars numbers and piano ballads but there are forays into country twang, latin percussion, and doof. Some of my influences include #jeffreylewis #bjork #davidberman #cassandrajenkins #dangelo #leonardcohen #hopesandovalandthewarminventions #lucindawilliams #jenslekman #jonathanrichman #ninasimone #arethafranklin #pixies #thecure #thefieldmice #thesundays #thelemonheads #themagneticfields #tmbg #thegobetweens #motown

    Attention is a commodity these days and I don’t expect too many people will hear the record; but if you do feel inclined to listen and can find a moment, I hope you find something joyful in these songs. Creating A Cufflink-Wearing Guy has been a labour of love. Mostly love, a little labour. Until next time, keep looking on the bright side. Thanks for reading. AL

    #songs #song #music #indie #indiepop #pop #songwriter #acufflinkwearingguy #alastairleonard #introduction #reintroduction #album #newalbum #record

  20. Hi Mastodon,

    I’d like to reintroduce myself and introduce my album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy”.

    I write songs and over the past 6 years roughly, I’ve collected 10 from about 100 to be recorded, mixed and mastered. As of today, those 10 songs are available to listen to at bandcamp as the album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy” (alastairleonard.bandcamp.com/a)

    There are songs about fleeting marketplace romances (Sunflowers), and going in search of your life’s purpose (Desert Rose). There are other songs about taking the easy road and waking up late (Mid-Morning Guy) and the housing crisis in Australia (Yoshino Removals). There are even more songs — about bad haircuts (West Coast Haircut) and the disappearance of the bees (Honey Bee). The title track follows a pair of cufflinks given to me as a young man and their trajectory through the following decades. All the lyrics are up there so you can read along while listening if that’s your preference.

    The music is roughly what I’d call indie-pop including jangly guitars numbers and piano ballads but there are forays into country twang, latin percussion, and doof. Some of my influences include #jeffreylewis #bjork #davidberman #cassandrajenkins #dangelo #leonardcohen #hopesandovalandthewarminventions #lucindawilliams #jenslekman #jonathanrichman #ninasimone #arethafranklin #pixies #thecure #thefieldmice #thesundays #thelemonheads #themagneticfields #tmbg #thegobetweens #motown

    Attention is a commodity these days and I don’t expect too many people will hear the record; but if you do feel inclined to listen and can find a moment, I hope you find something joyful in these songs. Creating A Cufflink-Wearing Guy has been a labour of love. Mostly love, a little labour. Until next time, keep looking on the bright side. Thanks for reading. AL

    #songs #song #music #indie #indiepop #pop #songwriter #acufflinkwearingguy #alastairleonard #introduction #reintroduction #album #newalbum #record

  21. Hi Mastodon,

    I’d like to reintroduce myself and introduce my album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy”.

    I write songs and over the past 6 years roughly, I’ve collected 10 from about 100 to be recorded, mixed and mastered. As of today, those 10 songs are available to listen to at bandcamp as the album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy” (alastairleonard.bandcamp.com/a)

    There are songs about fleeting marketplace romances (Sunflowers), and going in search of your life’s purpose (Desert Rose). There are other songs about taking the easy road and waking up late (Mid-Morning Guy) and the housing crisis in Australia (Yoshino Removals). There are even more songs — about bad haircuts (West Coast Haircut) and the disappearance of the bees (Honey Bee). The title track follows a pair of cufflinks given to me as a young man and their trajectory through the following decades. All the lyrics are up there so you can read along while listening if that’s your preference.

    The music is roughly what I’d call indie-pop including jangly guitars numbers and piano ballads but there are forays into country twang, latin percussion, and doof. Some of my influences include #jeffreylewis #bjork #davidberman #cassandrajenkins #dangelo #leonardcohen #hopesandovalandthewarminventions #lucindawilliams #jenslekman #jonathanrichman #ninasimone #arethafranklin #pixies #thecure #thefieldmice #thesundays #thelemonheads #themagneticfields #tmbg #thegobetweens #motown

    Attention is a commodity these days and I don’t expect too many people will hear the record; but if you do feel inclined to listen and can find a moment, I hope you find something joyful in these songs. Creating A Cufflink-Wearing Guy has been a labour of love. Mostly love, a little labour. Until next time, keep looking on the bright side. Thanks for reading. AL

    #songs #song #music #indie #indiepop #pop #songwriter #acufflinkwearingguy #alastairleonard #introduction #reintroduction #album #newalbum #record

  22. Hi Mastodon,

    I’d like to reintroduce myself and introduce my album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy”.

    I write songs and over the past 6 years roughly, I’ve collected 10 from about 100 to be recorded, mixed and mastered. As of today, those 10 songs are available to listen to at bandcamp as the album “A Cufflink-Wearing Guy” (alastairleonard.bandcamp.com/a)

    There are songs about fleeting marketplace romances (Sunflowers), and going in search of your life’s purpose (Desert Rose). There are other songs about taking the easy road and waking up late (Mid-Morning Guy) and the housing crisis in Australia (Yoshino Removals). There are even more songs — about bad haircuts (West Coast Haircut) and the disappearance of the bees (Honey Bee). The title track follows a pair of cufflinks given to me as a young man and their trajectory through the following decades. All the lyrics are up there so you can read along while listening if that’s your preference.

    The music is roughly what I’d call indie-pop including jangly guitars numbers and piano ballads but there are forays into country twang, latin percussion, and doof. Some of my influences include #jeffreylewis #bjork #davidberman #cassandrajenkins #dangelo #leonardcohen #hopesandovalandthewarminventions #lucindawilliams #jenslekman #jonathanrichman #ninasimone #arethafranklin #pixies #thecure #thefieldmice #thesundays #thelemonheads #themagneticfields #tmbg #thegobetweens #motown

    Attention is a commodity these days and I don’t expect too many people will hear the record; but if you do feel inclined to listen and can find a moment, I hope you find something joyful in these songs. Creating A Cufflink-Wearing Guy has been a labour of love. Mostly love, a little labour. Until next time, keep looking on the bright side. Thanks for reading. AL

    #songs #song #music #indie #indiepop #pop #songwriter #acufflinkwearingguy #alastairleonard #introduction #reintroduction #album #newalbum #record

  23. They also play #Blues, #MoTown and more. Just check out their broadcast schedule for what's being featured.
    wemu.org/schedule#weekly-sched

  24. "Easy" is a song by American #funk and soul band #Commodores from their fifth studio album, Commodores (1977), released on the #Motown label. Group member #LionelRichie wrote "Easy" with the intention of it becoming another crossover hit for the group given the success of a previous single, "#JustToBeCloseToYou", which spent two weeks at number one on the US #Billboard #HotSoulSingles chart (now known as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart).
    youtube.com/watch?v=aCsZ3_db_Fk

  25. "Easy" is a song by American #funk and soul band #Commodores from their fifth studio album, Commodores (1977), released on the #Motown label. Group member #LionelRichie wrote "Easy" with the intention of it becoming another crossover hit for the group given the success of a previous single, "#JustToBeCloseToYou", which spent two weeks at number one on the US #Billboard #HotSoulSingles chart (now known as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart).
    youtube.com/watch?v=aCsZ3_db_Fk

  26. "Easy" is a song by American #funk and soul band #Commodores from their fifth studio album, Commodores (1977), released on the #Motown label. Group member #LionelRichie wrote "Easy" with the intention of it becoming another crossover hit for the group given the success of a previous single, "#JustToBeCloseToYou", which spent two weeks at number one on the US #Billboard #HotSoulSingles chart (now known as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart).
    youtube.com/watch?v=aCsZ3_db_Fk

  27. "Easy" is a song by American #funk and soul band #Commodores from their fifth studio album, Commodores (1977), released on the #Motown label. Group member #LionelRichie wrote "Easy" with the intention of it becoming another crossover hit for the group given the success of a previous single, "#JustToBeCloseToYou", which spent two weeks at number one on the US #Billboard #HotSoulSingles chart (now known as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart).
    youtube.com/watch?v=aCsZ3_db_Fk

  28. "Easy" is a song by American #funk and soul band #Commodores from their fifth studio album, Commodores (1977), released on the #Motown label. Group member #LionelRichie wrote "Easy" with the intention of it becoming another crossover hit for the group given the success of a previous single, "#JustToBeCloseToYou", which spent two weeks at number one on the US #Billboard #HotSoulSingles chart (now known as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart).
    youtube.com/watch?v=aCsZ3_db_Fk

  29. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles released this tune in ‘67 and it was re-released in ‘70 and went to number 1 on the charts; shoulda been there the first time cause this one is soooooo good.
    #MusicOfMastodon
    #60sPop
    #70sPop
    #MoTown

    Now there's some sad things known to man
    But ain't too much sadder than the Tears Of A Clown
    When there's no one around

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=51B55OQy

  30. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles released this tune in ‘67 and it was re-released in ‘70 and went to number 1 on the charts; shoulda been there the first time cause this one is soooooo good.
    #MusicOfMastodon
    #60sPop
    #70sPop
    #MoTown

    Now there's some sad things known to man
    But ain't too much sadder than the Tears Of A Clown
    When there's no one around

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=51B55OQy

  31. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles released this tune in ‘67 and it was re-released in ‘70 and went to number 1 on the charts; shoulda been there the first time cause this one is soooooo good.
    #MusicOfMastodon
    #60sPop
    #70sPop
    #MoTown

    Now there's some sad things known to man
    But ain't too much sadder than the Tears Of A Clown
    When there's no one around

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=51B55OQy

  32. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles released this tune in ‘67 and it was re-released in ‘70 and went to number 1 on the charts; shoulda been there the first time cause this one is soooooo good.
    #MusicOfMastodon
    #60sPop
    #70sPop
    #MoTown

    Now there's some sad things known to man
    But ain't too much sadder than the Tears Of A Clown
    When there's no one around

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=51B55OQy

  33. Smokey Robinson and The Miracles released this tune in ‘67 and it was re-released in ‘70 and went to number 1 on the charts; shoulda been there the first time cause this one is soooooo good.
    #MusicOfMastodon
    #60sPop
    #70sPop
    #MoTown

    Now there's some sad things known to man
    But ain't too much sadder than the Tears Of A Clown
    When there's no one around

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=51B55OQy

  34. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a song originally performed by #Motown recording act #theUndisputedTruth in 1972, though it became much better known after a #GrammyAward-winning cover by #theTemptations was issued later the same year. This latter version of the song became a number-one hit on the #Billboard #Hot100. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" was written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong in 1971. Whitfield produced #theOriginal Undisputed Truth version.
    youtube.com/watch?v=pJV2pWFyfn4

  35. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a song originally performed by #Motown recording act #theUndisputedTruth in 1972, though it became much better known after a #GrammyAward-winning cover by #theTemptations was issued later the same year. This latter version of the song became a number-one hit on the #Billboard #Hot100. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" was written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong in 1971. Whitfield produced #theOriginal Undisputed Truth version.
    youtube.com/watch?v=pJV2pWFyfn4

  36. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a song originally performed by #Motown recording act #theUndisputedTruth in 1972, though it became much better known after a #GrammyAward-winning cover by #theTemptations was issued later the same year. This latter version of the song became a number-one hit on the #Billboard #Hot100. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" was written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong in 1971. Whitfield produced #theOriginal Undisputed Truth version.
    youtube.com/watch?v=pJV2pWFyfn4

  37. :"Stop! In the name of love
    Before you break my heart
    Stop! In the name of love
    Before you break my heart
    Think it over
    Think it over"

    The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love (1965): youtube.com/watch?v=NPBkiBbO4_4

    #UseYourHead
    #JukeboxFridayNight
    #Soul #Motown

  38. "Someday We'll Be Together" is a song written by #JohnnyBristol, #JackeyBeavers, and #HarveyFuqua. It was the last of twelve #American number-one #pop singles for #DianaRossAndTheSupremes on the #Motown label. Although it was released as the final Supremes song featuring Diana Ross, who left the group for a solo career in January 1970, it was recorded as Ross' first solo single and Supremes members #MaryWilson and #CindyBirdsong do not sing on the recording.
    youtube.com/watch?v=HXGz8i0I2L0

  39. "Two Lovers" is a #single released in 1962 by #MaryWells on the #Motown record label. The song was the third consecutive hit to be both written and produced by #SmokeyRobinson of #theMiracles and recorded by Mary Wells, the two previous charters being "#TheOneWhoReallyLovesYou" and "#YouBeatMeToThePunch." The song's cleverly devised lyrics at first appear to be about a girl singing to one lover who is "sweet and kind" and a second who treats her bad and makes her sad.
    youtube.com/watch?v=oa4MqpN-A2k

  40. I didn't want to know, after I guessed wrong and quit there

    Heardle Motown #1111

    🔇🟥⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️

    #Heardle #Motown #Music

    motown.heardledecades.xyz/