"I Wish It Would Rain" is a 1967 song recorded by #theTemptations for the #Motown label (under the "Gordy" #imprint) and produced by #NormanWhitfield. The lyrics of this mournful song about a heartbroken man whose woman had just left him were penned by Motown staff writer #RodgerPenzabene. The lyricist had just learned that his wife was cheating on him and in his sorrow and pain, Penzabene penned both this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keDpxp892Og
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"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.
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On 16 Sep 2008: #NormanWhitfield, American songwriter and producer for Motown ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine"), died at 68.
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"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.
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"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.
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"I Wish It Would Rain" is a 1967 song recorded by #theTemptations for the #Motown label (under the "Gordy" #imprint) and produced by #NormanWhitfield. The lyrics of this mournful song about a heartbroken man whose woman had just left him were penned by Motown staff writer #RodgerPenzabene. The lyricist had just learned that his wife was cheating on him and in his sorrow and pain, Penzabene penned both this.
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"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.
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"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" is a song by American #soul group #theTemptations, written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong. Released on the Gordy (#Motown) label, and #produced by Norman Whitfield, it features on the group's 1971 album, #SkysTheLimit. When released as a single, "Just My Imagination" became the third Temptations song to reach number one on the US #Billboard #Hot100.
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On the 12th of May 1940: #NormanWhitfield, American songwriter and producer for Motown ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine"; "Just My Imagination"; "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone"), born in New York City (d. 2008).
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"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.
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"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the #Billboard #RAndB Singles chart and number two on the Billboard #PopSingles chart and soon became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
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"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" is a #Motown song written by #NormanWhitfield, #BarrettStrong, and #JanieBradford. The song was first recorded by #TheTemptations as a track on their 1966 album #GettinReady. #EddieKendricks sings lead on the recording, which was produced by Whitfield. #JimmyRuffin also recorded a version with The Temptations providing background vocals in 1966. It remained unreleased until 1997. Three years later.
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Ted Tocks Covers
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
Originally posted on January 18, 2019.
On this day 65 years ago, The Temptations auditioned successfully and were signed to the Motown label.
“Talking about saving souls and all the time leechin'
Dealing in dirt, and stealing in the name of the Lord.”#TheUndisputedTruth #TheTemptations #NormanWhitfield #davidlindley #RareEarth
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Masterpiece
Released on February 21, 1973, through Motown's Gordy label, Masterpiece was the final album the group recorded at Detroit's iconic Hitsville U.S.A. before the label relocated to Hollywood. It's the peak of their "psychedelic soul" era under producer Norman Whitfield. #thetemptations #masterpiece #thetemps #soul #rnb #psychedelicsoul #normanwhitfield #70smusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #motown
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"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.
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"I Can't Get Next to You" is a 1969 #single recorded by #theTemptations and written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for the Gordy (#Motown) label. The song was a No. 1 single on the #Billboard Top Pop Singles chart for two weeks in 1969, from October 18 to October 25, replacing "#SugarSugar" by #theArchies and replaced by "#SuspiciousMinds" by #ElvisPresley. The single was also a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Top #RAndB Singles for five weeks.
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Ted Tocks Covers
Ball of Confusion
Originally posted on February 5, 2018
Remembering Barrett Strong!
“People moving out, people moving in. Why, because of the colour of their skin.
Run, run, run but you sure can’t hide. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Vote for me and I’ll set you free. Rap on, brother, rap on.”#TheTemptations #BarrettStrong #NormanWhitfield #LoveandRockets
https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2018/02/05/ball-of-confusion/
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"Ain't Too Proud to Beg" is a 1966 song and hit single by #theTemptations for #MotownRecords' Gordy label, written by #NormanWhitfield and #EdwardHollandJr and produced by Whitfield. It peaked at number 13 on the #Billboard Pop Chart, and was a number-one hit on the Billboard R&B charts for eight non-consecutive weeks. The song's success, in the wake of the relative underperformance of the previous Temptations' single, "#GetReady".
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Ted Tocks Covers
War
Originally posted on February 5, 2019
This #EdwinStarr classic was at #1 on this day 55 years ago.
“Oh, war, is an enemy to all mankind
The thought of war blows my mind
War has caused unrest within the younger generation
Induction then destruction, who wants to die?”#BarrettStrong #NormanWhitfield #edwinstarr #TheTemptations #brucespringsteen
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"Car Wash" is a song by the American soul and #RAndB band #RoseRoyce. Written and arranged by the ex-#Motown producer #NormanWhitfield, the song was the group's first single and one of the most notable successes of the 1970s #disco era. "#CarWash", the theme of the 1976 film Car Wash, was Rose Royce's most successful single and the #leadSingle from their first studio album, the Car Wash soundtrack. Reaching number one on the US #Billboard #Hot100.
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Ted Tocks Covers
I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Originally posted on March 26, 2018
On this day in 1969, #MarvinGaye was at the top of the U.K. singles chart with this classic song written by #BarrettStrong and #NormanWhitfield
“Ooh, bet you're wonderin' how I knew
'Bout your plan to make me blue
With some other guy that you knew before
Between the two of us guys
You know I loved you more
It took me by surprise, I must say
When I found out yesterday”https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/i-heard-it-through-the-grapevine/
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Ted Tocks Covers
Ball of Confusion
Originally posted on February 5, 2018.
Remembering the lyrical brilliance of Barrett Strong
“Vote for me and I’ll set you free”
…But don’t think ‘He’ cares…
…and the beat goes on…
#TheTemptations #BarrettStrong #NormanWhitfield #loveandrockets
https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2018/02/05/ball-of-confusion/
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"Car Wash" is a song by the American soul and #RAndB band #RoseRoyce. Written and arranged by the ex-#Motown producer #NormanWhitfield, the song was the group's first single and one of the most notable successes of the 1970s #disco era. "#CarWash", the theme of the 1976 film Car Wash, was Rose Royce's most successful single and the #leadSingle from their first studio album, the Car Wash soundtrack. Reaching number one on the US #Billboard #Hot100.
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"Car Wash" is a song by the American soul and #RAndB band #RoseRoyce. Written and arranged by the ex-#Motown producer #NormanWhitfield, the song was the group's first single and one of the most notable successes of the 1970s #disco era. "#CarWash", the theme of the 1976 film Car Wash, was Rose Royce's most successful single and the #leadSingle from their first studio album, the Car Wash soundtrack. Reaching number one on the US #Billboard #Hot100.
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1000 Day Album Challenge (#4) The Temptations: Masterpiece (1973) [04.01.24]
a teacher can’t be found until you find yourself…
I found this record through Scott Hardkiss’ Essential Mix back in 1997. the Essential Mix is a weekly broadcast on BBC Radio 1 that has been running since 1993. it features a guest DJ every week with their “essential mix.” I’ve found many a great record perusing the playlists of this show. I imagine I ran across this playlist in one of the dance music magazines I read regularly back then like Muzik or Jockey Slut.
Plastic Man by The Temptations was one of the last songs in the set. it stood out on the list from the other tracks which were primarily electronic tunes spanning house, trance, and breaks. I kept an eye out for it on my regular forays into the used record stores of Philadelphia.
I don’t specifically recall but I imagine it didn’t take me long to find. I highly doubt I paid more than $3 for the album. Masterpiece, the album featuring Plastic Man, is from The Temptations Psychedelic Soul period which roughly ran from 1968 through 1973. all of the songs were written and produced by the legendary Norman Whitfield, one of the primary architects of Motown’s Psychedelic Soul sound.
for me the album is all about two songs – Plastic Man and Law of the Land which precedes it on side two. they are both “message songs” like Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down, Ball of Confusion, or Papa was a Rollin’ Stone. Motown and The Temptations in particular were very much at the forefront of the transition of the uptempo soul sound of the sixties becoming the soulful disco of the seventies. both tracks are fine examples of songs that could be classified as early or proto-disco.
one of the best and earliest examples of this is Girl, You Need a Change of Mind by Eddie Kendricks, former lead singer of The Temptations. it can be found on People…Hold On (1972), one of the greatest soul albums ever made.
happy hunting everyone…
#1000DayAlbumChallenge #TheTemptations #Masterpiece #PlasticMan #LawOfTheLand #NormanWhitfield #Motown #Disco #ProtoDisco #Hardkiss #ScottHardkiss
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Ted Tocks Covers
I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Originally posted on March 26, 2018
Marvin Gaye had his first #1 single with his version of ‘I Heard it Through the Grapevine’ on this day 55 years ago. Gaye’s version is just one of many covers of this Motown classic written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield.
#BarrettStrong #NormanWhitfield #GladysKnightandthePips #MarvinGaye #CreedenceClearwaterRevival #TheCaliforniaRaisins
https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/i-heard-it-through-the-grapevine/
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Ted Tocks Covers
Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Originally posted on January 18, 2019
On this day, 15 years ago, Norman Whitfield died. Whitfield gave us several Motown classics. Several are listed in today’s re-post.
“Papa was a rolling stone
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died, all he left us was alone”#TheUndisputedTruth #TheTemptations #NormanWhitfield #DavidLindley #RareEarth
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"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnight_ThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and number two on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and shortly became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
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WAR!
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothin'
WAR!
Ain't nothin' but a 💔
WAR!
Friend only to the ⚰️
Listen to me
War I despise
'Cause it means destruction
of innocent lives
War means tears
to 1000s of mothers' eyes
When their sons go out to fight
& lose their lives
8 Jun 1970📻
#NormanWhitfield
#BarrettStrong
#EdwinStarr
#popmusic #1970s
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I've gotta get away from you
fast as I can
Too much for me, woman
More than my heart could stand
Like a kid behind the wheel
You been reckless with my heart
If I stay around you sure
to tear it all apart
Every road has got to end somewhere
Now is the time for the showdown
So let me give you the lowdown
We've come to the end of our road
#RogerPenzabene
#NormanWhitfield
#BarrettStrong
#MarvinGaye version
19 May 1970
#popmusic #1970s #Motown
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Ted Tocks Covers
Just My Imagination
Originally posted on April 3, 2018
Back to the early days of Ted Tocks Covers. Short and sweet, with a song made famous by #TheTemptations. It was #1 on this day in 1971. For the second day in a row, a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong is featured.
https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/just-my-imagination-running-away-with-me/
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R.I.P. Barrett Strong. He wrote (and first sang) “Money (That’s what I want)” as well as many iconic songs for the Temps and others. #HeardItThroughTheGrapevine #BallOfConfusion #JustMyImagination #PapaWasARollingStone #BarrettStrong #NormanWhitfield
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Each day through my window
I watch her as she passes by
I say to myself
"You're such a lucky guy"
To have a girl like her
is truly a dream come true
Out of all the fellows in the world
She belongs to me
But it was Just My Imagination
Runnin' away with me
#NormanWhitfield
#BarrettStrong
#thetemptations
#EddieKendricks
14 Jan 1971
#Motown #pop # music #1970s
https://youtu.be/pP-ee75Dhwk