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The Friday Five: May 25, 2012

The Friday Five: May 25, 2012

Michael Parr May 25, 2012 14

Time to shuffle up and deal! Join in this week's Friday Five!

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The #1 Albums: “Supremes A’ Go Go”

The #1 Albums: “Supremes A’ Go Go”

J.A. Bartlett May 24, 2012 0

The list of great Motown albums doesn’t start to fill in until 1971 or so, when Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder used their new creative freedom to make fully realized wholes. For Motown’s first

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Soul Serenade: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, “The Tears Of A Clown”

Soul Serenade: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, “The Tears Of A Clown”

Ken Shane March 15, 2012 3

Believe it or not, the Miracles only had one #1 hit while Smokey Robinson was their singer. Ken Shane recalls "The Tears of a Clown."

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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 29

Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 29

Popdose Staff January 25, 2012 7

1969 --The year Hair dominated the American airwaves. The first of several Hair cover songs debuts on AM Gold this week

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Jheri Curl Fridays 28: “Don’t Look Any Further”

Jheri Curl Fridays 28: “Don’t Look Any Further”

Mike Heyliger January 6, 2012 2

Temptations lead singer Dennis Edwards gets the Jheri Curl Fridays treatment with his 1984 video "Don't Look Any Further."

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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 22

Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 22

Popdose Staff November 30, 2011 7

We’ve got some familiar names to review this week. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles return, as of course we’ve got another chart triumph for the team of Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, and Hal David.

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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 13

Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 13

Popdose Staff September 28, 2011 2

It's a brave new year on AM Gold - 1965 to be precise!

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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 11

Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 11

Popdose Staff September 14, 2011 5

Another Wednesday, another batch of AM Gold for your listening pleasure. This week rolls on with the third installment from

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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 9

Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 9

Popdose Staff August 31, 2011 1

AM Gold: 1964 beckons! Enjoy the Supremes and the Zombies! Make it through Gene Pitney!

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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 4

Popdose Staff July 27, 2011 2

We wrap up our look at Time-Life's AM Gold: 1962 compilation this week, and learn just how popular death songs were back then

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