November 1, 2018• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Do you remember when you first fell in love with Philly Soul? For me, it was in 1968 because that was the year when the Delfonics’...
September 20, 2018• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
"Sloopy" was a bigger hit for the McCoys but the Vibrations got there first...
February 8, 2018• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
When Dennis Edwards replaced David Ruffin in the Temptations their sound changed but the hits kept coming...
October 12, 2017• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Two classic versions of one classic song. Which is your favorite?...
September 28, 2017• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
In 1969 two of Motown's greatest groups teamed up for a smash single...
July 27, 2017• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
The muscular Tempts or the slow-burning Al Green. Which version is your favorite?...
July 13, 2017• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Ruby and the Romantics set the charts on fire with a bossa nova flavored hit in 1963...
February 9, 2017• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Barrett Strong had an early hit but found real success as a Motown songwriter...
January 18, 2017• Music, Popdose Lists
Can a song change the world? Popular music has always been looked on as something of a disposable pleasure: reflective of its times, sure,...
December 8, 2016• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Legendary studio guitarist Dennis Coffey had a hit of his own in '71...
September 22, 2016• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
A splendid new visual history of the legendary soul label...
December 24, 2015• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Donny Hathaway's 1970 single has become a holiday standard...
July 16, 2015• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
The one single that Frank Wilson released is one of the most collectible records in history...
June 18, 2015• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Norman Whitfield and the Velvelettes were a match made in soul music heaven...
May 14, 2015• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Rare Earth scored big with two Temptations covers, and more...
December 18, 2014• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
An American classic turns 50 on Sunday...
December 11, 2014• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Al Green's hit train left the station in '67...
November 20, 2014• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
The Contours were one of the most high-energy acts ever signed to Motown...
October 30, 2014• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
A hit for Madeline Bell that was a bigger hit by a Motown supergroup...
June 19, 2014• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
David Ruffin was not the only Temptation who went on to solo success...
May 22, 2014• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Jimmy Ruffin's biggest hit is a Motown classic...
March 13, 2014• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
A Motown immortal is celebrated in recent reissues...
February 20, 2014• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Before "War" Edwin Starr hit it big with "25 Miles"...
September 26, 2013• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
The Masqueraders are one of the longest running groups in history...
June 7, 2013• Music, The Friday Five
Shuffle. Rinse. Repeat x5. What is on your Friday Five?...
May 30, 2013• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
Florence Ballard was part of one last hit before she was brutally dismissed from the Supremes...
January 10, 2013• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
The Elgins revived a name at Motown that the Temptations had discarded...
October 4, 2012• Music, Popdose, The #1 Albums
Over the years, certain television programs became iconic because of their historical value—the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show,...
July 19, 2012• Ken Shane's Soul Serenade, Music
We lost Funk Brother Bob Babbitt this week, He played on countless Motown hits, including this Stevie Wonder classic....
July 13, 2012• Music, The Friday Five
From Motown to Scotland in five songs, what is on your Friday Five?...
