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’ “La La Means I…
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“Sloopy” was a bigger hit for the McCoys but the Vibrations got there first
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When Dennis Edwards replaced David Ruffin in the Temptations their sound changed but the hits kept coming
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Two classic versions of one classic song. Which is your favorite?
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In 1969 two of Motown’s greatest groups teamed up for a smash single
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The muscular Tempts or the slow-burning Al Green. Which version is your favorite?
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Ruby and the Romantics set the charts on fire with a bossa nova flavored hit in 1963
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Barrett Strong had an early hit but found real success as a Motown songwriter
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Can a song change the world? Popular music has always been looked on as something of a disposable pleasure: reflective of its times, sure, but meant to be played among…
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Legendary studio guitarist Dennis Coffey had a hit of his own in ’71
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A splendid new visual history of the legendary soul label
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Donny Hathaway’s 1970 single has become a holiday standard
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The one single that Frank Wilson released is one of the most collectible records in history
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Norman Whitfield and the Velvelettes were a match made in soul music heaven
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Rare Earth scored big with two Temptations covers, and more
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The Contours were one of the most high-energy acts ever signed to Motown
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A hit for Madeline Bell that was a bigger hit by a Motown supergroup
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David Ruffin was not the only Temptation who went on to solo success
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Jimmy Ruffin’s biggest hit is a Motown classic
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A Motown immortal is celebrated in recent reissues
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Before “War” Edwin Starr hit it big with “25 Miles”
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The Masqueraders are one of the longest running groups in history
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Shuffle. Rinse. Repeat x5. What is on your Friday Five?
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Florence Ballard was part of one last hit before she was brutally dismissed from the Supremes
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The Elgins revived a name at Motown that the Temptations had discarded
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Over the years, certain television programs became iconic because of their historical value—the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, Elvis Presley’s 1968 “comeback” special, Nirvana on MTV Unplugged. Others have…
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We lost Funk Brother Bob Babbitt this week, He played on countless Motown hits, including this Stevie Wonder classic.
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From Motown to Scotland in five songs, what is on your Friday Five?
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