Berry Gordy
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Ken Shane
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At one time or another Wilson Pickett, Eddie Floyd, and Sir Mack Rice were members of the Falcons
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Ken Shane
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A splendid new visual history of the legendary soul label
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Ken Shane
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Johnny Bristol had already had an amazing career when he scored his biggest hit
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Ken Shane
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The one single that Frank Wilson released is one of the most collectible records in history
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Ken Shane
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Norman Whitfield and the Velvelettes were a match made in soul music heaven
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Michael Parr
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It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
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Ken Shane
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The Contours were one of the most high-energy acts ever signed to Motown
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Michael Parr
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Shuffle. Rinse. Repeat x5. What is on your Friday Five?
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Ken Shane
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Florence Ballard was part of one last hit before she was brutally dismissed from the Supremes
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Ken Shane
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Martha & the Vandellas had their first hit with their second Gordy single
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Mike Heyliger
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An interesting new book takes a look at the life, successes and troubles of Motown’s first “First Lady,” Mary Wells.
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Ken Shane
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The Drifters were legendary for their music, and their story
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Ken Shane
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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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Ken Shane
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The Four Tops smash “Bernadette” was just one of the hundreds of Motown hits that featured the bass playing of the legendary James Jamerson.
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Popdose Staff
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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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Popdose Staff
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Another Wednesday, another batch of AM Gold for your listening pleasure. This week rolls on with the third installment from 1964.
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AM Gold: 1964 beckons! Enjoy the Supremes and the Zombies! Make it through Gene Pitney!
Ken Shane
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The Marvelettes were Motown’s first successful female group, and they scored the company’s first number one pop hit. In all they scored 21 hits in eight years.
Ken Shane
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In which our own Ken Shane and Jim Fusilli of the Wall Street Journal debate the merits of Phil Spector’s work in light of his murder conviction.
Popdose Staff
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Popdose breaks down the first five songs from Time-Life Music’s AM Gold: 1962 compilation album, and takes time to enjoy a classic 1980s Dom DeLuise commercial.
Ken Shane
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As part of a week of tributes to the late Clarence Clemons, Ken Shane features a musician who had a major impact on Clarence’s musical style.
Ann Logue
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Berry Gordy, Jr. served in Korea, returned to Detroit, got a job at Ford, and started writing songs for his friend Jackie Wilson. Gordy figured out two things. First, there…
Ken Shane
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In 1968, the guitarist for an obscure group wrote a song that became a Top 30 hit. He went on to legendary success, but not as a songwriter.
Ken Shane
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Harvey Fuqua died on Tuesday. He was 80 years-old. Fuqua was from Louisville, KY, where in 1951 he founded a group called the Crazy Sounds. After the members of the…
Mike Heyliger
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On the eve of the first anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death, Mike Heyliger begins his look back at the King of Pop’s discography.
Kelly Stitzel
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It’s the 25th anniversary of “The Last Dragon” (that dragon’s old enough to rent a car!), and Kelly Stitzel’s got the lowdown on the movie and its soundtrack. Sho’nuff!
Ken Shane
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Let’s begin with the facts. Motown: The DVD contains 18 vintage clips of Motown artists performing some of their best known songs. Only five of the 18 are actually live…
Robert Cass
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“In the style of the boy-band vocal bands of the time, Human Nature became Australia’s most successful pop group of the ’90s and beyond,” according to their Allmusic.com biography, “outselling their…
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