In 1969 two of Motown’s greatest groups teamed up for a smash single
Diana Ross
Donny Hathaway’s 1970 single has become a holiday standard
The 5th Dimension had one of their biggest hits with a Bacharach-David classic
Ken Shane pays tribute to the legendary Gerry Goffin
When Luther Vandross died in 2005 a storied career ended
It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
The legendary songwriters had a smash of their own in ’84
Florence Ballard was part of one last hit before she was brutally dismissed from the Supremes
Martha & the Vandellas had their first hit with their second Gordy single
After a two-year hiatus, Kelly Stitzel’s Soundtrack Saturday returns! This week, she takes a look at the Best Original Song Oscar nominees from 1982.
It’s the last Friday Five of 2012! Join in with five random tracks of your own.
I quit buying 45s when I was 13 years old. After that, I considered myself an album consumer, but that sometimes created an economic conundrum: when a cool new song…
That’s a wrap on AM Gold: 1973. This week may not offer a lot, but it does have David Foster!
And just like that, the first chapter of AM Gold in the 1970s is over.
What better way to kick off a new decade of AM Gold than to sharpen our collective wit and come up with all the awful Bread jokes we can?
Say what you want about the Guess Who and Three Dog Night… because you may be talking about the other band anyway.
1969 –The year Hair dominated the American airwaves. The first of several Hair cover songs debuts on AM Gold this week.
We’re one week away from the end of AM Gold: 1966, and for the Popdose staff it seems it couldn’t come fast enough.
Brenda Holloway isn’t often included in the discussion of great female Motown vocalists. Ken Shane tells us why she deserves to be.
You work hard for your money. So relax and dance this weekend! Kelly Stitzel brings you a special Labor Day Weekend ’80s Dance Party.
AM Gold: 1964 beckons! Enjoy the Supremes and the Zombies! Make it through Gene Pitney!
And just like that, 1963 is in our rear-view mirrors. But before we speed ahead to ’64 let’s fire up the old transistor radio and check out the final group of tunes from 1963.
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.
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…
Levi Stubbs never left. While Diana Ross split from the Supremes, Smokey Robinson migrated from his Miracles, and David Ruffin took off from the Temptations (ok, technically he was fired,…
This week, Dave Steed sets off a chain reaction, goes crazy from the heat, rocks a tricky rhyme, and bangs on the drum all day with Tom Sawyer.
Diana Ross smacks Chic around, Kenny Loggins starts his soundtrack reign, and Olivia welcomes us to Xanadu — all in Jason Hare’s latest edition of CHART ATTACK!