Author Topic: The best Motown single (Read 4451 times)

Kat Kid · « **on:** August 02, 2013, 12:46:00 PM »

Rules:

1) Must have been released on Motown or Tamla Records.
2) Must be the best single.

steve dave · « **Reply #1 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:47:05 PM »

Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)

michigancat · « **Reply #2 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:48:20 PM »

I think this:

Kat Kid · « **Reply #3 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:48:31 PM »

michigancat · « **Reply #4 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:48:50 PM »

this is so hard, kat kid!

Kat Kid · « **Reply #5 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:49:19 PM »

I NEVER SAID IN THE RULES THAT IT WOULD BE EASY OR SIMPLE OR THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE ANSWER

EllRobersonisInnocent · « **Reply #6 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:50:09 PM »

Marvin Gaye- What's Goin On

michigancat · « **Reply #7 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:50:40 PM »

could it possibly be Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Dancin in the Street?

probably not.

Kat Kid · « **Reply #8 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:53:31 PM »

(this might violate one of my rules, was released under "Hitsville U.S.A." a Barry Gordy/Motown subsidiary can I get a ruling Michigancat?)

8manpick · « **Reply #9 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:53:51 PM »

Quote from: EllRobersonisInnocent on August 02, 2013, 12:50:09 PM

Marvin Gaye- What's Goin On

Almost luked this... +1

Kat Kid · « **Reply #10 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:53:52 PM »

Quote from: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 12:50:40 PM

could it possibly be Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Dancin in the Street?

probably not.

yeah, don't think so, but too soon to tell imo.

michigancat · « **Reply #11 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:54:36 PM »

Diana Ross was OK

pissclams · « **Reply #12 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:55:29 PM »

gotta be from the supremes, diana ross's voice back then was incredible

pissclams · « **Reply #13 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:55:41 PM »

Kat Kid · « **Reply #14 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:55:51 PM »

bonus points for being the soundtrack to the greatest fatty video ever

michigancat · « **Reply #15 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:56:30 PM »

Glady Knight's version of "Heard it through the Grapevine"

Kat Kid · « **Reply #16 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:56:38 PM »

Quote from: michigancat on August 02, 2013, 12:54:36 PM

Diana Ross was OK

reeeeeeallly good.

Kat Kid · « **Reply #17 on:** August 02, 2013, 12:58:31 PM »

Institutional Control · « **Reply #18 on:** August 02, 2013, 01:01:46 PM »

Midnight Train to Georgia

/thread.

Kat Kid · « **Reply #19 on:** August 02, 2013, 01:01:53 PM »

Probably my favorite Diana Ross work.

michigancat · « **Reply #20 on:** August 02, 2013, 01:02:19 PM »

I really enjoy Stevie Wonder's "Made to Love Her"

asava · « **Reply #21 on:** August 02, 2013, 01:05:36 PM »

Whoa. This is so tough...

Marvin Gaye - Pride and Joy

and I am absolutely not positive with that answer. In other news, I just picked this up not too long ago...

http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Motown-Story/release/2155548

pretty amazing look into the world of motown. had no idea how much smokey robinson shaped everything.

Daddy Claxton · « **Reply #22 on:** August 02, 2013, 01:06:25 PM »

Smokey Robinson - Indestructible

Kat Kid · « **Reply #23 on:** August 02, 2013, 01:07:54 PM »

AppleJack · « **Reply #24 on:** August 02, 2013, 01:09:02 PM »

This thread should have required 1 post and then been closed.

Papa Was a Rollin' Stone