#motown

Meet the Temptations is the debut studio album by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label released in 1964. Review by Bruce Eder The Temptations' first LP, released three years into the group's history with Motown, is also a great record, even though it wasn't really an album so much as a collection of their early singles, hooked around their then new hit, "The Way You Do the Things You Do." Those expecting the classic Temptations sound should also be aware that David Ruffin is absent from all of the tracks except "The Way You Do the Things You Do," which was cut just after he joined, replacing Elbridge "Al" Bryant. The LP represents the evolution of the act and its sound, as well as a succession of producers... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJiWcJrgMUU&list=PLTGZr8YmZMtv-vzqgtToSJpvg6nrnBwuz&index=1 #Temptations #Motown #Soul #60spop #SmokeyRobinson #Music

"Easy" is a song by American #funk and soul band #Commodores from their fifth studio album, Commodores (1977), released on the #Motown label. Group member #LionelRichie wrote "Easy" with the intention of it becoming another crossover hit for the group given the success of a previous single, "#JustToBeCloseToYou", which spent two weeks at number one on the US #Billboard #HotSoulSingles chart (now known as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saaLW0jiiUE

This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #thebubble, songs that make you forget everything around you. Somewhat paradoxically - given the lyrical content - this one does it for me: Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (1971) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kA3UtBj4M #marvingaye #motown #tamla #motown

"Boogie On Reggae Woman" is a 1974 #funk song by #American #Motown artist #StevieWonder, released as the second #single from his seventeenth studio album, #FulfillingnessFirstFinale, issued that same year. Despite the song's title, its style is firmly funk/#RAndB and neither #boogie nor #reggae. It continued Wonder's successful Top Ten streak on the #popCharts, reaching number three and also spent two weeks at number one on the #soulCharts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYqovSobZTc