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right thats it all my motown out tommorw 45s lps 12s and i will still change my mind.

Four Tops - Don't bring back memories

David Ruffin - Rode by the place

Edwin Starr - Running back and forth

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Guest Trevski

Carolyn Crawford "Forget About Me"

Frank? Best Motown single? Everyone knows Frank's best stuff was recorded for Capitol! :rolleyes:

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Guest bobby's girl

Tops - 'Do What You Gotta Do' and definitely Smokey - 'Tracks of my Tears'.

Best Motown Voice? Smokey n' Levi ...?

...cue a heated debate!

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Four Tops - Don't bring back memories

David Ruffin - Rode by the place

Edwin Starr - Running back and forth

Brill choices... do you deejay by any chance? :rolleyes:

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Four Tops - Ask the Lonely.

Suz :thumbup:

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100% WITH OUT A DOUT AGREE ! OH HANG ON , MARVIN LITTLE DARLIN IS GOOD TOOOOOO

OH AND TAMMI THIS OLD HEART OF MINE GOD I GIVE UP TO MANY GREAT SONGS X

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Too many great tracks........but I absolutely love:

Temptations - Who You Gonna Run to.....

Marvelettes - Reaching for Something I Cant Have....

Martha Reeves & Vandellas - It Aint Like That.....

Of course there are loads more, far too many too choose from.... oops, I cant leave out.....

Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes of the Brokenhearted.......... first motown track I ever heard, still love it.

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Guest Hunnymon

On a warm summers day like today I like to play The Temptations "Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)" (the version with the sax solo at the end). Richard Street's on the lead vocals.

So right now I would nominate that one, however, tomorrow it could well be something else!

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Tops - 'Do What You Gotta Do' and definitely Smokey - 'Tracks of my Tears'.

Best Motown Voice? Smokey n' Levi ...?

...cue a heated debate!

Smokey, Levi, D.Edwards, D. Ruffin :thumbup: How lucky we've been

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Guest east rob

Smokey, Levi, D.Edwards, D. Ruffin :thumbup: How lucky we've been

edwin-running back & forth

everybody needs love- jimmy ruffin

my baby loves me -martha & the vandellas

thats this weeks choices! :D

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Guest WPaulVanDyk

There are so many classic Motown singles it's hard to choose but right now this would be the all the time top 10 Motown singles

1. Isley Brothers - This Old Heart of Mine - quite possibly one of the greatest singles in the history of music

2. Jimmy Ruffin - He Who Picks a Rose

3. The Elgins - Stay In My Lonely Arms

4. The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself

5. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack

6. Stevie Wonder - A Place In The Sun

7. Boyz II Men - End of the Road

8. The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg

9. The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love

10. Jackson 5 - I'll Be There

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Guest Krissii

Too many.... hard to narrow down...

Tammi Terell - This Old Heart Of Mine (beats the isleys for me sorry!)

Elgins - HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU (SERIOUSSSSSSSS)

plus these...

Originals - Suspicion

Marvin Gaye - Little Darlin' I Need You

Jr Walker - I Ain't Going Nowhere

Isleys - Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)

Isleys - I Hear A Symphony

Isleys - When The Love Is Gone

Temps - The Way You Do The Things You Do

Temps - Ain't Too Proud To Beg

Contours - Misunderstanding

Marvellettes - My Baby Must Be A Magician

David Ruffin - Walk Away From Love

Stevie Wonder - Lately

Little Stevie Wonder - Contract On Love

grrr too many! i could carry on for years...

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Too many to choose from but Shotgun Jnr Walker will always be special as the first 45 I can remember being bought for me as a kid. Though Smokey's lyrics are always special too. Bob Dylan called him America's greatest living poet and you can't say fairer than that.

Some of Smokeys lyrics make you just cringe with embarassment, I dunno about greatest living poet; I'm holding you so tight, you know you could have been a handle...my smile is just a frown turned upside down....

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There are so many classic Motown singles it's hard to choose but right now this would be the all the time top 10 Motown singles

1. Isley Brothers - This Old Heart of Mine - quite possibly one of the greatest singles in the history of music

2. Jimmy Ruffin - He Who Picks a Rose

3. The Elgins - Stay In My Lonely Arms

4. The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself

5. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack

6. Stevie Wonder - A Place In The Sun

7. Boyz II Men - End of the Road

8. The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg

9. The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love

10. Jackson 5 - I'll Be There

I'd keep numbers 1 and 4...number 7 I would set fire to

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Why don't you lika all The Psychadelic Soul stuff from the

late 60's and early 70's and do you reckon this is the time

when Northern was turning into Funk? wink.gif

I like the Motown sound, after 67, it was almost gone completely, too diverse, mainly because of the L.A. influences.

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Guest TONY ROUNCE

I'd keep numbers 1 and 4...number 7 I would set fire to

I knew you wouldn't like it, Pete, but "End Of the Road" is actually a good group record, but it's not representative of Motown. It doesn't sound like Motown, it just happens to be on the label.

I've got about two hundred "Best Motown Singles", depending on what mood I'm in. But I think if I was really pressed to pick just one, I'd have to narrow it down to either:

"I'll Always Love You" - The Spinners

or:

"I Guess I'll Always Love You" - Isley Brothers

...which, for me, will always epitomise what the real Motown Sound is all about...

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Guest Krissii

RAT SOUL!!!!

pete why is the isleys version better than tammi's? id have to disagree there....

:thumbup:

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