James A. Dean - Motown Writer Dies

[Guest ShaneH]

found this earlier on my usual trawl thru detroit newspapers.

https://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...=73242118645625

Shane

[Guest Netspeaky]

He wrote some great tunes, shame, not really that old either.

[Guest]

Shame.

I was looking at the writer credits on "Baby Hit And Run" on tuesday night and James A Dean is there.

[Guest Netspeaky]

Shame.

I was looking at the writer credits on "Baby Hit And Run" on tuesday night and James A Dean is there.

Simon, he didn't, he stayed in Detroit when they all skipped off to LA.

[Guest Paul]

Very sad news.

We are publishers of some of the songs James Dean wrote with John Glover, including "I'll Get Off At The Next Stop" and "Sad Girl" by Carol Anderson for example.

James was a great writer and will be remembered most for the songs he wrote (mostly with William Weatherspoon) for Jimmy Ruffin, Edwin Starr, Marv Johnson, The Dramatics, The Dells etc.

Paul Mooney

www.millbrand.com

What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted

If My Heart Could Tell The Story

I've Passed This Way Before

I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose

Farewell Is A Lonely Sound

I'll Say Forever My Love

It's Wonderful (To Be Loved By You)

Keep On Loving Me

Let's Go Somewhere

Gonna Keep On Trying Till I Win Your Love

Who Cares If You're Happy Or Not (I Do)

Highway To Heaven

My Pretending Days Are Over

You Don't Have To Be A Star

[soulfulsaint]

Just back from a business trip to Detroit, where the local papers were dominated by the death of the rapper Proof.

Whilst there I went to the Fox Theater to see O'Jays, Tempts and Bobby Womack. Good show.

At the height of the Tempts set, Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops was brought on to stage in a wheel chair. Levi has had a stroke and looked very old and tired and clearly had no idea what was happening around him. Really sad to see a legend in such a state.