alex30
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Post by alex30 on May 4, 2014 16:06:34 GMT
Hi Everyone, When I was growing up in the 70's the only music for me was Black American. I would listen to anything that came under the banner Soul and only grudgingly admitted to myself (but to no one else) that I did like some Tamla Motown. The reason for this denial was due to Tamla's commercial aspirations. Now, many years later, I see the absurdity of that stance and I can digest and thrive on almost any genre of music. If it hits the spot then I enjoy it. Anyway I recently had a conversation with a friend about our early years and he surprised me by claiming that Diana Ross and the Supremes were Motown's star act of the seventies. For me it was always The Temptations with The Supremes occupying second place with Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson etc all in close pursuit. So what does everyone else think? Who were the biggest Motown act of the seventies ?
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Post by jc on May 4, 2014 16:29:01 GMT
The Jackson 5 were Motown for the first half of the 70's and chalked up a swathe of hits before signing over to Epic to score plenty more. I'm not a big fan of Motown, just cherry picking what I like from the various artists.
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Post by alex30 on May 4, 2014 17:31:23 GMT
The Jackson 5 were Motown for the first half of the 70's and chalked up a swathe of hits before signing over to Epic to score plenty more. I'm not a big fan of Motown, just cherry picking what I like from the various artists. Hi cj, I must admit that The Jackson Five had slipped my mind. That was probably because at that time they were one of the groups that I pushed away, probably because they were very well liked by the girls in my peer group and in order to seem more macho I had to go for something a little more gritty. I never did tell anyone that I really did like I want you back !
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Post by Nigel on May 5, 2014 8:46:39 GMT
Motown doesn't mean a lot to me pre 'What's Going On' & 'Music Of My Mind' Surely these two acts are their outstanding seventies artists? No longer just hit factory interpreters but outstanding songwriters and performers.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2014 20:08:33 GMT
Behind Motown and lesser known are the Stax artists like Judy Clay and William Bell, Isaac Hayes, etc. Always good to hear some of those. I don't remember right off what label Barry White was on, but it was said that for a long time, his was the voice of romance, and when you invited your squeeze over for drinks and fun, you always played Barry White.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2014 20:25:16 GMT
Diana Ross went on to record one of the greatest disco hits of the late 70's (Love Hangover) before disco was brought to a very quick end by the record co's.
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