Being a Vietnam Vet 1967 68 know one will ever know how much these groups meant to us listing to Motown music on a reel to reel tape player after a hard day out meant so much to us
For those of you who took the time to thank me for offering this up on TH-cam, I appreciate it very much and you're welcome. To the few who complained about commercials, I guess it's easier to moan about them not being edited out than it is to move your cursor on the play bar a couple of nano-inches and skip past them.
I was there, I grew up on Motown and the was present for the riots, etc. I don't mind the commercials, thank You for sharing this valuable part of our history. Monna 🌹
Motown was my generation. To this day there has never been anything like it and I doubt there ever will be. That music, that sound, that talent can never be duplicated, and that is a shame.
I was born in 1967, and I remember growing up in Ga listening to all this great music, and I still love it now. I visited this house several times when I went to Detroit to visit family.
Motown in the sixties, in Detroit, just brought joy to people, my favorite song is dancing in the street, my Martha and the vandelas, also like smokey Robinson, and Marvin gaye, I like the whole thing, also saw a documentary on the funk brothers, I was born in 68, it may be before my time, but Motown is for all time, past and present, and it brought joy and excitement, to a lot of people
I'm very proud of Mr. Berry Gordy Jr. Who pioneered of young Black Singers of that era! I always enjoyed listening to the Motown Sound! I was very young hearing these Motown singers on KGFJ radio station! I respect Mr. Gordy of how invented the Motown Sound! May Mary Wilson RIP! Bernard Hendricks singers
"MOTOWN RECORDS" #1 Hits 1. The Marvelettes - "Please Mr. Postman 2. Little Stevie Wonder - Fingertips 3. Mary Wells - My Guy 4. The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go 5. The Supremes - Baby Love 6. The Supremes - Come See About Me 7. The Temptations - My Girl 8. The Supremes - Stop! In the Name of Love 9. The Supremes - Back in My Arms Again 10. Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) 11. The Supremes - I Hear a Symphony 12. The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love 13. Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There 14. The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On 15. The Supremes - Love Is Here and Now You're Gone 16. The Supremes - The Happening 17. The Supremes - Love Child 18. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine 19. The Temptations - I Can't Get Next to You 20. The Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together 21. The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back 22. The Jackson 5 - ABC 23. The Jackson 5 - The Love You Save 24. Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 25. The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There 26. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears of a Clown 27. The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) 28. Michael Jackson - Ben 29. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone 30. Stevie Wonder - Superstition 31. Stevie Wonder - You Are the Sunshine of My Life 32. Diana Ross - Touch Me in the Morning 33. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 34. Eddie Kendricks - Keep on Truckin' (Part 1) 35. Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothin 36. Diana Ross- (Do You Know Where You're Going To) 37. The Miracles - Love Machine (Part 1) 38. Diana Ross - Love Hangover 39. Stevie Wonder - I Wish 40. Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke 41. Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up (Pt. 1) 42. The Commodores - Three Times a Lady 43. The Commodores - Still 44. Diana Ross - Upside Down 45. Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love 46. Lionel Richie - Truly 47. Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) 48. Lionel Richie - Hello 49. Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You 50. Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover 51. Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me 52. Boyz II Men - End of the Road 53. Boyz II Men - I'll Make Love to You 54. Boyz II Men - On Bended Knee Men 55. Boyz II Men - Seasons of Loneliness
Attended The Motown Revue in 1962 at the Royal Theater in Baltimore,Maryland. The show opened with the temptations (Before David Ruffin) and could tell even then they were special . PAUL WILLIAMS did most of the leads and they had showmanship and sung with great harmony. They were followed by Kim Weston , then Marvin Gaye came out and took a bow (he did not perform. The Marvelettes were next and were very good! Stevie Wonder closed the show with his hit Fingertips and I fell in love with all the artists and their music. The band was very good and were also a big part of the show. I spoke with Otis WILLIAMS some 50 years later and he could not believe I remembered that show. The temptations opened their set with Curtis Mayfield's Gypsy Woman,led by Eddie, then did Farewell My Love and closed with I Want a Love I Can See. The Temps were my favorites and remain the Mighty Motown Music Men!!!
We saw Mary Wells with the Supremes in Falkirk, Scotland 1980. 🏴 What a brilliant night everyone had. She was such a beautiful, funny lady. They included the audience in their show. 💗🕊 Motown has always been my kind of music. 💗
The 60's was harder times but life was much better and motown was like a tranquilizer to help people get by! No music company did what motown did and never will! The great thing is was run on pure talent, class and devotion!
I concur. I just don't believe it can EVER be done. The people, the hearts, the mindset of Musicians and the spirit of "Music" has Soo departed from integrity...... And seriousness of settle and individuality and chemistry created by collaborating and blending the talents like they did then! And everything is generally the same thing over and over these days. Sad
Loved this blast to the past including the 07 commercials...loved it all except seeing John Legend & hearing the lie that he best represents motown today...satan is a liar lol.
This video is so inspiring to all Black Americans during a time of racism, segregated housing limited resources for black people in the United States! I will always respect this part of my black history! At this point in the 21st century black people contributed to the system of what we call Democracy? Bernard Hendricks
Barry pulled a fast one on so many Motown artists and musicians. They went to work at the studio one day just to find it locked. Gone to California leaving the Funk Bros.and co. in the dust. Motown became Schlockey and too overproduced.
To think that i live close to Motown back in 1966. As the crow fly's ,i live just across the river on Riverside Drive. I loved the songs coming out of Detroit but didn't know anything about motown. I love the Funk brothers groove to this day.
1:34 Every photo I see of The Miracles is always short of one male member, Claudette Robinson made occasional live appearances but was rarely if ever in photos. The *COMPLETE* male line-up was: William "Smokey" Robinson, Ronnie White(discoverer of Stevie Wonder), Robert Rodgers(Smokey's brother-in-law), Warren "Pete" Moore and Marvin Tarplin.
We never had problems with the artists or colour or any of that rubbish in the UK, Motown's 1st tour here was a year too early and made a mistake in the timing and marketing, the next year we wanted them to come to the UK and stay because we loved them so much with none of the black-white bs that has poisoned the world these days. Sad indeed...
Forget john legend..he doesn't cut it for mowtown talent. It annoys me that he would even attempt to sing that song. It has no mowtown sound to it at all except the words of the song. So many try to sing mowtown songs when they shouldn't.
❤ yes the Funk Brothers and Motown who's this day there's no sound like the Funk Brothers they were tight still or tight to this day I have never heard another sound and I've heard plenty of music that could play like the Funk Brothers when I put my music on I go right to Motown and the Funk Brothers beat I could just move all day offer any song of Motown is black I said the Funk Brothers they were tight God bless each and every one of them at Motown and I mean that from the bottom of my heart
I grew up in the motor City. Love Motown . I went to Hitsville USA . For a tour when I was there . at the Fisher theater they're doing a Motown revival the Diana Ross impersonator showed up at Hitsville with her parents when I was there and she sang for us I thought it was very special moment ❤ PMDKIDD 😎🫡
26:00 Gladys Knight & The Pips were with Motown from the mid-1960s. "Just Walk In My Shoes"(1966), "I Wish It Would Rain"(1968), "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"(1967). *DO YOUR RESEARCH!*
@neilforbes416 Going by their American releases. They appeared on the Soul label here in Australia and the UK it was (Tamla) Motown right up to 1972 when they switched to Buddah.
@@Mediawatcher2023 You needed to put a full-stop between *"Going by their American releases they appeared on the Soul label"* and *"here in Australia and the UK it was (Tamla) Motown".* and it was "Tamla/Motown, not (Tamla) Motown.
@@Mediawatcher2023 It can be either with forward slash or hyphen but *NOT* with one word in brackets. The brand-name was created by combining the name of the company's *flagship* label, "Tamla" with the name the company eventually adopted, "Motown".
@@michaelwhite5606 I hear you Bro, but that song to me represents him and a lot of others at that time if not still today it tells the story of him and others and their dealings. Stay Safe
Another Motown info story without the marvelous Marvelettes! First number one record in Motown history he had forgotten like dust in the Wind! But not by then millions of fans to this day! You can keep the Supremes you can keep Martha and the Vandellas the people that know great Motown music we'll take the Marvelettes every time! Not even worth watching this program! No Talent Diana Ross gets all the attention every time.
Philadelphia is the true soul city . No crossover . Gamble and Huff . Pheew . Great great great . I’m 60 years old and the biggest TP fan as well as Major H.
Being a Vietnam Vet 1967 68 know one will ever know how much these groups meant to us listing to Motown music on a reel to reel tape player after a hard day out meant so much to us
Thank you for your service ❤
For those of you who took the time to thank me for offering this up on TH-cam, I appreciate it very much and you're welcome. To the few who complained about commercials, I guess it's easier to moan about them not being edited out than it is to move your cursor on the play bar a couple of nano-inches and skip past them.
Tell ‘em Ran!!!
I was there, I grew up on Motown and the was present for the riots, etc. I don't mind the commercials, thank You for sharing this valuable part of our history. Monna 🌹
the 2007 commercials makes this documentary a piece of history
Motown was my generation. To this day there has never been anything like it and I doubt there ever will be. That music, that sound, that talent can never be duplicated, and that is a shame.
Growing up Motown gave us the best music ever ...I don't know how life would have been without Motown
I was born in 1967, and I remember growing up in Ga listening to all this great music, and I still love it now. I visited this house several times when I went to Detroit to visit family.
One of the best and most important labels ever!
Motown in the sixties, in Detroit, just brought joy to people, my favorite song is dancing in the street, my Martha and the vandelas, also like smokey Robinson, and Marvin gaye, I like the whole thing, also saw a documentary on the funk brothers, I was born in 68, it may be before my time, but Motown is for all time, past and present, and it brought joy and excitement, to a lot of people
I'm very proud of Mr. Berry Gordy Jr. Who pioneered of young Black Singers of that era!
I always enjoyed listening to the Motown Sound! I was very young hearing these Motown
singers on KGFJ radio station! I respect Mr. Gordy of how invented the Motown Sound!
May Mary Wilson RIP!
Bernard Hendricks
singers
"MOTOWN RECORDS" #1 Hits
1. The Marvelettes - "Please Mr. Postman
2. Little Stevie Wonder - Fingertips
3. Mary Wells - My Guy
4. The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
5. The Supremes - Baby Love
6. The Supremes - Come See About Me
7. The Temptations - My Girl
8. The Supremes - Stop! In the Name of Love
9. The Supremes - Back in My Arms Again
10. Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
11. The Supremes - I Hear a Symphony
12. The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
13. Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
14. The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On
15. The Supremes - Love Is Here and Now You're Gone
16. The Supremes - The Happening
17. The Supremes - Love Child
18. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
19. The Temptations - I Can't Get Next to You
20. The Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together
21. The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
22. The Jackson 5 - ABC
23. The Jackson 5 - The Love You Save
24. Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
25. The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
26. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears of a Clown
27. The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
28. Michael Jackson - Ben
29. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
30. Stevie Wonder - Superstition
31. Stevie Wonder - You Are the Sunshine of My Life
32. Diana Ross - Touch Me in the Morning
33. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
34. Eddie Kendricks - Keep on Truckin' (Part 1)
35. Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothin
36. Diana Ross- (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
37. The Miracles - Love Machine (Part 1)
38. Diana Ross - Love Hangover
39. Stevie Wonder - I Wish
40. Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
41. Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up (Pt. 1)
42. The Commodores - Three Times a Lady
43. The Commodores - Still
44. Diana Ross - Upside Down
45. Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love
46. Lionel Richie - Truly
47. Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)
48. Lionel Richie - Hello
49. Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You
50. Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover
51. Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me
52. Boyz II Men - End of the Road
53. Boyz II Men - I'll Make Love to You
54. Boyz II Men - On Bended Knee Men
55. Boyz II Men - Seasons of Loneliness
And I thought that the Beatles were good.
Attended The Motown Revue in 1962 at the Royal Theater in Baltimore,Maryland. The show opened with the temptations (Before David Ruffin) and could tell even then they were special . PAUL WILLIAMS did most of the leads and they had showmanship and sung with great harmony. They were followed by Kim Weston , then Marvin Gaye came out and took a bow (he did not perform. The Marvelettes were next and were very good! Stevie Wonder closed the show with his hit Fingertips and I fell in love with all the artists and their music. The band was very good and were also a big part of the show. I spoke with Otis WILLIAMS some 50 years later and he could not believe I remembered that show. The temptations opened their set with Curtis Mayfield's Gypsy Woman,led by Eddie, then did Farewell My Love and closed with I Want a Love I Can See. The Temps were my favorites and remain the Mighty Motown Music Men!!!
Une vidéo exceptionnelle je recommande ❤
God blessed the world with Motown. 👐
We saw Mary Wells with the Supremes in Falkirk, Scotland 1980. 🏴
What a brilliant night everyone had. She was such a beautiful, funny lady.
They included the audience in their show. 💗🕊
Motown has always been my kind of music. 💗
The 60's was harder times but life was much better and motown was like a tranquilizer to help people get by! No music company did what motown did and never will! The great thing is was run on pure talent, class and devotion!
The funk brothers was the truth
Truth!
Funk brother fabulous
This is a very emotional
😎😎😎
Marvin Gaye and Jr. Walker are two of my favorite Motown artists.
Very nicely done! Thank you Randy Vest!
It makes me happy that you and others are getting enjoyment out of a video I am now able to share after saving it all these years.
Someone needs to create another Motown! Quick!!!
@Linda Hines Yes Michael Jackson. His real parents are Diana Ross and Smokey Robinson
Reddit.com/r/AnAmericanScheme
Suge knight tried. Master P tried. Pdiddy tried. There will never be another Motown that was the 60s this is now
Linda Hines So when were gay people invented?
Linda Hines but you’re the one stating that men only loved women in the 60’s, I thought you would know when they started loving other men as well
I concur. I just don't believe it can EVER be done. The people, the hearts, the mindset of Musicians and the spirit of "Music" has Soo departed from integrity...... And seriousness of settle and individuality and chemistry created by collaborating and blending the talents like they did then! And everything is generally the same thing over and over these days. Sad
I just realized every song that came out of Motown was about love
Mostly unrequited love
Loved this blast to the past including the 07 commercials...loved it all except seeing John Legend & hearing the lie that he best represents motown today...satan is a liar lol.
This video is so inspiring to all Black Americans during a time of racism, segregated housing limited resources for black people in the United States!
I will always respect this part of my black history! At this point in the 21st century black people contributed to the system of what we call Democracy?
Bernard Hendricks
Berry Gordy ripped those artists off like you wouldn't believe.
I believe it
Barry pulled a fast one on so many Motown artists and musicians. They went to work at the studio one day just to find it locked. Gone to California leaving the Funk Bros.and co. in the dust. Motown became Schlockey and too overproduced.
Rip Mary Wilson .... God rest your soul
the ads on this are so 2000s it's painful 😆
BG stood on the shoulders of his family and not only reached for the stars, but discovered and brought them to us, well done Sir!🥳💚💥🙏🏾
A Great Musical Era!!! Motown Hitsville USA!!!!
Une vidéo riche en émotion, Ray Charles a jamais dans nos cœurs de mal alpha robustes 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
pas drôle
Marvin Gaye and Bill Withers both wrote and singed songs that change the world
HAPPY 91ST BIRTHDAY
BERRY GORDY, JR
(NOVEMBER 28, 2020)
Thanks be to God for Motown 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
Who else is here from history class or music class
If it wasn't for motown records there wouldn't be no cash money or badboys
You damn right
Lavetn Bryant facts
@@ebonyunusedaccountbrown3303 say what
Ok maybe Bad boys .... they would still be a Cash Money Records ...
To think that i live close to Motown back in 1966. As the crow fly's ,i live just across the river on Riverside Drive. I loved the songs coming out of Detroit but didn't know anything about motown. I love the Funk brothers groove to this day.
I want to visit one day
I visited 3 times. Great experience
I love this and i miss all theses people i wish i could meet berry
@@jiml8637 yes i would love to meet berry
It was called the snake pit because of all of the wires in the recording studio. BOOM!!!!!
YESSIR! 😂
Great documentary
The air we breathe.
omg the first iPhone commercial at 20:32
John you're good but leave that song alone lol!!
I said the same
1:34 Every photo I see of The Miracles is always short of one male member, Claudette Robinson made occasional live appearances but was rarely if ever in photos. The *COMPLETE* male line-up was: William "Smokey" Robinson, Ronnie White(discoverer of Stevie Wonder), Robert Rodgers(Smokey's brother-in-law), Warren "Pete" Moore and Marvin Tarplin.
Claudette stopped touring with the group in 1964 but continued to sing on recording sessions.
MOTOWN LEGEND 🌍❤️🎶🎶
Mary Wilson: may her memory be eternal
Motown music forever!
I enjoyed the past they were great . I grew up with this music .. leave john legend out of it.
Funk Brothers, more hits than all the other bands put together
what an amazing origins story, it'd be damn cool if some local community did this today
We never had problems with the artists or colour or any of that rubbish in the UK, Motown's 1st tour here was a year too early and made a mistake in the timing and marketing, the next year we wanted them to come to the UK and stay because we loved them so much with none of the black-white bs that has poisoned the world these days. Sad indeed...
The first televised Motown show was brought to the U.K by Dusty Springfield in the ready steady go studios
Music was reborn 1959
Forget john legend..he doesn't cut it for mowtown talent. It annoys me that he would even attempt to sing that song. It has no mowtown sound to it at all except the words of the song. So many try to sing mowtown songs when they shouldn't.
Yes motor City had the privilege to go to Hitsville in the early 80s, ,it was cool 😎
You bless
Motown and soul have stood the test of time! KTF!✊✊
Don't flatter yourself john legend, your rendition of mowtown songs .. no connection.
Motown was def a Force during my parents time...👍🏼👏🏼
Rip duke and Mary Wilson
lol gary coleman definitely cursed about that commercial on the dressing room
Frfr lmao
Ain't nobody come to see you Otis
I will. He’s a legend!
Too many advertisements couldn’t enjoy this
Was the Tempations mentioned? Did I miss it?
We need a Motown in England
There was: PWL .The label with Stock, Aitken & Waterman was the biggest.
Maybe not Motown but you guys still have a vibrant Northern Soul scene! I'm envious haha!
❤ yes the Funk Brothers and Motown who's this day there's no sound like the Funk Brothers they were tight still or tight to this day I have never heard another sound and I've heard plenty of music that could play like the Funk Brothers when I put my music on I go right to Motown and the Funk Brothers beat I could just move all day offer any song of Motown is black I said the Funk Brothers they were tight God bless each and every one of them at Motown and I mean that from the bottom of my heart
I grew up in the motor City. Love Motown . I went to Hitsville USA . For a tour when I was there . at the Fisher theater they're doing a Motown revival the Diana Ross impersonator showed up at Hitsville with her parents when I was there and she sang for us I thought it was very special moment ❤ PMDKIDD 😎🫡
Lit our asses up thank you motortown for saving us
26:00 Gladys Knight & The Pips were with Motown from the mid-1960s. "Just Walk In My Shoes"(1966), "I Wish It Would Rain"(1968), "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"(1967). *DO YOUR RESEARCH!*
@neilforbes416 Going by their American releases. They appeared on the Soul label here in Australia and the UK it was (Tamla) Motown right up to 1972 when they switched to Buddah.
@@Mediawatcher2023 You needed to put a full-stop between *"Going by their American releases they appeared on the Soul label"* and *"here in Australia and the UK it was (Tamla) Motown".* and it was "Tamla/Motown, not (Tamla) Motown.
@@neilforbes416 OK now i have corrected it i thought it was Tamla-Motown NOT with a /
@@Mediawatcher2023 It can be either with forward slash or hyphen but *NOT* with one word in brackets. The brand-name was created by combining the name of the company's *flagship* label, "Tamla" with the name the company eventually adopted, "Motown".
@@neilforbes416 That company went through so many Australian distributors (four of them i think) it would make your head spin.😆
Spinners hung out there too
Benny Benjamin. I wanted to be Benny but I was no where good enough. He was the man, even the great John Bonham adored him. How good is that?
Remember all that sad because it's still happening today.
For the love of $$$
@@michaelwhite5606 O'JAY's 70's
When I said for the love of money I was referring to Barry Gordy.
@@michaelwhite5606 I hear you Bro, but that song to me represents him and a lot of others at that time if not still today it tells the story of him and others and their dealings. Stay Safe
Even Bruno mars was a Motown artist
It was a lifestyle.
Not just music.
I thought they said the FUCKkk brothers 😂😂😂😂
John legend, really ? 🙄🙄🤦🏽♂️
Could you do any better than him? Didn’t think so.
@@jellysandwich5516 I’m gonna let your profile picture do the talking 🤣🤣🤣
Right so cringe .he disrespected Michael Jackson in the past smh after his death
Another Motown info story without the marvelous Marvelettes! First number one record in Motown history he had forgotten like dust in the Wind! But not by then millions of fans to this day! You can keep the Supremes you can keep Martha and the Vandellas the people that know great Motown music we'll take the Marvelettes every time! Not even worth watching this program! No Talent Diana Ross gets all the attention every time.
Inkster and Detroit will always be Proud and Love Our Marvelettes! 1 st million selling song, And one of those young girls wrote the song.....
@@keithgilliard9191 Wanda? Gladys?
No shade but she had enough talent to score 12 number one hits with The Supremes ....
During the riots I would have got onto the loudest megaphone and say EVERYBODY STOOOPPP!!!!! We can’t be doing this
M A G I C!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great 👌
To many commercials js
uponthe roof omg I just said the same thing
Yes Leave Legend out…he’s not relevant to the founding singers
So this doc is destroyed by ads and a waste of skin no talent John legend
first off anyone here from marlenes history class and second off it aired on my first birthday like WTH
anybody know the song playing in the beginning??
"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" by Stevie Wonder
@@sevenavante2742 God bless you.
Wth bro commercials really
Go to hell!
What the funk was all those crap ads spoiling what i thought was going to be a good show
Philadelphia is the true soul city . No crossover . Gamble and Huff . Pheew . Great great great . I’m 60 years old and the biggest TP fan as well as Major H.
Thanks . Joey
Werd...Stay true to the roots and its people.
@@clubhead433 yep understood.
BABYYY EVERYTHANG IS ALRIGHT UPRIGHT OUTTA SIGHTbbb
Hi, my name is Ashley. Lucas I l s a n a motown records please please thank you
The original iPhone commercial
Is this a Motown Bio? Or just commercials
Motown had produced a lot of offshoot label back in the day.
Single drama free disease free
❤
Address/ 2015 26th avenue North Birmingham alabama front desk staff womens side too 💯 police department s 💯🪖 salute
Classic
Please john leave it not that song
Stax records rexcher
They want to mess with
other musical landmarks
Electric Lady studios.
Leave it alone!
Who else watched the commercials
Don't tell me we can't do it we did it before we'll do it again and again and again and again
Way too many commercials so I stopped waiting and left the video