Sexual Healing: Marvin Gaye's Ostend Exile, a TR-808 and a $15M Lawsuit
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In January 1981 Marvin Gaye arrived in Ostend, Belgium from London, owing back taxes to the IRS,...
2 Nov 11min
Marv Johnson: Come to Me, 16 Weeks at No. 1 in Australia and a UK Rebirth
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Marv Johnson was born in Detroit in 1938, grew up on gospel and blues, and sang doo-wop with the...
2 Nov 18min
Martha and the Vandellas: A Wrong-Day Audition and a Mustang Line Shoot
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The group began in 1957 as the Del-Phis, formed in Detroit by Rosalind Ashford, Annette Beard an...
2 Nov 22min
Mable John: Tamla's First Female Signee, a Stax Hit and a Divinity Degree
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Mable John was born in 1930 in Bastrop, Louisiana, the eldest of at least nine children, and mov...
2 Nov 18min
Lionel Richie: A Would-Be Priest, Four Throat Surgeries and Baghdad Fans
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Lionel Richie was born in June 1949 in Tuskegee, Alabama and grew up on the Tuskegee Institute c...
2 Nov 20min
James Jamerson: One Finger, Dead Strings and a Bass Line Played Lying Down
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!James Jamerson was born on January 29, 1936 on Edisto Island, South Carolina, though he long bel...
2 Nov 21min
Motortown Revue: Roped-Off Dance Floors and Fingertips Live at the Regal
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Through the 1960s Motown loaded its roster onto buses for the Motortown Revue, a package tour wh...
2 Nov 19min
Jackson 5: Tito's Broken String, a 2.8% Royalty and the Epic Records Exit
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In Gary, Indiana in 1964, Tito Jackson broke a string on his father Joe's guitar, and instead of...
2 Nov 20min
