Ain't Too Proud to Beg: David Ruffin's Strained Key and Whitfield's Bet
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Norman Whitfield and Eddie Holland's Ain't Too Proud to Beg was voted down twice at Motown's Fri...
2 Nov 21min
Sisters Love: Quitting the Raelettes for a Motown Album Shelved 38 Years
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1968 a group of Ray Charles' backing singers, the Raelettes, walked out together to form thei...
2 Nov 19min
Rare Earth: Naming a Motown Label and a 21-Minute Version of Get Ready
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Rare Earth began in Detroit in 1960 as the Sunliners, a bar band playing Top 40 and R&B covers f...
2 Nov 22min
PolyGram: Philips Electronics, Disco Overreach and the Compact Disc
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!PolyGram's story begins in 1929, when Dutch retailer H.W. van Zuylen became the regional distrib...
2 Nov 22min
The Elgins: A Hand-Me-Down Temptations Name and a Northern Soul Revival
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Before they were the Elgins, Robert Fleming, Johnny Dawson, Cleo "Duke" Miller and Norman McLean...
2 Nov 22min
Norman Whitfield: From Hitsville Loiterer to Psychedelic Soul Auteur
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Norman Whitfield was born in Harlem in 1940 and moved to Detroit, attending Northwestern High Sc...
2 Nov 21min
New Edition: A $1.87 Paycheck, a $500,000 Buyout and a Brawl on Tour
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!New Edition formed in Boston's Orchard Park projects in Roxbury, where Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, ...
2 Nov 18min
War: How the Temptations' Album Cut Became Edwin Starr's Protest Smash
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong wrote War as a direct statement against the Vietnam War, and...
2 Nov 23min
