I Can't Help Myself: The Four Tops Hit Built on a Supremes Blueprint
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1965 the Four Tops released I Can't Help Myself, a song Lamont Dozier later admitted was deli...
2 Nov 20min
My Girl: Smokey's Bet on David Ruffin and Francisco Lindor's Walk-Up
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!David Ruffin had replaced Elbridge Bryant in the Temptations, a group whose leads mostly went to...
2 Nov 17min
The Love You Save: Newton, Franklin and Hitsville West's Three Guitars
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Jackson 5's first producer was Bobby Taylor of Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers, who had them...
2 Nov 19min
ABC: The Corporation, Uncredited LA Players and 2 Million in 2 Weeks
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After I Want You Back, Motown needed a fast follow-up for the Jackson 5, and in December 1969 th...
2 Nov 16min
The Supremes: From the No-Hit Supremes to Florence Ballard's Vegas Firing
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1958 Florence Ballard of Detroit's Brewster-Douglass projects formed the Primettes as a siste...
2 Nov 22min
The Undisputed Truth: Whitfield's Test Lab and Smiling Faces Sometimes
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!By 1970 Norman Whitfield was building psychedelic soul with the Temptations, and their fans were...
2 Nov 22min
Mary Jane Girls: A Contract Mix-Up, Rick James and a Shelved Third Album
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1981 Rick James found session singer JoJo McDuffie, then working in a record store, and pitch...
2 Nov 22min
Mickey Stevenson: Motown's Talent Chief, Vandenberg and People Records
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!William Mickey Stevenson was born in Detroit on January 4, 1937, trained in doo-wop and gospel, ...
2 Nov 15min
