Raynoma Gordy Singleton: Miss Ray's 5,000 Bootleg Copies of My Guy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Raynoma Mayberry was born in Detroit in March 1937, the eighth child of her mother Lucille and t...
2 Nov 18min
Yvonne Fair: The Singer Whose I Found You Became James Brown's I Feel Good
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Yvonne Fair was born Flora Yvonne Coleman in Richmond, Virginia, in October 1942. She left high ...
2 Nov 17min
DeBarge: Rhythm of the Night, a Motown Split and the Siblings' Hidden Pain
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!DeBarge came out of Detroit and later Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their mother, gospel singer Etterl...
2 Nov 18min
I Wish It Would Rain: Roger Penzabene's Real Heartbreak Behind the Hit
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!I Wish It Would Rain was recorded by the Temptations in Hitsville USA's Studio A in Detroit in t...
2 Nov 20min
Bobby Brown: A $500 VCR Payout, New Jack Swing and a $400,000 Ransom
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Bobby Brown grew up one of eight children in Boston's Orchard Park projects, and at age three he...
2 Nov 15min
The Marvelettes: A Fourth-Place Finish and an All-Night Postman Rewrite
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the fall of 1960 at Inkster High School, west of Detroit, 15-year-old glee club member Gladys...
2 Nov 18min
Meet the Supremes: Shrill Early Takes, Buttered Popcorn and a UK Reshuffle
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Meet the Supremes, the group's debut studio album, was recorded at Hitsville USA in Detroit betw...
2 Nov 15min
Three Times a Lady: An Anniversary Toast and a Waltz Meant for Sinatra
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Lionel Richie formed the Commodores as students at Tuskegee University, and the band built its n...
2 Nov 18min
