Jamie – Eddie Holland

Every Single Motown 'A-Side': Introducing ‘The Motown Sound'

Episode 6

Episode date - July 11, 2008

How Music Changed
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    We wrap up Motown’s second year as an independent label by focusing on its releases from the last few months of 1961. The quality of the material was still sporadic, and certainly formulaic, but things were coming together that indicated the likelihood of an even brighter future.

    The various personnel – musicians, singers, songwriters – were all working together as a team, which lent a sense of continuity to the label’s work. Eventually, this would become obvious to the public at large, but in 1961, Motown was still a ‘cottage’ industry, perhaps unwittingly working toward what eventually became universally known as ‘The Motown Sound.”

    Here’s a list of recordings from this show;

    Jamie – Eddie Holland

    Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam) – The Valadiers

    Actions Speak Louder Than Words – Mable John

    What Makes You Love Him (2nd Version) – Sammy Ward

    Check Yourself – The Temptations

    Small Sad Sam – Bob Kayli

    Whose Heart (Are You Gonna Break Now) – Don McKenzie

    Xmas Twist – The Twistin’ Kings

    Please Mr. Kennedy – Mickey Woods

    Twistin’ Postman – The Marvelettes

    Congo (Part 1) – The Twistin’ Kings

    What’s So Good about Goodbye – The Miracles

    I’ve Been Good to You – The Miracles

    Channel 137 - Every Single Motown 'A-Side'