Every Single Motown 'A-Side': Struggling for Consistency
Episode 12
Episode date - August 15, 2008
We pick up our coverage of the Motown label in the Spring of 1963, a time when most people (including me) may have presumed that everything they touched turned to gold. This show more than adequately proves that not to be the case. That’s not say that the label was putting out junk, or that they were directionless.
By reviewing this period of the label’s history, you can tell that they have everything in place. The trick was to make it all connect with the record-buying public, and that was not yet consistent. Still in all, there is a hit or two here, and even the misses provide some interesting history, so here are the songs that tell this part of the Motown story;
Bobbie – George Bohannon Quartet
I Did – Paula Greer
The Interview (Summit Chanted Meeting) –“Jack” Haney and “Nikiter” Armstrong
My Baby Gave Me Another Chance – Amos Milburn
Don’t Let Her Be Your Baby – The Contours
Oh Freddy – Connie Van Dyke
A Love She Can Count On – The Miracles
I Want a Love I Can See – The Temptations
Pride and Joy – Marvin Gaye
10) Your Old Stand By – Mary Wells
11) Baby Shake – Eddie Holland
12) Why Go Out of Your Way – Billy Merritt
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