Every Single Motown 'A-Side': Trying Times in The Motor City
Episode 41
Episode date - March 11, 2009
The late ’60 were a trying time for the Motor City, and its namesake record label seemed ill equipped to deal with the upheavals that surrounded it. At a time when social unrest was the norm, the label seemed to operate in a vacuum., even as key personnel vanished from their roster.
This show captures the fractious nature of these times.
Songs include;
1) Yester-Love – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
2) It Should Have Been Me – Gladys Knight & the Pips
3) What the World Needs Now Is Love – Diana Ross & the Supremes
4) Some Things You Never Get Used To – Diana Ross & the Supremes
5) Don’t Let Him Take Your Love From Me – Jimmy Ruffin
6) You Met Your Match – Stevie Wonder
7) I Am Your Man – Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
8) Yesterday’s Dreams – The Four Tops
9) You’re All I Need To Get By – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
10) I Care About Detroit – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
11) Please Return Your Love to Me – The Temptations
12) Hip City (part 2) – Jr. Walker & the All Stars
13) I Can’t Dance to That Music You’re Playin’ – Martha Reeves & the Vandellas