50+ Music · @50years
42 followers · 6105 posts · Server musicworld.social"Money (That's What I Want)" is a #rhythmAndBlues song written by #Tamla founder #BerryGordy and #JanieBradford, which was the first hit record for Gordy's #Motown enterprise. #BarrettStrong recorded it in 1959 as a single for the Tamla label, distributed nationally on #AnnaRecords. Many artists later recorded the tune, including #theBeatles in 1963 and #theFlyingLizards in 1979.
https://youtu.be/96XJl7mxDtc
#rhythmandblues #tamla #berrygordy #janiebradford #motown #barrettstrong #annarecords #thebeatles #theflyinglizards
50+ Music · @50years
37 followers · 5599 posts · Server musicworld.social"I'll Be There" is the first single released from #ThirdAlbum by #TheJackson5. It was written by #BerryGordy, #HalDavis, Bob West, and #WillieHutch. The song was recorded by The Jackson 5 and released by #MotownRecords on August 28, 1970, as the first single from their Third Album on the same date. Produced by the songwriters, "I'll Be There" was The Jackson 5's fourth number-one hit in a row (after "#IWantYouBack" in 1969, "#ABC" and "#TheLoveYouSave" earlier in 1970)
https://youtu.be/rP8c-ggXqcw
#thirdalbum #thejackson5 #berrygordy #haldavis #williehutch #motownrecords #iwantyouback #abc #theloveyousave
50+ Music · @50years
6 followers · 726 posts · Server musicworld.social
"Shotgun" is a song written by #JuniorWalker and recorded with his group the All Stars. Called a "dance tune", it was produced by #BerryGordy Jr. and #LawrenceHorn. Gordy's Soul Records, a #MotownRecords subsidiary, issued it as a single in 1965. It reached number 1 on the U.S. #R_BSingles chart for four non-consecutive weeks and peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. In Canada, the song reached number 26.
https://youtu.be/6FgO2Hs4t_4
#juniorwalker #berrygordy #lawrencehorn #motownrecords #r_bsingles
"The Eddie Show" π π³οΈβπ · @DemocracySpot
928 followers · 16527 posts · Server mstdn.socialπ§ #BrendaHolloway was born in #Watts and made "Every Little Bit Hurts" when she was 17 in LA. #BerryGordy had just opened the #Tamla / #Motown in #Hollywood (1964).
#60s #blues #soul #eddiefm #hollywood #motown #tamla #berrygordy #watts #brendaholloway
"The Eddie Show" π π³οΈβπ · @DemocracySpot
895 followers · 15301 posts · Server mstdn.social
π§ #Mood | "Dancing in the Street" #MarthaReeves and #TheVandellas.
"Dancing in the Street" (1964).
#EddieFM #Motown #GordyRecords #Detroit #Soul #RnB #NorthernSoul #MarvinGaye #BerryGordy #60s
#60s #berrygordy #marvingaye #northernsoul #rnb #soul #detroit #gordyrecords #motown #eddiefm #thevandellas #marthareeves #mood
Democracy Spot aka "Eddie" · @DemocracySpot
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π§ Afternoon East Coast Drivetime #funk from #Commodores, "Machine Gun" from their first LP in 1974.
#music #funk #RandB #motown #berrygordy #clavinet #classic #instrumental
#instrumental #classic #clavinet #berrygordy #motown #randb #Music #Commodores #funk
DemocracySpot · @DemocracySpot
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π§ Christmas 1964 | Dad bought Mom a #Magnavox "console stereo system." A low-slung major piece of furniture. It was "mid-century modern" I learned in the 90s and looked like something #Sinatra might have had at his #PalmSprings home.
She was a music freak (I inherited that gene), and bought 45s on payday.
One, I remember doing "The Jerk" with her to in that living room is "Shotgun" from #JuniorWalker & #TheAllStars (1965).
#classic #soul #sax #Motown #BerryGordy https://youtu.be/lc7I9NLPt9A
#berrygordy #motown #sax #soul #classic #theallstars #juniorwalker #PalmSprings #sinatra #Magnavox
Kathy in KY · @Kathy_in_KY
197 followers · 1016 posts · Server mas.to
Today's 15 minute walk is brought to me by @Kayray 's commitment to her exercises, my 86 year old mom's commitment to a daily walk and this 15 minute segment from NPR's Live From Here in my headphones.
#livefromhere #musiciansbirthdays #sarabareilles #berrygordy #imogenheap #jeansibelius #tomwaits #christhile (Sorry if it says "video unavailable" -- it's very available at the link.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-tIR77mUO4
#ChrisThile #tomwaits #jeansibelius #imogenheap #berrygordy #SaraBareilles #musiciansbirthdays #livefromhere
πAutumn Rainnπβ · @autumnrainn
697 followers · 3912 posts · Server mstdn.social"At MusiCares gala, Smokey Robinson celebrates 'best friendship in history' with original song for Berry Gordy: 'You are so, so precious'"
#InHonorOf #BlackHistoryMonth #February2023
#SmokeyRobinson #BerryGordy #MusiCaresGala
#BlackArtists #BlackEntrepreneurs #BlackHistory
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/at-musicares-gala-smokey-robinson-celebrates-best-friendship-in-history-with-original-song-for-berry-gordy-you-are-so-so-precious-105840721.html
#blackhistory #blackentrepreneurs #blackartists #musicaresgala #berrygordy #SmokeyRobinson #february2023 #BlackHistoryMonth #inhonorof
πππ£π₯πππ · @wertham
1407 followers · 804 posts · Server mastodon.social
The late great #BarrettStrong claims that he co-wrote #Money (That's What I Want) with #BerryGordy and #JanieBradford. (After all, Strong's piano riff comprises about 50% of the song.) His name was removed from the copyright registration 3 yrs after Money was written, restored in 1987 when the copyright was renewed, and then excised again the following year. Gordy has stated that Strong's name was only INCLUDED because of a... clerical error???
Entered π₯π― 1 Feb 1960.
https://youtu.be/y81JxzU7bow
#barrettstrong #money #berrygordy #janiebradford
BBC Radio 3 πΆ #NowPlaying Bot · @BBC3MusicBot
242 followers · 4728 posts · Server mastodonapp.ukπ #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #BBCProms
Billy Davis, Berry Gordy, Gwen Fuqua, BBC Concert Orchestra, Edwin Outwater & Cynthia Erivo:
π΅ All I Could Do was Cry
#BillyDavis #BerryGordy #GwenFuqua #BBCConcertOrchestra #EdwinOutwater #CynthiaErivo
#BBC3MusicBot
#nowplaying #bbcproms #billydavis #berrygordy #gwenfuqua #bbcConcertorchestra #edwinoutwater #cynthiaerivo #BBC3MusicBot