The Phase 2 line-up includes: ! ! ! 313 The Hard Way (DJ Seoul b2b DJ Psycho b2b T.Linder) ADMN Al Ester Andy Garcia Annix Anthony Jimenez Ben Christensen Brodinski Bruce Bailey Calico Carl Craig featuring Mad Mike Banks – live Charles Trees Classixx D.Wynn Darkcube – live Dilemma Dink & TK DJ Godfather featuring Read More
Tag: Motown
Smooth Soul Vibrations
Eric and the Vikings added soulful flavor to the Detroit music scene via Soulhawk records in the late 1960s and 1970s. The Soulhawk label was owned and operated by Richard “Popcorn” Wylie, who had been influential with Motown from the beginning and now operated as a producer, songwriter, and supporter of Northern Soul. Members Eryke Read More
We Love The Contours
Originally formed in Detroit in 1958, The Contours started out as a quartet consisting of lead singer Billy Gordon, Billy Hogg, Joe Billingslea and Sylvester Potts. Their original name was The Blenders, but after the addition of guitarist Huey Davis and Hubert Johnson (cousin of Jackie Wilson), they became The Contours and auditioned with Berry Read More
A Slice of History From Detroit Rock City
Music and boxing may not quite go together like peanut butter & jelly, but in Detroit’s long history of both, there is one figure who became a legend in music and fought on the same bill as a legend in boxing. Berry Gordy Jr. is the name that put Motown on the map and brought Read More
Edwin Starr’s “War” Tops The 1970 Billboard Chart
The song “War” has been through quite a battle itself — after the original Motown recording of the song by The Temptations was deemed too controversial for the group to release as a single (even after fans were writing to Motown asking for that very thing), the song was re-recorded at Hitsville USA Studio A Read More
Martha and the Vandellas – Dancing In The Street First Charts Today In 1964
Martha Reeves wore duel hats when she started at Motown records, being their secretary and also recording demos with other artists on the label. When she and her two friends Rosalind Ashford and Annette Sterling were asked to sing back-up on Marvin Gaye’s ‘Stubborn Kind of Fellow’ in 1961, the trio sang with such verve Read More
A Slice Of History From Detroit Rock City
The Spinners were an influential group of 5 Ferndale natives on the Motown label who regularly played inside the lounge at the legendary 20 Grand Nightclub in Detroit. In the late 1960s, the club had a house band which boasted a fellow Detroit guitarist so impressive to The Spinners, that he was added to their Read More