Podcast appearances and mentions of Jimmy Ruffin

HERE WE GO MY SHOW FOR 08-MAY-2025 WITH A MIXED BAG OF OLD CLASSICS INCLUDING ( GQ, THE JONES GIRLS, HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE NOTES,  JEAN CARN, THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, THE BLACKBYRDS ) AND MANY MORE ALSO SOME TOP NEW TRACKS FROM ( LUKAS SETTO, TY CAUSEY, CINDY HORSTMAN   ) WE ALSO HAVE THE CONNOISSEURS CORNER ( THIS WEEK WE HAVE GARY BARTZ AND WILTON FELDER) AND WE HAVE THE BACK TO BACK CLASSICS BY A CLASSIC ARTIST (THIS WEEK WE HAVE  MYSTIC MERLIN ) THEN WE HAVE THREE TRACKS DUG OUT FROM THE GARAGE FROM ( MARVIN GAY AND TAMMY TERREL, JIMMY RUFFIN, BEN E KNIG )  AND MUCH MUCH MORE SIT BACK WITH A GLASS OF SOMETHING AND ENJOY OR DOWNLOAD FOR LATER

**Chris Stewart's Soulful Etiquette Show Replay On traxfm.org. This Week Chris Featured Soul/Boogie/Reggae/Contemporary Soul From Gloria Gaynor, Tyrone Williams, Brown Sugar, John McLean, Marvin Holmes & Justice, Jimmy Ruffin, GQ, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Muni Long, Dave Lee & Muarissa Rose, Silk, Bizarre Inc, Candace Woodson, Masurrati & Huey Harris, War & More #originalpirates #soulmusic #contemporarysoul #70smusic #80smusic #disco #reggae Catch Chris Stewart's Soulful Etiquette Show Every Tuesday From 12:00PM UK Time On www.traxfm.org Listen Live Here Via The Trax FM Player: chat.traxfm.org/player/index.html Mixcloud LIVE :mixcloud.com/live/traxfm Free Trax FM Android App: play.google.com/store/apps/det...mradio.ba.a6bcb The Trax FM Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092342916738 Trax FM Live On Hear This: hearthis.at/k8bdngt4/live Tunerr: tunerr.co/radio/Trax-FM Radio Garden: Trax FM Link: http://radio.garden/listen/trax-fm/IEnsCj55 OnLine Radio Box: onlineradiobox.com/uk/trax/?cs...cs=uk.traxRadio Radio Deck: radiodeck.com/radio/5a09e2de87...7e3370db06d44dc Radio.Net: traxfmlondon.radio.net Stream Radio : streema.com/radios/Trax_FM..The_Originals Live Online Radio: liveonlineradio.net/english/tr...ax-fm-103-3.htm**

**It's The Relax With Rendell Show Replay On Trax FM & Rendell Radio. Rendell Featured Soul & Boogie/Rare Groove/80's & 70's Grooves Cuts From Steven & Sterling, Ronnie Dyson, Reggie Griffin, Narada Michael Walden, Midnight Star, Lloyd Brown, Jimmy Ruffin, Intrigue, Gene Van Buren, D Train, Broomfield, Angel Grant & More. #originalpirates #soulmusic #disco #reggae #raregroove #easylistening #boogiefunk Catch Rendell Every Saturday From 8PM UK Time The Stations: Trax FM & Rendell Radio Listen Live Here Via The Trax FM Player: chat.traxfm.org/player/index.html Mixcloud LIVE :mixcloud.com/live/traxfm Free Trax FM Android App: play.google.com/store/apps/det...mradio.ba.a6bcb The Trax FM Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092342916738 Trax FM Live On Hear This: hearthis.at/k8bdngt4/live Tunerr: tunerr.co/radio/Trax-FM Radio Garden: Trax FM Link: http://radio.garden/listen/trax-fm/IEnsCj55 OnLine Radio Box: onlineradiobox.com/uk/trax/?cs...cs=uk.traxRadio Radio Deck: radiodeck.com/radio/5a09e2de87...7e3370db06d44dc Radio.Net: traxfmlondon.radio.net Stream Radio : streema.com/radios/Trax_FM..The_Originals Live Online Radio: liveonlineradio.net/english/tr...ax-fm-103-3.htm**

Dancefloor Memories with Patrick Hawkins, 60 Minutes of Classic 1960'S Soul Podcast. Classic tracks, from, The Bar Kays, The Capitols, Robert Parker, Shirley Ellis, Jackie Wilson, Arthur Conley, Sam and Dave, Booker T and the Mg's, Otis Redding, Fontella Bass, Motown tracks from Mary Wells, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Jr Walker and the All Stars, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, and Jimmy Ruffin, more classic tracks from Ben E King, Percy Sledge, and The Impressions. Just settle down with a long drink and chill or boogie around your kitchen to tracks others would never dream of playing! Spread the word, give me a like and follow my Podcasts. Much Love Pat

**Chris Stewart's Soulful Etiquette Show Replay On traxfm.org. This Week Chris Featured Soul/Boogie/Reggae/Contemporary Soul From Dimitris Dimopoulos, The Lady Songbird Jinda, Carlene Davis, Pam Hall, Jimmy Ruffin, Four Tops, David Sylvester, Carol Williams, Gang's Back, Shaila Prospere & Terri Green, Mather, Unlimited Touch, Nina Dunn & More #originalpirates #soulmusic #contemporarysoul #70smusic #80smusic #disco #reggae Catch Chris Stewart's Soulful Etiquette Show Every Tuesday From 12:00PM UK Time On www.traxfm.org Listen Live Here Via The Trax FM Player: chat.traxfm.org/player/index.html Mixcloud LIVE :mixcloud.com/live/traxfm Free Trax FM Android App: play.google.com/store/apps/det...mradio.ba.a6bcb The Trax FM Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092342916738 Trax FM Live On Hear This: hearthis.at/k8bdngt4/live Tunerr: tunerr.co/radio/Trax-FM Radio Garden: Trax FM Link: http://radio.garden/listen/trax-fm/IEnsCj55 OnLine Radio Box: onlineradiobox.com/uk/trax/?cs...cs=uk.traxRadio Radio Deck: radiodeck.com/radio/5a09e2de87...7e3370db06d44dc Radio.Net: traxfmlondon.radio.net Stream Radio : streema.com/radios/Trax_FM..The_Originals Live Online Radio: liveonlineradio.net/english/tr...ax-fm-103-3.htm**

Hey guys! so I am back with another episode for this free version of my podcast and I do have some sad news to report. one of my dearest & closest friends passed away & he was actually a guest on my podcast early on. his name is Andy Paley & If you've been a veteran listener of this show, you would have heard the episode that we did together back in 2019 (you can listen to that one for free). Out of all of the people I have had on my podcast, I without a doubt became the closest to Andy. he was more than just a podcast guest. he was a great friend of mine & I absolutely have been feeling the absence of him from my life even before he passed away. I definitely miss him but that's really the thing. he loved this music just as much as I do but he was of the generation who heard it when it was new way back in the 60's. So once again, I REALLY think people my age should embrace this music with open arms & get to know not just this great music from back then but the people who were a part of making it. so that way I can make more friends who are into this stuff who are my age & they'll be around for as long as I'm around. and I won't have to worry about loosing them while I'm still young because of their old age & declining health. but anyways, I think last week's song especially hits hard for me now. here's the link to it right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQywZYoGB1g don't forget to also follow me on Instagram & Tik Tok right here: https://www.instagram.com/iheartoldies/ https://www.tiktok.com/@iheartoldies also, I do have some great news for you guys. I was interviewed on the radio this week & the show gets 5k weekly listeners! If you enjoy hearing me share my stories behind the songs, please click the link right here so you can check it out: https://www.latalkradio.com/sites/default/files/Videos/Wakeup-112624.mp4 also PLEASE do also sign up for the premium subscription version of my podcast. this is how you'll be able to hear all of these super cool interviews with these amazing 60's music legends. all of the new interview episodes get posted to this feed. here's the link to where you can check it out right here: https://themillennialthrowbackmachine.supercast.com also PLEASE do donate to the crowdfunding campaign for my next EP so you can hear another release from me! here's the link to where you can donate: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-past-the-present-my-imagination-ep also, definitely check out my last EP, in fact, you can hear three songs off of this EP & the stories behind them in the interview that I just did that the link to is right here. here's the link to my last EP right here: https://distrokid.com/dashboard/album/?albumuuid=32A9BB3B-B65B-4CC7-918A4344B4F035C2 also please do check out the official Spotify & Youtube playlists for this podcast. here you'll be able to find all of the songs I have talked about on my podcast so far including some of the ones mentioned in old interview episodes that I did (before they went premium) here's the link to that right here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/21f3uBS6kU4hUF6QAC5JMj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS1sYR7xky8&list=PL66sgq_GAmRcXy8yKZJfVmAD14HUYj 7Nf also do check out the new Redbubble Merch for my podcast. I really like this design & I think it really fits for the premium version of my podcast. hope you dig it. here's the link right here: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158056341 if you found out some GREAT information about last week's song & you've never heard it before & your a millennial/gen Z then definitely email me at samltwilli@icloud.com, you can also follow me & reach out to me on Instagram & Tik Tok @iheartoldies. thanks for still listening to this podcast guys. it's definitely been a mixed bag of both good & bad with me as of recently. I'm really bummed that I lost my dear friend Andy Paley, but I"m also stoked to have just been a guest on a really cool radio show that gets about 5k listeners a week. have a great thanksgiving!.

HERE WE GO MY SHOW FOR 21-NOV-2024 WITH A MIXED BAG OF OLD CLASSICS INCLUDING ( SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS, THE MOMENTS & WHATNAUTS, THE SUNBURST BAND, SKIPWORTH & TURNER, CHIC, THE LIMIT  ) AND MANY MORE ALSO SOME TOP NEW TRACKS FROM ( GEORGIE B & THE GROOVE ASSOCIATION, AL LINDSAY, NORMA JEAN WRIGHT ) WE ALSO HAVE THE CONNOISSEURS CORNER ( THIS WEEK WE HAVE GROVER WASHINGTON JR AND KIM WATERS  ) AND WE HAVE THE BACK TO BACK CLASSICS BY A CLASSIC ARTIST (THIS WEEK WE HAVE TWO TRACKS FROM 52ND STREET ) THEN WE HAVE THREE TRACKS DUG OUT FROM THE GARAGE FROM ( THE SUPREMES, JIMMY RUFFIN, MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELAS ) FINNISHING OF WITH A COUPLE OF SLOW TRACKS AND MUCH MUCH MORE SIT BACK WITH A GLASS OF SOMETHING AND ENJOY OR DOWNLOAD FOR LATER

Hey guys! I hope you all are doing ok. so I'm back with another free episode for this podcast. I know that this has been a heavy week for a lot of you if you live in America, and a lot of you are still feeling the pain & sadness of what we experienced as a country earlier this month, so I wanted to tackle a song that I definitely think takes the words right out of your mouths in terms of how a lot of you feel after what happened to us as a country earlier this month. I think this song will resonate with a lot of you right now, and maybe next month I'll pick a more happier rosier song to cheer a lot of you up. but for now, I think this song will definitely perfectly describe how a lot of us feel right now. here's the link to this week's song just in case you would like to listen to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQywZYoGB1g don't forget to also follow me & reach out to me on Instagram & Tik Tok right here: https://www.instagram.com/iheartoldies/ https://www.tiktok.com/@iheartoldies Please do also check out the premium subscription version of this podcast. here you'll be able to find all of the new interview episodes I have done & the new ones that I will be putting out as well. here is the link to that right here: https://themillennialthrowbackmachine.supercast.com also please do consider donating to the crowdfunding campaign for my next EP. if you would like to hear new music from me, by donating to this campaign, this is how you can help me make that a reality. here's the link to it right here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-past-the-present-my-imagination-ep also do check out the official Spotify & Youtube playlists for this podcast. I would really appreciate it if you could do that as that is how you will be able to hear the songs that I talk about on my podcast. I update these every week when I do another song. here's the link to those just in case you wanted to check them out: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/21f3uBS6kU4hUF6QAC5JMj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS1sYR7xky8&list=PL66sgq_GAmRcXy8yKZJfVmAD14HUYj 7Nf also do check out the official Redbubble Merch store for this podcast. the new one, at least. this is a brand new logo that I think you'll find really cool & you'll definitely enjoy it. here's the link to that right here: https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Fly-On-The-Wall-Stories-by-60sSam95/158056341.WFLAH?ref=explore-for- you-recently-viewed also do listen to my last EP. I could really use your help on getting more streams guys, it sucks that my Spotify numbers look so horrible right now & I refuse to cheat to system by paying to inflate my streams & get on Spotify playlists. here's the link to that right here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/samlwilliams/an-old-soul-with-new--remiagined-things if you REALLY loved my analysis on this week's song & you have never heard it before but it really resonated with you & the lyrics really hit you hard especially right now & your a millennial/Gen Z, definitely email me at samltwilli@icloud.com, you can also follow me & reach out to me on Instagram & Tik Tok @iheartoldies. thank you guys for still listening to this podcast even though I only put out two free episodes a month, and I hope that this song brings you comfort during this very difficult time a lot of us are experiencing right now in this country. I will be back with another free episode the week of Thanksgiving. I will talk to you all then.

Label: Soul 35027Year: 1966Condition: M-Price: $18.00This one isn't well known, but have a listen to the mp3 "snippet", and I think you'll agree it deserves better. :-) Note: This beautiful copy has a drillhole and comes in a vintage Hitsville U.S.A. factory sleeve (sleeve is somewhat tattered). It has pristine Mint sound. (This scan is a representative image from our archives.)

HERE WE GO MY SHOW FOR 12-SEPT-2024 WITH A MIXED BAG OF OLD CLASSICS INCLUDING ( THE OJAYS, GENE CHANDLER, ROY AYERS/WAYNE HENDERSON, CHARME, JIMMY RUFFIN, WILLIAM DE VAUGHHAM, TONY MOMRELLE) AND MANY MORE ALSO SOME TOP NEW TRACKS FROM ( DIANE MARSH, RANDY HALL, SHAWN ESCOFFERY ) WE ALSO HAVE THE CONNOISSEURS CORNER ( THIS WEEK WE HAVE LA BOPPERS AND BRIAN SIMPSON ) AND WE HAVE THE BACK TO BACK CLASSICS BY A CLASSIC ARTIST (THIS WEEK WE HAVE TWO TRACKS FROM MAZE REMEMBERING FRANKIE BEVERLY WHO SADLY PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK ) THEN WE HAVE THREE TRACKS DUG OUT FROM THE GARAGE FROM ( INEZ & CHARLIE FOX, EDDIE HOLMAN, SAM COOKE ) FINNISHING OF WITH A COUPLE OF SLOW TRACKS AND MUCH MUCH MORE SIT BACK WITH A GLASS OF SOMETHING AND ENJOY OR DOWNLOAD FOR LATER

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For those who haven't heard the announcement I posted , songs from this point on will sometimes be split among multiple episodes, so this is the first part of a two-episode look at the song “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”. This week we take a short look at the song’s writers, Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, and the first released version by Gladys Knight and the Pips. In two weeks time we’ll take a longer look at the sixties career of the song’s most famous performer, Marvin Gaye. This episode is quite a light one. That one… won’t be. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Patreon backers also have a half-hour bonus episode, on “Bend Me Shape Me” by Amen Corner. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt's irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-proust and http://sitcomclub.com/ Resources Mixcloud will be up with the next episode. For Motown-related information in this and other Motown episodes, I've used the following resources: Where Did Our Love Go? The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound by Nelson George is an excellent popular history of the various companies that became Motown. To Be Loved by Berry Gordy is Gordy's own, understandably one-sided, but relatively well-written, autobiography. Women of Motown: An Oral History by Susan Whitall is a collection of interviews with women involved in Motown. I Hear a Symphony: Motown and Crossover R&B by J. Andrew Flory is an academic look at Motown. The Motown Encyclopaedia by Graham Betts is an exhaustive look at the people and records involved in Motown's thirty-year history. Motown: The Golden Years is another Motown encyclopaedia. And Motown Junkies is an infrequently-updated blog looking at (so far) the first 693 tracks released on Motown singles. For information on Marvin Gaye, and his relationship with Norman Whitfield, I relied on Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye by David Ritz. I’ve also used information on Whitfield in  Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations by Mark Ribowsky, I’ve also referred to interviews with Whitfield and Strong archived at rocksbackpages.com , notably “The Norman Whitfield interview”, John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 1 February 1977 For information about Gladys Knight, I’ve used her autobiography. The best collection of Gladys Knight and the Pips’ music is this 3-CD set, but the best way to hear Motown hits is in the context of other Motown hits. This five-CD box set contains the first five in the Motown Chartbusters series of British compilations. The Pips’ version of “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” is on disc 2, while Marvin Gaye’s is on disc 3, which is famously generally considered one of the best single-disc various artists compilations ever. Patreon This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. Why not join them? Transcript Before I start, a brief note — this episode contains some brief mentions of miscarriage and drug abuse. The history of modern music would be immeasurably different had it not been for one car breakdown. Norman Whitfield spent the first fifteen years of his life in New York, never leaving the city, until his grandmother died. She’d lived in LA, and that was where the funeral was held, and so the Whitfield family got into a car and drove right across the whole continent — two thousand five hundred miles — to attend the old lady’s funeral. And then after the funeral, they turned round and started to drive home again. But they only got as far as Detroit when the car, understandably, gave up the ghost.  Luckily, like many Black families, they had family in Detroit, and Norman’s aunt was not only willing to put the family up for a while, but her husband was able to give Norman’s father a job in his drug store while he saved up enough money to pay for the car to be fixed. But as it happened, the family liked Detroit, and they never did get around to driving back home to New York. Young Norman in particular took to the city’s nightlife, and soon as well as going to school he was working an evening job at a petrol station — but that was only to supplement the money he made as a pool hustler. Young Norman Whitfield was never going to be the kind of person who took a day job, and so along with his pool he started hanging out with musicians — in particular with Popcorn and the Mohawks, a band led by Popcorn Wylie. [Excerpt: Popcorn and the Mohawks, “Shimmy Gully”] Popcorn and the Mohawks were a band of serious jazz musicians, many of whom, including Wylie himself, went on to be members of the Funk Brothers, the team of session players that played on Motown’s hits — though Wylie would depart Motown fairly early after a falling out with Berry Gordy. They were some of the best musicians in Detroit at the time, and Whitfield would tag along with the group and play tambourine, and sometimes other hand percussion instruments. He wasn’t a serious musician at that point, just hanging out with a bunch of people who were, who were a year or two older than him. But he was learning — one thing that everyone says about Norman Whitfield in his youth is that he was someone who would stand on the periphery of every situation, not getting involved, but soaking in everything that the people around him were doing, and learning from them. And soon, he was playing percussion on sessions. At first, this wasn’t for Motown, but everything in the Detroit music scene connected back to the Gordy family in one way or another. In this case, the label was Thelma Records, which was formed by Berry Gordy’s ex-mother-in-law and named after Gordy’s first wife, who he had recently divorced. Of all the great Motown songwriters and producers, Whitfield’s life is the least-documented, to the extent that the chronology of his early career is very vague and contradictory, and Thelma was such a small label there even seems to be some dispute about when it existed — different sources give different dates, and while Whitfield always said he worked for Thelma records, he might have actually been employed by another label owned by the same people, Ge Ge, which might have operated earlier — but by most accounts Whitfield quickly progressed from session tambourine player to songwriter. According to an article on Whitfield from 1977, the first record of one of his songs was “Alone” by Tommy Storm on Thelma Records, but that record seems not to exist — however, some people on a soul message board, discussing this a few years ago, found an interview with a member of a group called The Fabulous Peps which also featured Storm, saying that their record on Ge Ge Records, “This Love I Have For You”, is a rewrite of that song by Don Davis, Thelma’s head of A&R, though the credit on the label for that is just to Davis and Ron Abner, another member of the group: [Excerpt: The Fabulous Peps, “This Love I Have For You”] So that might, or might not, be the first Norman Whitfield song ever to be released. The other song often credited as Whitfield’s first released song is “Answer Me” by Richard Street and the Distants — Street was another member of the Fabulous Peps, but we’ve encountered him and the Distants before when talking about the Temptations — the Distants were the group that Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, and Al Bryant had been in before forming the Temptations — and indeed Street would much later rejoin his old bandmates in the Temptations, when Whitfield was producing for them. Unlike the Fabulous Peps track, this one was clearly credited to N. Whitfield, so whatever happened with the Storm track, this is almost certainly Whitfield’s first official credit as a songwriter: [Excerpt: Richard Street and the Distants, “Answer Me”] He was soon writing songs for a lot of small labels — most of which appear to have been recorded by the Thelma team and then licensed out — like “I’ve Gotten Over You” by the Sonnettes: [Excerpt: The Sonnettes, “I’ve Gotten Over You”] That was on KO Records, distributed by Scepter, and was a minor local hit — enough to finally bring Whitfield to the attention of Berry Gordy. According to many sources, Whitfield had been hanging around Hitsville for months trying to get a job with the label, but as he told the story in 1977 “Berry Gordy had sent Mickey Stevenson over to see me about signing with the company as an exclusive in-house writer and producer. The first act I was assigned to was Marvin Gaye and he had just started to become popular.” That’s not quite how the story went. According to everyone else, he was constantly hanging around Hitsville, getting himself into sessions and just watching them, and pestering people to let him get involved. Rather than being employed as a writer and producer, he was actually given a job in Motown’s quality control department for fifteen dollars a week, listening to potential records and seeing which ones he thought were hits, and rating them before they went to the regular department meetings for feedback from the truly important people. But he was also allowed to write songs. His first songwriting credit on a Motown record wasn’t Marvin Gaye, as Whitfield would later tell the story, but was in fact for the far less prestigious Mickey Woods — possibly the single least-known artist of Motown’s early years. Woods was a white teenager, the first white male solo artist signed to Motown, who released two novelty teen-pop singles. Whitfield’s first Motown song was the B-side to Woods’ second single, a knock-off of Sam Cooke’s “Cupid” called “They Call Me Cupid”, co-written with Berry Gordy and Brian Holland: [Excerpt: Mickey Woods, “They Call Me Cupid”] Unsurprisingly that didn’t set the world on fire, and Whitfield didn’t get another Motown label credit for thirteen months (though some of his songs for Thelma may have come out in this period). When he did, it was as co-writer with Mickey Stevenson — and, for the first time, sole producer — of the first single for a new singer, Kim Weston: [Excerpt: Kim Weston, “It Should Have Been Me”] As it turned out, that wasn’t a hit, but the flip-side, “Love Me All The Way”, co-written by Stevenson (who was also Weston’s husband) and Barney Ales, did become a minor hit, making the R&B top thirty. After that, Whitfield was on his way. It was only a month later that he wrote his first song for the Temptations, a B-side, “The Further You Look, The Less You See”: [Excerpt: The Temptations, “The Further You Look, The Less You See”] That was co-written with Smokey Robinson, and as we heard in the episode on “My Girl”, both Robinson and Whitfield vied with each other for the job of Temptations writer and producer. As we also heard in that episode, Robinson got the majority of the group’s singles for the next couple of years, but Whitfield would eventually take over from him. Whitfield’s work with the Temptations is probably his most important work as a writer and producer, and the Temptations story is intertwined deeply with this one, but for the most part I’m going to save discussion of Whitfield’s work with the group until we get to 1972, so bear with me if I seem to skim over that — and if I repeat myself in a couple of years when we get there. Whitfield’s first major success, though, was also the first top ten hit for Marvin Gaye, “Pride and Joy”: [Excerpt: Marvin Gaye, “Pride and Joy”] “Pride and Joy” had actually been written and recorded before the Kim Weston and Temptations tracks, and was intended as album filler — it was written during a session by Whitfield, Gaye, and Mickey Stevenson who was also the producer of the track, and recorded in the same session as it was written, with Martha and the Vandellas on backing vocals. The intended hit from the session, “Hitch-Hike”, we covered in the previous episode on Gaye, but that was successful enough that an album, That Stubborn Kinda Fellow, was released, with “Pride and Joy” on it. A few months later Gaye recut his lead vocal, over the same backing track, and the record was released as a single, reaching number ten on the pop charts and number two R&B: [Excerpt: Marvin Gaye, “Pride and Joy”] Whitfield had other successes as well, often as B-sides. “The Girl’s Alright With Me”, the B-side to Smokey Robinson’s hit for the Temptations “I’ll Be In Trouble”, went to number forty on the R&B chart in its own right: [Excerpt: The Temptations, “The Girl’s Alright With Me”] That was co-written with Eddie Holland, and Holland and Whitfield had a minor songwriting partnership at this time, with Holland writing lyrics and Whitfield the music. Eddie Holland even released a Holland and Whitfield collaboration himself during his brief attempt at a singing career — “I Couldn’t Cry if I Wanted To” was a song they wrote for the Temptations, who recorded it but then left it on the shelf for four years, so Holland put out his own version, again as a B-side: [Excerpt: Eddie Holland, “I Couldn’t Cry if I Wanted To”] Whitfield was very much a B-side kind of songwriter and producer at this point — but this could be to his advantage. In January 1963, around the same time as all these other tracks, he cut a filler track with the “no-hit Supremes”, “He Means the World to Me”, which was left on the shelf until they needed a B-side eighteen months later and pulled it out and released it: [Excerpt: The Supremes, “He Means the World to Me”] But the track that that was a B-side to was “Where Did Our Love Go?”, and at the time you could make a lot of money from writing the B-side to a hit that big. Indeed, at first, Whitfield made more money from “Where Did Our Love Go?” than Holland, Dozier, or Holland, because he got a hundred percent of the songwriters’ share for his side of the record, while they had to split their share three ways. Slowly Whitfield moved from being a B-side writer to being an A-side writer. With Eddie Holland he was given a chance at a Temptations A-side for the first time, with “Girl, (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)”: [Excerpt: The Temptations, “Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)”] He also wrote for Jimmy Ruffin, but in 1964 it was with girl groups that Whitfield was doing his best work. With Mickey Stevenson he wrote “Needle in a Haystack” for the Velvettes: [Excerpt: The Velvettes, “Needle in a Haystack”] He wrote their classic followup “He Was Really Sayin' Somethin’” with Stevenson and Eddie Holland, and with Holland he also wrote “Too Many Fish in the Sea” for the Marvelettes: [Excerpt: The Marvelettes, “Too Many Fish In The Sea”] By late 1964, Whitfield wasn’t quite in the first rank of Motown songwriter-producers with Holland-Dozier-Holland and Smokey Robinson, but he was in the upper part of the second tier with Mickey Stevenson and Clarence Paul. And by early 1966, as we saw in the episode on “My Girl”, he had achieved what he’d wanted for four years, and become the Temptations’ primary writer and producer. As I said, we’re going to look at Whitfield’s time working with the Temptations later, but in 1966 and 67 they were the act he was most associated with, and in particular, he collaborated with Eddie Holland on three top ten hits for the group in 1966. But as we discussed in the episode on “I Can’t Help Myself”, Holland’s collaborations with Whitfield eventually caused problems for Holland with his other collaborators, when he won the BMI award for writing the most hit songs, depriving his brother and Lamont Dozier of their share of the award because his outside collaborations put him ahead of them. While Whitfield *could* write songs by himself, and had in the past, he was at his best as a collaborator — as well as his writing partnership with Eddie Holland he’d written with Mickey Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, and Janie Bradford. And so when Holland told him he was no longer able to work together, Whitfield started looking for someone else who could write lyrics for him, and he soon found someone: [Excerpt: Barrett Strong, “Money”] Barrett Strong had, of course, been the very first Motown act to have a major national hit, with “Money”, but as we discussed in the episode on that song he had been unable to have a follow-up hit, and had actually gone back to working on an assembly line for a while. But when you’ve had a hit as big as “Money”, working on an assembly line loses what little lustre it has, and Strong soon took himself off to New York and started hanging around the Brill Building, where he hooked up with Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, the writers of such hits as “Save the Last Dance for Me”, “Viva Las Vegas”, “Sweets for My Sweet”, and “A Teenager in Love”.  Pomus and Shuman, according to Strong, signed him to a management contract, and they got him signed to Atlantic’s subsidiary Atco, where he recorded one single, “Seven Sins”, written and produced by the team: [Excerpt: Barrett Strong, “Seven Sins”] That was a flop, and Strong was dropped by the label. He bounced around a few cities before ending up in Chicago, where he signed to VeeJay Records and put out one more single as a performer, “Make Up Your Mind”, which also went nowhere: [Excerpt: Barrett Strong, “Make Up Your Mind”] Strong had co-written that, and as his performing career was now definitively over, he decided to move into songwriting as his main job. He co-wrote “Stay in My Corner” for the Dells, which was a top thirty R&B hit for them on VeeJay in 1965 and in a remade version in 1968 became a number one R&B hit and top ten pop hit for them: [Excerpt: The Dells, “Stay in My Corner”] And on his own he wrote another top thirty R&B hit, “This Heart of Mine”, for the Artistics: [Excerpt: The Artistics, “This Heart of Mine”] He wrote several other songs that had some minor success in 1965 and 66, before moving back to Detroit and hooking up again with his old label, this time coming to them as a songwriter with a track record rather than a one-hit wonder singer. As Strong put it “They were doing my style of music then, they were doing something a little different when I left, but they were doing the more soulful, R&B-style stuff, so I thought I had a place there. So I had an idea I thought I could take back and see if they could do something with it.” That idea was the first song he wrote under his new contract, and it was co-written with Norman Whitfield. It’s difficult to know how Whitfield and Strong started writing together, or much about their writing partnership, even though it was one of the most successful songwriting teams of the era, because neither man was interviewed in any great depth, and there’s almost no long-form writing on either of them. What does seem to have been the case is that both men had been aware of each other in the late fifties, when Strong was a budding R&B star and Whitfield merely a teenager hanging round watching the cool kids. The two may even have written together before — in an example of how the chronology for both Whitfield and Strong seems to make no sense, Whitfield had cowritten a song with Marvin Gaye, “Wherever I Lay My Hat, That’s My Home”, in 1962 — when Strong was supposedly away from Motown — and it had been included as an album track on the That Stubborn Kinda Fellow album: [Excerpt: Marvin Gaye, “Wherever I Lay My Hat, That’s My Home”] The writing on that was originally credited just to Whitfield and Gaye on the labels, but it is now credited to Whitfield, Gaye, and Strong, including with BMI. Similarly Gaye’s 1965 album track “Me and My Lonely Room” — recorded in 1963 but held back – was initially credited to Whitfield alone but is now credited to Whitfield and Strong, in a strange inverse of the way “Money” initially had Strong’s credit but it was later removed. But whether this was an administrative decision made later, or whether Strong had been moonlighting for Motown uncredited in 1962 and collaborated with Whitfield, they hadn’t been a formal writing team in the way Whitfield and Holland had been, and both later seemed to date their collaboration proper as starting in 1966 when Strong returned to Motown — and understandably. The two songs they’d written earlier – if indeed they had – had been album filler, but between 1967 when the first of their new collaborations came out and 1972 when they split up, they wrote twenty-three top forty hits together. Theirs seems to have been a purely business relationship — in the few interviews with Strong he talks about Whitfield as someone he was friendly with, but Whitfield’s comments on Strong seem always to be the kind of very careful comments one would make about someone for whom one has a great deal of professional respect, a great deal of personal dislike, but absolutely no wish to air the dirty laundry behind that dislike, or to burn bridges that don’t need burning. Either way, Whitfield was in need of a songwriting partner when Barrett Strong walked into a Motown rehearsal room, and recognised that Strong’s talents were complementary to his. So he told Strong, straight out, “I’ve had quite a few hit records already. If you write with me, I can guarantee you you’ll make at least a hundred thousand dollars a year” — though he went on to emphasise that that wasn’t a guarantee-guarantee, and would depend on Strong putting the work in. Strong agreed, and the first idea he brought in for his new team earned both of them more than that hundred thousand dollars by itself. Strong had been struck by the common phrase “I heard it through the grapevine”, and started singing that line over some Ray Charles style gospel chords. Norman Whitfield knew a hook when he heard one, and quickly started to build a full song around Strong’s line. Initially, by at least some accounts, they wanted to place the song with the Isley Brothers, who had just signed to Motown and had a hit with the Holland-Dozier-Holland song “This Old Heart of Mine”: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You)”] For whatever reason, the Isley Brothers didn’t record the song, or if they did no copy of the recording has ever surfaced, though it does seem perfectly suited to their gospel-inflected style. The Isleys did, though, record another early Whitfield and Strong song, “That’s the Way Love Is”, which came out in 1967 as a flop single, but would later be covered more successfully by Marvin Gaye: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “That’s the Way Love Is”] Instead, the song was first recorded by the Miracles. And here the story becomes somewhat murky. We have a recording by the Miracles, released on an album two years later, but some have suggested that that version isn’t the same recording they made in 1966 when Whitfield and Strong wrote the song originally: [Excerpt: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”] It certainly sounds to my ears like that is probably the version of the song the group recorded in 66 — it sounds, frankly, like a demo for the later, more famous version. All the main elements are there — notably the main Ray Charles style hook played simultaneously on Hammond organ and electric piano, and the almost skanking rhythm guitar stabs — but Smokey Robinson’s vocal isn’t *quite* passionate enough, the tempo is slightly off, and the drums don’t have the same cavernous rack tom sound that they have in the more famous version. If you weren’t familiar with the eventual hit, it would sound like a classic Motown track, but as it is it’s missing something… [Excerpt: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”] According to at least some sources, that was presented to the quality control team — the team in which Whitfield had started his career, as a potential single, but they dismissed it. It wasn’t a hit, and Berry Gordy said it was one of the worst songs he’d ever heard. But Whitfield knew the song was a hit, and so he went back into the studio and cut a new backing track: [Excerpt: Marvin Gaye, “I Heard it Through the Grapevine (backing track only)”] (Incidentally, no official release of the instrumental backing track for “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” exists, and I had to put that one together myself by taking the isolated parts someone had uploaded to youtube and synching them back together in editing software, so if there are some microsecond-level discrepancies between the instruments there, that’s on me, not on the Funk Brothers.) That track was originally intended for the Temptations, with whom Whitfield was making a series of hits at the time, but they never recorded it at the time. Whitfield did produce a version for them as an album track a couple of years later though, so we have an idea how they might have taken the song vocally — though by then David Ruffin had been replaced in the group by Dennis Edwards: [Excerpt: The Temptations, “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”] But instead of giving the song to the Temptations, Whitfield kept it back for Marvin Gaye, the singer with whom he’d had his first big breakthrough hit and for whom his two previous collaborations with Strong – if collaborations they were – had been written. Gaye and Whitfield didn’t get on very well — indeed, it seems that Whitfield didn’t get on very well with *anyone* — and Gaye would later complain about the occasions when Whitfield produced his records, saying “Norman and I came within a fraction of an inch of fighting. He thought I was a prick because I wasn't about to be intimidated by him. We clashed. He made me sing in keys much higher than I was used to. He had me reaching for notes that caused my throat veins to bulge.” But Gaye sang the song fantastically, and Whitfield was absolutely certain they had a sure-fire hit: [Excerpt: Marvin Gaye, “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”] But once again the quality control department refused to release the track. Indeed, it was Berry Gordy personally who decided, against the wishes of most of the department by all accounts, that instead of “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” Gaye’s next single should be a Holland-Dozier-Holland track, “Your Unchanging Love”, a soundalike rewrite of their earlier hit for him, “How Sweet It Is”. “Your Unchanging Love” made the top thirty, but was hardly a massive success. Gordy has later claimed that he always liked “Grapevine” but just thought it was a bit too experimental for Gaye’s image at the time, but reports from others who were there say that what Gordy actually said was “it sucks”. So “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” was left on the shelf, and the first fruit of the new Whitfield/Strong team to actually get released was “Gonna Give Her All the Love I’ve Got”, written for Jimmy Ruffin, the brother of Temptations lead singer David, who had had one big hit, “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” and one medium one, “I’ve Passed This Way Before”, in 1966. Released in 1967, “Gonna Give Her All the Love I’ve Got” became Ruffin’s third and final hit, making number 29: [Excerpt: Jimmy Ruffin, “Gonna Give Her All the Love I’ve Got”] But Whitfield was still certain that “Grapevine” could be a hit. And then in 1967, a few months after he’d shelved Gaye’s version, came the record that changed everything in soul: [Excerpt: Aretha Franklin, “Respect”] Whitfield was astounded by that record, but also became determined he was going to “out-funk Aretha”, and “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” was going to be the way to do it. And he knew someone who thought she could do just that. Gladys Knight never got on well with Aretha Franklin. According to Knight’s autobiography this was one-sided on Franklin’s part, and Knight was always friendly to Franklin, but it’s also notable that she says the same about several other of the great sixties female soul singers (though not all of them by any means), and there seems to be a general pattern among those singers that they felt threatened by each other and that their own position in the industry was precarious, in a way the male singers usually didn’t. But Knight claimed she always *wished* she got on well with Franklin, because the two had such similar lives. They’d both started out singing gospel as child performers before moving on to the chitlin circuit at an early age, though Knight started her singing career even younger than Franklin did. Knight was only four when she started performing solos in church, and by the age of eight she had won the two thousand dollar top prize on Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour by singing Brahms’ “Lullaby” and the Nat “King” Cole hit “Too Young”: [Excerpt: Nat “King” Cole, “Too Young”] That success inspired her, and she soon formed a vocal group with her brother Bubba, sister Brenda and their cousins William and Eleanor Guest. They named themselves the Pips in honour of a cousin whose nickname that was, and started performing at talent contests in Atlanta Chitlin’ Circuit venues. They soon got a regular gig at one of them, the Peacock, despite them all being pre-teens at the time. The Pips also started touring, and came to the attention of Maurice King, the musical director of the Flame nightclub in Detroit, who became a vocal coach for the group. King got the group signed to Brunswick records, where they released their first single, a song King had written called “Whistle My Love”: [Excerpt: The Pips, “Whistle My Love”] According to Knight that came out in 1955, when she was eleven, but most other sources have it coming out in 1958. The group’s first two singles flopped, and Brenda and Eleanor quit the group, being replaced by another cousin, Edward Patten, and an unrelated singer Langston George, leaving Knight as the only girl in the quintet. While the group weren’t successful on records, they were getting a reputation live and toured on package tours with Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, and others. Knight also did some solo performances with a jazz band led by her music teacher, and started dating that band’s sax player, Jimmy Newman. The group’s next recording was much more successful. They went into a makeshift studio owned by a local club owner, Fats Hunter, and recorded what they thought was a demo, a version of the Johnny Otis song “Every Beat of My Heart”: [Excerpt: The Pips, “Every Beat of My Heart (HunTom version)”] The first they knew that Hunter had released that on his own small label was when they heard it on the radio. The record was picked up by VeeJay records, and it ended up going to number one on the R&B charts and number six on the pop charts, but they never saw any royalties from it. It brought them to the attention of another small label, Fury Records, which got them to rerecord the song, and that version *also* made the R&B top twenty and got as high as number forty-five on the pop charts: [Excerpt: Gladys Knight and the Pips, “Every Beat of My Heart (Fury version)”] However, just because they had a contract with Fury didn’t mean they actually got any more money, and Knight has talked about the label’s ownership being involved with gangsters. That was the first recording to be released as by “Gladys Knight and the Pips”, rather than just The Pips, and they would release a few more singles on Fury, including a second top twenty pop hit, the Don Covay song “Letter Full of Tears”: [Excerpt: Gladys Knight and the Pips, “Letter Full of Tears”] But Knight had got married to Newman, who was by now the group’s musical director, after she fell pregnant when she was sixteen and he was twenty. However, that first pregnancy tragically ended in miscarriage, and when she became pregnant again she decided to get off the road to reduce the risk. She spent a couple of years at home, having two children, while the other Pips – minus George who left soon after – continued without her to little success. But her marriage was starting to deteriorate under pressure of Newman’s drug use — they wouldn’t officially divorce until 1972, but they were already feeling the pressure, and would split up sooner rather than later — and Knight  returned to the stage, initially as a solo artist or duetting with Jerry Butler, but soon rejoining the Pips, who by this time were based in New York and working with the choreographer Cholly Atkins to improve their stagecraft. For the next few years the Pips drifted from label to label, scoring one more top forty hit in 1964 with Van McCoy’s “Giving Up”, but generally just getting by like so many other acts on the circuit. Eventually the group ended up moving to Detroit, and hooking up with Motown, where mentors like Cholly Atkins and Maurice King were already working. At first they thought they were taking a step up, but they soon found that they were a lower tier Motown act, considered on a par with the Spinners or the Contours rather than the big acts, and according to Knight they got pulled off an early Motown package tour because Diana Ross, with whom like Franklin Knight had something of a rivalry, thought they were too good on stage and were in danger of overshadowing her. Knight says in her autobiography that they “formed a little club of our own with some of the other malcontents” with Martha Reeves, Marvin Gaye, and someone she refers to as “Ivory Joe Hunter” but I presume she means Ivy Jo Hunter (one of the big problems when dealing with R&B musicians of this era is the number of people with similar names. Ivy Jo Hunter, Joe Hunter, and Ivory Joe Hunter were all R&B musicians for whom keyboard was their primary instrument, and both Ivy Jo and just plain Joe worked for Motown at different points, but Ivory Joe never did) Norman Whitfield was also part of that group of “malcontents”, and he was also the producer of the Pips’ first few singles for Motown, and so when he was looking for someone to outdo Aretha, someone with something to prove, he turned to them. He gave the group the demo tape, and they worked out a vocal arrangement for a radically different version of the song, one inspired by “Respect”: [Excerpt: Gladys Knight and the Pips, “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”] The third time was the charm, and quality control finally agreed to release “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” as a single. Gladys Knight always claimed it had no promotion, but Norman Whitfield’s persistence had paid off — the single went to number two on the pop charts (kept off the top by “Daydream Believer”), number one on the R&B charts, and became Motown’s biggest-selling single *ever* up until that point. It also got Knight a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female — though the Grammy committee, at least, didn’t think she’d out-Aretha’d Aretha, as “Respect” won the award. And that, sadly, sort of summed up Gladys Knight and the Pips at Motown — they remained not quite the winners in everything. There’s no shame in being at number two behind a classic single like “Daydream Believer”, and certainly no shame in losing the Grammy to Aretha Franklin at her best, but until they left Motown in 1972 and started their run of hits on Buddah records, Gladys Knight and the Pips would always be in other people’s shadow. That even extended to “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” when, as we’ll hear in part two of this story, Norman Whitfield’s persistence paid off, Marvin Gaye’s version got released as a single, and *that* became the biggest-selling single on Motown ever, outselling the Pips version and making it forever his song, not theirs. And as a final coda to the story of Gladys Knight and the Pips at Motown, while they were touring off the back of “Grapevine’s” success, the Pips ran into someone they vaguely knew from his time as a musician in the fifties, who was promoting a group he was managing made up of his sons. Knight thought they had something, and got in touch with Motown several times trying to get them to sign the group, but she was ignored. After a few attempts, though, Bobby Taylor of another second-tier Motown group, the Vancouvers, also saw them and got in touch with Motown, and this time they got signed. But that story wasn’t good enough for Motown, and so neither Taylor nor Knight got the credit for discovering the group. Instead when Joe Jackson’s sons’ band made their first album, it was titled Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5. But that, of course, is a story for another time…

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In May 1980, Jimmy Ruffin released his seventh and final studio album, 'Sunrise'. This often-overlooked album consisted of compositions by Robin Gibb and Blue Weaver (with contributions from Barry, Maurice and Andy), with the pair also producing the album. 'Sunrise' is a fascinating combination of the distinct Robin Gibb lyrics, Weaver's trademark arrangements and Ruffin's motown style. When Marcy Levy's vocals and 1970s soul sounds are added in, the result is a charming and totally unique album in the Gibb catalogue. Stuart and Cristiano delve into 'Sunrise', as well as some surrounding material from Robin.Hold On To My Love - Gulymix: JIMMY RUFFIN feat. ROBIN GIBB - Hold On To My Love - Extended Mix (gulymix) (youtube.com)Follow the podcast on Instagram and Facebook @wordsbeegeespodcast, and on Twitter @wordsbeegeespod. Email us: wordsbeegeespodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Today on Funky Pearls Radio, we're delving into the life of David Ruffin, a towering figure in the soul and R&B world, whose voice came to define an era at Motown Records.  Born David Eli Ruffin on January 18, 1941, in Whynot, Mississippi, David's early years in the church choir laid the foundation for his future success. The younger brother of Jimmy Ruffin and cousin to Melvin Franklin of The Temptations, David was surrounded by musical talent from the start.  In his teens, David's foray into professional music began with the gospel group the Dixie Nightingales and continued with the doo-wop group the Voice Masters.  By 1960, he was in Detroit, signing with the Anna label as a solo artist, releasing singles that would mark the beginning of a remarkable journey. David's destiny with The Temptations began in 1964 when he replaced Eldridge Bryant. Initially a background vocalist, David soon emerged as a lead singer on hits like 'My Girl' and 'Ain't Too Proud To Beg', his voice becoming synonymous with the group's success.  However, his time with The Temptations was not without its challenges. By 1968, due to various issues, David was replaced in the group, leading him to embark on a solo career. His first solo hit, 'My Whole World Ended' in 1969, proved that his voice could captivate audiences just as powerfully on its own.  The 1970s saw David collaborate with his brother Jimmy and work with producers like Van McCoy. His album ‘Who I Am' in 1975, featuring the hit ‘Walk Away From Love', marked a high point, resonating with fans on both sides of the Atlantic. The late 1970s and early 1980s were a period of transition for David, with a brief imprisonment for tax evasion and a move to Warner Brothers Records.  His album 'Gentleman Ruffin' in 1980 and the subsequent reunion with Eddie Kendricks in 1982 rekindled memories of their Temptations days. David's collaboration with Kendricks culminated in the album 'Ruffin And Kendrick' in 1987, showcasing their enduring vocal magic.  This period also saw them perform with Hall And Oates at the Apollo and the Live Aid concert, celebrating their legacy in soul music. The early 1990s saw David recording with Ian Levine's Motor City label and touring with Eddie Kendricks and Dennis Edwards. However, this resurgence was cut short by his tragic death on June 1, 1991, in Philadelphia, following complications related to substance abuse.  David Ruffin's legacy in music is monumental. His voice not only defined the sound of The Temptations but also left a lasting impact on soul and R&B. His albums, from 'My Whole World Ended' to 'Ruffin And Kendrick', are testaments to his versatility and enduring appeal. As we reflect on David Ruffin's life and career on Funky Pearls Radio, we remember a man whose voice was as compelling as his life was complex.  His contributions to music continue to resonate, reminding us of the power of a soulful melody and a passionate voice. David Ruffin, a true legend of Motown, remains an unforgettable figure in the annals of soul music.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

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Eric Mann commentary—The Great Biden/Democratic Sell-Out on the Debt Ceiling Negotiations Reading from Politico, Eric exposes how Joe Biden, behind closed doors with Kevin McCarthy gave away food stamps for the poor and COVID funds for Indigenous and all people to retain The “Debt Ceiling” after pledging to give away nothing—and the Progressive Democrats As always, complain, whine, and then cave. Nina Simon's Virtuoso Performance of “Love Me or Leave Me” on the Ed Sullivan Show recorded on September 11, 1960, when she was 27 Conversation with Channing Martinez and Eric Mann on their new co-directorship of the Strategy Center Join us Saturday June 3 from 12-3 to celebrate the Strategy Center's expanded leadership team Channing, Eric, Barbara Lott-Holland, and Akunna Uka Strategy and Soul Movement Center 3546 Martin Luther King Blvd (at Crenshaw) 90008 Go to www.thestrategycenter.org to rsvp Eric sings his interpretation of Jimmy Ruffin's great “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted”

Hyvää joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta rakkaat kuulijat! Joulun juhlakauteen sopivasti Sami Ruokangas ja Juha Kakkuri käyvät läpi vuoden parhaita levyjä ja julkaisuja. Kuuntele, viihdy ja nauti elämästä! Jakson soittolista eli vuoden parhaita biisejä: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3x7Tmie8gefdluJX7vMX2V?si=c288cd0cd9db4d44 Menossa ovat mukana Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood, Ollie Brown, Billy Preston, Hubert Sumlin, Sheryl Crow, Howlin´ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Kirk Fletcher, Joe Bonamassa, Cyndi Lauper, Eros Ramazzotti, Albert King, B.B. King, Freddie King, Muscle Shoals, Bette Smith, Larkin Poe, Rebecca Lovell, Megan Lovell, Sam Huber, George Thorogood, The Hellacopters, AC/DC, Nicke Andersson, Beatles, Judas Priest, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ramones, Ghost, Papa Emeritus, Bruce Springsteen, Ron Aniello, The E Street Horns, Sam Moore, Sam & Dave, Dobie Gray, Commodores, Four Tops, The Temptations, Jimmy Ruffin, Sass Jordan, Rick Derringer, Johnny Winter, Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, Edgar Winter, Steve Lukather, Toto, Doyle Bramhall II, Robben Ford, Billy Gibbons, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Joe Walsh, Ringo Starr, Michael McDonald, Geroge Harrison, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Elton John, Jimmy Lee, Jerry Lee, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Lee Swaggart, Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Venom Inc., Simon McBride, Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore, Tommy Bolin, Steve Morse, Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore, GA-20, Hound Dog Taylor, Samantha Fish, Lähiöbotox, Nyrkkitappelu, KISSA, Aino ja Hajonneet, Shiraz Lane, Rose Tattoo, Angry Anderson, Mark Evans, Orange Goblin, Clutch, Megadeth, Night Demon, The Black Crowes, Shemekia Copeland, ZZ Top, Pink Floyd, Ozzy Osbourne, Nazareth, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Jimmy Murrison, Lee Agnew, Carl Sentance, Don Airey, KISS, Tom Waits, Fleetwood Mac, Juho Pitkänen, Kihara, Hurriganes, Remu, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Hannu Sormunen, Dana Fuchs, Järvenpään Puistoblues, Trudy Lynn, Ruth Fuchs ja Keith Richards.

Simon Price, Neil Kulkarni and Al Needham continue their voyage into this episode of TOTP, and the thick musk of denim and leather is beginning to permeate the air. Whitesnake! Saxon! Motörhead! Three youths up the front giving themselves a headache! Rude t-shirts! Jimmy Ruffin in a Hawaiian shirt! Close Encounters of the Errol Brown kind! RRROCKKKK! Video Playlist | Subscribe | Facebook | Twitter | The Chart Music Wiki | Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

**It's The Relax With Rendell Show Replay On Trax FM & Rendell Radio. Rendell Featured Boogie, Dance Classics, Contemporary Soul & Easy Listening FromRare Essence, Nat Augustin, Mike Anderson, Linda Tillery, Jimmy Ruffin, Imagination, Flight, Ella Andall, Damaris, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Bill Campbell, Alexander & More. Catch Rendell Every Saturday From 8PM UK Time The Stations: Trax FM & Rendell Radio #traxfm #rendellradio #soul #funk #70ssoul #80ssoul #60s #boogie #disco #raregrooves #soulclassics #reggae #nusoul #relaxwithrendell Listen Live Here Via The Trax FM Player: chat.traxfm.org/player/index.html Mixcloud LIVE :mixcloud.com/live/traxfm Free Trax FM Android App: play.google.com/store/apps/det...mradio.ba.a6bcb The Trax FM Facebook Page : facebook.com/original103.3 Trax FM Live On Hear This: hearthis.at/k8bdngt4/live Tunerr: tunerr.co/radio/Trax-FM Tune In Radio : tunein.com/radio/Trax-FM-s225176 OnLine Radio Box: onlineradiobox.com/uk/trax/?cs...cs=uk.traxRadio Radio Deck: radiodeck.com/radio/5a09e2de87...7e3370db06d44dc Radio.Net: traxfmlondon.radio.net Stream Radio : streema.com/radios/Trax_FM..The_Originals Live Online Radio: liveonlineradio.net/english/tr...ax-fm-103-3.htm**

On this week's show, we get ready for Thanksgiving by...  nerding out over Bruce Springsteen's superlative new soul covers record catching up with Charley Crockett's latest country soul joint  spinning fresh Motor City roots music from The Whiskey Charmers & Stella!  All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

As broadcast November 17, 2022 with plenty of Ruffin' about.  Tonight we mark the passing of a man who was instrumental to the early Motown Sound and therefore the entirety of what was to come in funk and soul, Jimmy Ruffin.  Unfortunately, the elder brother of David passed away on this date, so we wanted to show some love for a guy who never seemed to get his full due to start the show.  Lots of the aforementioned "what was to come" for this week in the rest of hour one, with a feature of Lady Blackbird, Vendredi sur Mer, SAULT, Robert Glasper, and our dear friend Kamen Ross who finishes the hour super strong and live way up in the Rockies!  Dan Lloyd once again ghosts into the studio while knocking stuff around for our AMPED feature, with a highlight on some deserving Grammy nods in the rock category in part 4, along with some amazing new stuff just out for the remainder, with our KROCKPOT feature giving a nod to one of Korea's hardest working bands Walking After U to close the radio process tonight.#feelthegravityTracklist (st:rt)Part I (00:00)Jimmy Ruffin – What Becomes of the Broken HeartedLee Fields – I Should Have Let You BeBobby Oroza with Cold Diamond & Mink – The Otherside (inst)Lady Blackbird – Feel It Comin' (single vers)Vendredi sur Mer – Tout m'ennuieChannel Tres – 6am Part II (30:03)SAULT – God's WillJuan Gabriel & George Benson – Luna Tres LunaThe Teskey Brothers – This Will Be Our YearLM.ORG feat Alice Russell – Playground GamesRobert Glasper feat Hindi Zahra – FeverKamen Ross – Yellow Rose (Live at Rocky Mountain National Park) Part III (59:45)Fake Names – Delete MyselfSmashing Pumpkins – Beyond the ValeShame – Fingers of SteelSharon van Etten – When I DieR. Ring – Still LifeManchester Orchestra – No Rule Part IV (93:42)Big Thief – MasterpieceTurnstile – BlackoutIdles – Car CrashThe Bad Ends – Thanksgiving 1915Death Valley Girls – What Are The Odds?Walking After U – Jekyll & Hyde 

**DJ Littlemans Beats International Show Replay On traxfm.org. This Week Littleman Gave Us Pop Classics/Reggae & Ska/Motown & Northern Soul,Boogie & RNB/Dance & Party Classics From Bad Manners, The Whispers, Elton John, The Allniters, Althia & Donna, David Bowie, Diana King, Rick Astley, Jackie Wilson, Jimmy Ruffin, Sweet Sensation, The Spinners, Love Band, Candi Staton, DNA, Bassheads & More DJ Littleman's Beats International Show Live Every Sunday From 9AM UK Time & 6PM Adelaide,Australia On traxfm.org #traxfm #pop #retro #reggae #ska #soul #party #boogie #RNB #motown Listen Here Via The Trax FM Player: chat.traxfm.org/player/index.html Mixcloud LIVE : sbee.link/9yjqfaw3bn Free Trax FM Android App: sbee.link/9akben3qhx The Trax FM Facebook Page : sbee.link/pk3yv84d7t Trax FM Live On Hear This: sbee.link/3acxf6yuwv Tunerr: sbee.link/uf9dbt8yg4 Tune In Radio : sbee.link/paxg6r4dtu OnLine Radio Box: sbee.link/mhry9v4f6n Radio Deck: sbee.link/fqyceatwbv sbee.link/ut4nfd69ge: sbee.link/b3xchkavnr Stream Radio : sbee.link/pwtg6784qy Live Online Radio: sbee.link/vn7kurpq3b**

This episode I have the opportunity to connect with Aiyana-Lee and chat about growing up in a musical family (her mother, manager, and creative partner, Nicole Daciana Anderson, is a multiplatinum singer-songwriter (Blue), her uncle was David Ruffin of The Temptations, and her grandfather was famed American soul singer Jimmy Ruffin). We talk about the difference between making music and working in the music industry, the power of self-reflection, and how she doesn't believe in mistakes and how every mistake can lead to a victory. Make sure to follow her on Instagram @aiyanaleeofficial and check out her website www.aiyana-lee.com for more information! "Aiyana-Lee cannot be put in a box. Combining elements of pop, R&B and soul with poignant, heartfelt lyrics about her lived experiences, she creates music that transcends genres. The british singer-songwriter's powerhouse vocals are captivating listeners, with her recent single “Bedroom” amassing more than 2.3 million streams on YouTube to date.Aiyana Lee grew up surrounded by music. Her mother, manager, and creative partner, Nicole Daciana Anderson, is a multiplatinum singer-songwriter (Blue), her uncle was David Ruffin of The Temptations, and her grandfather was famed American soul singer Jimmy Ruffin. She began singing at age two, a charismatic toddler who would jump on stage any chance she got – especially while joining her mother on tour.Most recently, she was discovered by legendary music producer and executive LA Reid, who signed Aiyana-Lee to his entertainment company & record label, HITCO.Now 21, Aiyana-Lee has honed her skills and sound to create a stunning debut album, WEDNESDAY'S CHILD, with SIDE A out now. Aiyana-Lee's music fuses contemporary pop elements with classic R&B and soul vibes. Her songs offer insights about staying true to yourself, avoiding the superficial trappings of Hollywood, the perils of abusive relationships, and prioritizing yourself and your dreams over romance."*more info at www.aiyana-lee.com

The Hollies, Dusty, Petula Clark,Jimmy Ruffin, Marvin Gaye, The Isley Brothers, Joe Cocker, Crystal Gales and loads more 2 hour of 'I Haven't Heard That In Ages' music

Fuego en la Pista de Baile, los éxitos y las novedades mas underground en www.ipopfm.com, cada miércoles de 20 a 21 horas. Hoy te invitamos a nuestra particular repaso al Blues, Soul y otras variedades! Déjate seducir por el programa más underground de iPOPfm. Déjate seducir por Fuego En La Pista de Baile! Han sonado: 1. Jimmy Ruffin – Don’t Feel Sorry For Me 2. Eli Paperboy Reed – Mama Tried 3. Eli Paperboy Reed – It’s Not Love, But It’s Not Bad 4. Betty Harris – There’s a Break In The Road 5. Helen Shapiro – Walking Back To Happiness 6. Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings – Tell Me 7. Jeff Hershey and The Heartbeats – Don’t Come Around 8. Koko Taylor – Wang Dang Doodle 9. Los Deltonos – Bien, mejor 10. Guadalupe Plata – Old Fashionned Communication Blues 11. Guadalupe Plata – That’s Where I’m At 12. Eddie Clearwater – Boogie My Blues Away 13. The Uppertones – Travelin’ Blues 14. The Skatalites – Four Corners 15. Charlie Babcock – Baby Baby Baby 16. Chuck Willis – Watcha Gonna Do (When Your Baby Leaves You) 17. Lisa Bett – I’m Movin’ On 18. Televisionaries – Annie 19. The King Khan and The BBQ Show – Going Down 20. Stormtroopers of Love – A Monster Like U 21. Flash Kicks – No Clue

**It's The Relax With Rendell Show Replay On Trax FM & Rendell Radio. Rendell Featured Boogie, Dance Classics, Contemporary Soul & Easy Listening From Benita, Bruce Grant, Freda Payne, Jeff Tyzik, Jimmy Ruffin, Majik, Najee, Paris, Round Trip, Rugenia Peoples Taylor, UB40, Ken Laxton & More. Catch Rendell Every Saturday From 8PM UK Time The Stations: Trax FM & Rendell Radio #traxfm #rendellradio #soul #funk #70ssoul #80ssoul #60s #boogie #disco #easylistening #soulclassics #reggae #nusoul #relaxwithrendell Listen Live Here Via The Trax FM Player: chat.traxfm.org/player/index.html Mixcloud LIVE :mixcloud.com/live/traxfm Free Trax FM Android App: play.google.com/store/apps/det...mradio.ba.a6bcb The Trax FM Facebook Page : facebook.com/original103.3 Trax FM Live On Hear This: hearthis.at/k8bdngt4/live Tunerr: tunerr.co/radio/Trax-FM Tune In Radio : tunein.com/radio/Trax-FM-s225176 OnLine Radio Box: onlineradiobox.com/uk/trax/?cs...cs=uk.traxRadio Radio Deck: radiodeck.com/radio/5a09e2de87...7e3370db06d44dc Radio.Net: traxfmlondon.radio.net Stream Radio : streema.com/radios/Trax_FM..The_Originals Live Online Radio: liveonlineradio.net/english/tr...ax-fm-103-3.htm**

**DJ Littlemans Beats International Show Replay On traxfm.org. This Week Littleman Gave Us Pop Classics/Reggae & Ska/Motown & Northern Soul,Boogie & RNB/Dance & Party Classics From The Specials, Ravie, Evelyn Champagne King, The Pointer Sisters, The Spinners, The Paragons, Yvonne Curtis, UB40, Jimmy James, Ted Taylor, Geno Washington, The Beginning Of The End, Jimmy Ruffin, Frank Wilson, Blondie, Atlantic Starr's Love Me Down (Chas Summers Re-Visit), Ce Ce Peniston & More DJ Littleman's Beats International Show Live Every Sunday From 9AM UK Time & 6PM Adelaide,Australia On traxfm.org #traxfm #pop #retro #reggae #ska #soul #party #boogie #RNB #motown Listen Here Via The Trax FM Player: chat.traxfm.org/player/index.html Mixcloud LIVE : sbee.link/9yjqfaw3bn Free Trax FM Android App: sbee.link/9akben3qhx The Trax FM Facebook Page : sbee.link/pk3yv84d7t Trax FM Live On Hear This: sbee.link/3acxf6yuwv Tunerr: sbee.link/uf9dbt8yg4 Tune In Radio : sbee.link/paxg6r4dtu OnLine Radio Box: sbee.link/mhry9v4f6n Radio Deck: sbee.link/fqyceatwbv sbee.link/ut4nfd69ge: sbee.link/b3xchkavnr Stream Radio : sbee.link/pwtg6784qy Live Online Radio: sbee.link/vn7kurpq3b**

RANDOLPH BROWN & COMPANY  IT AIN'T LIKE IT USED TO BE.ODYSSEY  BATTENED SHIPS.BOBBY THURSTON  TREAT ME THE SAME WAY.FRANKIE GEARING  TEARDROPS.FREDDIE LOWE  DECISIONS.CECIL SHAW  THIS I'VE GOTTA SEE.OTIS JACKSON  BEGGIN' FOR A BROKEN HEART.SIDE EFFECT  GEORGY PORGY.THELMA HOUSTON & JERRY BUTLER  AND YOU'VE GOT ME.WALTER JACKSON  WE COULD FLY.CON FUNK SHUN  LOVE SHINE.THE EMOTIONS  HOW'D I KNOW THAT LOVE WOULD SLIP AWAY?JIMMY RUFFIN  LOVE IS ALL WE NEED.GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS  THE GOING UPS AND THE COMING DOWNS.JR. WALKER  I'M SO GLAD.GASTON  LOVE IS GONNA GETCHA.LUTHER  COME BACK TO LOVE.EDDIE FINLEY  SAD HONORED NIGHT.BOBBY WOMACK  LOVE AIN'T SOMETHING YOU CAN GET FOR FREE.INCOGNITO  I LOVE WHAT YOU DO FOR ME.LANCE ELLINGTON  PLEASURE AND PAIN.RENE & ANGELA  MY FIRST LOVE.MICHAEL JACKSON  GOT TO BE THERE (THE STRIPPED MIXES).GLORIA GAYNOR  TOUCH OF LIGHTNING.KING FLOYD  MY GIRL.CARL CARLTON  THIS FEELING'S RATED X-TRA.JOHNNY ADAMS  I WISH IT WOULD RAIN.ARETHA FRANKLIN  A CHANGE IS GONNA COME (MONO).TIMMY THOMAS  WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER? (RIP TIMMY).

We had the pleasure of interviewing Aiyana-Lee over Zoom video!R&B-pop singer Aiyana-Lee releases her debut EP ‘WEDNESDAY'S CHILD (SIDE A)' (HITCO). The seven-track project will lead into a forthcoming full-length album WEDNESDAY'S CHILD, out later this year. Also out today is the official video for “Gangster of Love”, the Top 10 US R&B Radio track which she performed on the hit daytime talk show “The Real.” Directed by Nayip Ramos, the gritty visual shows a playful Aiyana-Lee strutting through a jail cell as a wanted criminal while professing her innocence and her title as the “Gangster of Love”. Ramos previously directed the video for “Killa Killa” (with KSI) which racked up over 8 million video views and hit #27 on the UK Singles Chart. Combining elements of pop, R&B and soul with poignant, heartfelt lyrics, Aiyana-Lee's powerhouse vocals have already captivated listeners and amassed over 60 million streams and video views. With athletic vocals that are both powerful and emotive, Aiyana-Lee's voice is a refreshing, powerful sight to behold. On ‘WEDNESDAY'S CHILD (SIDE A)', Aiyana-Lee taps an impressive list of collaborators including GRAMMY Award-Winning producer Neff-U (Michael Jackson, Doja Cat), Sebastian Kole (Alicia Keys, Alessia Cara), Nathalia Marshall (Kiana Lede, Bebe Rexha) & multi-platinum singer-songwriter Nicole Daciana Anderson (BLUE), who is also Aiyana-Lee's mother, manager and creative partner. ABOUT AIYANA-LEE21-year-old Aiyana Lee grew up surrounded by music— her uncle was David Ruffin of The Temptations, and her grandfather was famed American soul singer Jimmy Ruffin. Starting her journey of singing at the age of two, she jumped on stage whenever she had the chance and grabbed the mic and belt out lyrics as a toddler when her mother brought her on tour. She moved to Los Angeles from London with her mother at the age of 15 to further pursue her music career. An artist whose vocal depth speaks for itself, Aiyana-Lee is the most recent signing to legendary music producer & executive LA Reid's entertainment company HITCO.We want to hear from you! Please email Tera@BringinitBackwards.com. www.BringinitBackwards.com #podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #AiyanaLee #WednesdaysChild #SideA #NewMusic #zoom Listen & Subscribe to BiB https://link.chtbl.com/BiB Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/groups/bringinbackpod

**DJ Littlemans Beats International Show Replay On traxfm.org. This Week Littleman Gave Us Pop Classics/Reggae & Ska/Motown & Northern Soul,Boogie & RNB/Dance & Party Classics From Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Ruffin, Shannon, Amii Stewart, Johnny Bristol, Barrington Levy, Morgan Heritage, The Four Tops, Bobby Hebb, Al Wilson, Blondie, The Cure, Loose Ends, Fonda Rae, The Isley Brothers, Sybil & More DJ Littleman's Beats International Show Live Every Sunday From 9AM UK Time & 6PM Adelaide,Australia On traxfm.org #traxfm #pop #retro #reggae #ska #soul #party #boogie #RNB #motown Listen Here Via The Trax FM Player: chat.traxfm.org/player/index.html Mixcloud LIVE : sbee.link/9yjqfaw3bn Free Trax FM Android App: sbee.link/9akben3qhx The Trax FM Facebook Page : sbee.link/pk3yv84d7t Trax FM Live On Hear This: sbee.link/3acxf6yuwv Tunerr: sbee.link/uf9dbt8yg4 Tune In Radio : sbee.link/paxg6r4dtu OnLine Radio Box: sbee.link/mhry9v4f6n Radio Deck: sbee.link/fqyceatwbv sbee.link/ut4nfd69ge: sbee.link/b3xchkavnr Stream Radio : sbee.link/pwtg6784qy Live Online Radio: sbee.link/vn7kurpq3b**

Song: Hold On To My LoveSong by: Jimmy Ruffin Hello! I'm Gail Nobles & you're listening to Sound Flave. You know it's hard to live without someone you've been close to. Robin Gibb wrote a song that explained those feelings, and it was performed by soul singer Jimmy Ruffin. The song was titled, “Hold On To My Love”. It was a song released in 1980. It reached #10 in the US. I never heard that song again for a long time after 1980. But I never forgot the chorus.(Chorus)I need to add that both Robin Gibb & Blue Weaver we're songwriters for the song & they were the producers. The song was released on Jimmy Ruffin's album , “Sunrise”.Oh, what a great song. I'm sure there are many great memories with it. It's a song that always stayed with me. I'm sure it's a song that always stayed with some of you. Jimmy Ruffin is a legend and the song lives on. Robin Gibb is no longer with us and Blue Weaver is still with us. Thanks to the two of them we have a great song to remember. And thanks to soul singer Jimmy Ruffin. The title of the song is “Hold On To My Love”.

Urodzeni: Gordon Lightfoot [FOTO], Gene Clark (Byrds), Martin Barre (Jethro Tull), Jeff Buckley, “Kiler”.Zmarli: George Morrison, Jimmy Ruffin.Nagranie z roku 2021.

**DJ Littlemans Beats International Show Replay On traxfm.org. This Week Littleman Gave Us Pop Classics/Reggae & Ska/Motown & Northern Soul,Boogie & RNB/Dance & Party Classics From Another Level, Fugees, Sugar Minott, Jimmy Ruffin, Double Trouble, Kool & The Gang, The Real Thing, Lonnie Gordon, Gladys Knight, Lord Creator, Bad Manners, Koffee, Gabrielle & More DJ Littleman's Beats International Show Live Every Sunday From 9AM UK Time & 6PM Adelaide,Australia On traxfm.org #traxfm #pop #retro #reggae #ska #soul #party #boogie #RNB #motown Listen Here Via The Trax FM Player: chat.traxfm.org/player/index.html Mixcloud LIVE : sbee.link/9yjqfaw3bn Free Trax FM Android App: sbee.link/9akben3qhx The Trax FM Facebook Page : sbee.link/pk3yv84d7t Trax FM Live On Hear This: sbee.link/3acxf6yuwv Tunerr: sbee.link/uf9dbt8yg4 Tune In Radio : sbee.link/paxg6r4dtu OnLine Radio Box: sbee.link/mhry9v4f6n Radio Deck: sbee.link/fqyceatwbv sbee.link/ut4nfd69ge: sbee.link/b3xchkavnr Stream Radio : sbee.link/pwtg6784qy Live Online Radio: sbee.link/vn7kurpq3b**

(Show 132) 1hr of classic Motown with Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, Jackson 5, The Four Tops, The Contours, Jimmy Ruffin, The Spinners, Barrett Strong, The Isley Brothers, Supremes , Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Junior Walker & the All Stars. Tips at cash app $djbenniejamesOr support at all levels at djbenniejames.com/podcastOne-time donations to https://djbenniejames.com/supportLicensed for digital streaming & play  ASCAP 400009874 & BMI - 61044939THANKS as always to all my Supporters, Sponsors and Music Pool MembersVery Special Thanks to : Life Destiny SOULutions & the Gardner FamilySupport the show (https://djbenniejames.com/podcast)

Dancefloor Memories with Patrick Hawkins, 60 Minutes of Classic Soul Podcast. Classic tracks, from, Chairmen of the Board, Showstoppers, The Temptations, Jimmy Ruffin, The Chiffons, The Detroit Spinners, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Teddy Pendergrass, Dorothy Moore, Patti Austin and James Ingram, Lou Rowles, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, and FIVE Northern Soul tracks in a row.. Just settle down with a long drink and chill or boogie around your kitchen to tracks others would never dream of playing! Spread the word, give me a like and follow my Podcasts. Much Love Pat

GARCIAWALKER&DURRELL  PRAYING FOR RAIN.LINDA LEWIS  ON THE STAGE.JIMMY RUFFIN  I WILL NEVER LET YOU GET AWAY.DIANA ROSS  SOMETHING ON MY MIND.FOUR WONDERS  JUST LOOKING FOR MY LOVE.BRIAN POWER FEAT. LIFFORD  TIME AFTER TIME (RADIO EDIT).REGI MYRIX FEAT. HIL ST. SOUL  ONE LIFE (LIFE UNLIMITED SUITE REMIX).D. FOLKS  FEELIN'.BROOKLYN GROOVE MACHINE  DÉJÀ VU (BABY POWDER COMP MIX).RICH BEGGAR  PRETTY BROWN EYES (GEORGIE B REMIX).LEELA JAMES  TRYIN' TO GET BY.WILLIE & WEST  ATTICA MASSACRE.CYNTHIA & THE IMAGINARY THREE  THAT'S WHAT I AM (WITHOUT YOU).BETTYE SWANN  EITHER YOU LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME.LEE HURST  WHOLE LOTTA YOUR LOVE.D'JEAR FEAT. HEIDI BURSON  SHOW ME.CHRISTOS TAMBOURATZIS FEAT. MARIANNA SEAS  MOMENT IN TIME.WILL DOWNING  THE WARMTH OF YOU.VICTOR HAYNES  SWEET LOVIN'.CHANDRA CURRELLEY  TELL ME WHAT I GOTTA DO.LORI WILLIAMS  BABY HOLD ON (TO ME).DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS  I CAN SEE.JACKIE WILSON  IT'S ALL OVER.WILLIE & THE MIGHTY MAGNIFICENTS  GET AWAY FROM ME GIRL.ARETHA FRANKLIN  WHEN I THINK ABOUT YOU.BETTYE SWANN  THIS OLD HEART OF MINE.SOULUTIONS FEAT. GORDON GEE  HIGH HORSE.A-P CONNECTION FEAT. AVA BAYA  IDYLLE.JONAS RENBO  WHATEVER YOU LIKE.PRIVATPROJEKT FEAT. STEFANIE S.  C'MON.AL JARREAU  USE ME.CLAIRE DAVIS  THRIVE.ROBERT FINLEY  SOULED OUT ON YOU.BOB BALDWIN FEAT. TONI REDD  EVERY MOMENT.DON-E  BE A STAR!VANESSA POOLIAN  MOVIN' ON.TILLY & THE GRACES  GO NOW.ARETHA FRANKLIN  ANGEL (WORK TAPE).

Music & Memories (Aug 70) Radio Northsea International (online Sat 7pm UK time) music from: The Kinks, Cat Stevens, Ten Years After, Stevie Wonder, Free, Eric Burdon & War, B. J. Thomas, Jimmy Ruffin, Elvis Presley, Marmalade and more....

...Bruce Hornsby, Jimmy Ruffin...Jagger and Bowie...and Louis and Keely....you know....not just the same old same old....

Evelyn plays Nem in this midweek edition of the PopMaster Podcast with Ken Bruce,

Make Me A Winner – Jimmy Ruffin – forthcoming North Broad St 45 – 2021 I Am – Laura Rain & The Caesars – Forthcoming LRK 45 – 2021 Ain’t Nobody Worrying – Tia Carroll – You Gotta Have It – 2021 Rebel – Carmy Love – Forthcoming Big AC 45 – 2021 Use Me – Mary Gresham – MD Records 45 – 2021 Southern Girl – Willie Clayton – 2021 Enuff – Mississippi Hummin Boy – Crunch Time – 2021 Boots Knockin – Jeter Jones – Jonez Boyz Presents Trailride Certified Vol 2 – 2021 Stop Before You Lose Me – Joe Adams – Forthcoming Soul Direction 45 – 2021 Isn’t She A Pretty Girl – Alexander Morris – IZIPHO Soul – 2021 Take Me Back - Jimmy Ruffin – forthcoming North Broad St 45 – 2021 I Still Love You – Raheem DeVaughn – 2021 Day By Day – Eric Roberson – Unreleased Warner Bros – 1994 Spoil You – Estee Pierce – 2021 God Is Love – Reverend Milton Brunson – God Is Love – 2021 Rest – Catherine Brinson – 2021 One More Chance Lord – Delores Fuller – Miles Away Reissue – 2021 Young Ideas – The Originals – Forthcoming MD Records 45 – 2021 Standing In The Safety Zone – The Soul Children – Everybody Makes Mistakes Sometimes Stax Southern Soul Vol 2 – 2021 I Aint Got The Love (Of One Girl On My Mind) – The Ambassadors – Arctic Records – 1969 You Are – Esquire – 2021 Rush - Mississippi Hummin Boy – Crunch Time – 2021 Choices – Kami Cole – 2021 Man Torn – Eric Shaun - 2021 You Might Have To Hurt – OB Buchanna – Southern Soul Brother – 2021 I Just Heard Your Leaving – The Bamboos – Hard Up – 2021 Even When I’m Not Alone - Tia Carroll – You Gotta Have It – 2021 I Don't Want To Be hurt Anymore – James Carr – Diggin Deep 45 – 2021 Rain ( Remix) – Jeter Jones, Big Pooh, Volton Wright & David Jones - Jonez Boyz Presents Trailride Certified Vol 2 – 2021 Waiting On You – Tony Rogers – 2021 Spend My Life With You – Nathan Mitchell feat Glenn Jones – Love Language – 2021 Hopes Up – JD’s Time Machine feat Jeff Ramsey – Forthcoming IZIPHO Soul 45 - 2021

Open Your Eyes – Arenita Walker – North Broad St 45 – 2021 Is It You – BB Soul feat Cheri Maree – 2021 Made Me A Winner - Jimmy Ruffin – Forthcoming New Broad St 45 – 2021 Hopes Up – JD’s Music Machine Presents Jeff Ramsey – Forthcoming IZIPHO Soul 45 – 2021 Dynamite – Maria Sanchez Forthcoming Soul Tune 45 – 2021 Forgive Me – Darrell Banks – 45 – 2021 Stop Before You Lose Me – Joe Adams – Forthcoming Soul Direction 45 – 2021 Go Back – Sydney Ranee – 2021 You & Me – Leroy Allen – 2021 Free Me From You – Maxine Davis – Heart Cries & Goodbyes – 2021 Can’t You Hear Me Calling You – Bobby Wade - Rust Side Story Vol 24 – 2021 Man Torn – Eric Shaun – 2021 Easy To Love - J Kabel – Insanity – 2021 Spoil You – Estee Pierce – 2021 Angel – Willie Allen – 2021 Take A Chance – Doug Payne & Carmen Bryant – Forthcoming Super Disco Edits - 2021 Take Me Back – Jimmy Ruffin – Forthcoming New Broad St 45 – 2021 Got You – Roderick Harper – Back To Love – 2021 I Love Making Love – Charles Mintz – Its About Time – 2017 Sometimes Man – Bird Williams – 2021 In The Morning – Tre Williams – 2021 He’s Not The One – Stripped Down Music feat L. Young – 2021 You Made A Fool Of Me – Anthony Hamilton – 2021 I’m Sorry – Bottom & Co – Forthcoming MD Records – 2021 Someone – Terry & The Pyrates – Forthcoming Diggin Deep – 2021 Loving You Is Easy – Now – Rust Side Story Vol 24 – 2021 There For Me – J Kabel – Insanity – 2021 Hold On – Yvaes Diirell – 2021 Super High On Your love – Bobby Barnes – Soul4Real 45 – 2021 Living All alone – Olivia Lewis – Now Or Never Live EP – 2021 Never Let Me Go – Tia Carroll – You Gotta Have It – 2021 Lets Work It Out – Nicholas Davis – 2021

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This week, after tad a’ 1956 Chuck Berry: brand new Joy Formidable, GospelbeacH, Real Estate, Fastbacks, Teenage Fanclub, Flyying Colours, and Cliff and Ivy, plus Jimmy Ruffin, Elvis Presley,... Real Punk Radio podcast Network brings you the best in Punk, Rock, Underground Music around! From Classic Oi!, Psychobilly and Hardcore to some Classic Rock n Roll and 90's indie Alt Rock greatness!! With Tons of Live DJ's that like to Talk Music From Garage Rock, to Ska.. We are True MUSIC GEEKS!

            This week, a spectacular tribute to Motown. We begin with the legendary Smokey Robinson talking about his start with the label, his biggest hits, writing for others and his favourite Motown performer. Smokey also talks about Diana Ross, The Temptations and other Motown legends. In the most powerful interview clip, Smokey reveals the considerable challenges in being a black-owned company in America during the civil rights era.             Smokey also tells the amazing stories behind the hits “Shop Around”, “I Second That Emotion”, “Tears Of A Clown” and “Mickey’s Monkey”.             We also have a wonderful mid ‘80s interview with Mary Wells, whose 1964 hit “My Guy” was one of the first Motown smashes.  In this interview, recorded a mere 5 years before Mary’s death, she explains why she left the label that made her famous.             We also speak to Motown legend Jimmy Ruffin, who talks about his biggest hit, “What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted” and the profound effect it had on him and his fans. Next week, we continue our tribute to Motown with Diana Ross and Mary Wilson of The Supremes, a very young Michael Jackson talks about how the Jackson 5 got started, Stevie Wonder talks about his first massive hit, The Temptations talk about the legacy of their music, Lionel Richie recalls walking the halls of Motown for the first time and Martha Reeves explains how she started as a Motown secretary and became one of the biggest stars of the ‘60s. Famous Lost Words is heard in 31 countries worldwide and on radio stations across Canada, including Newstalk 1010 Toronto, CJAD 800 Montreal, 580 CFRA Ottawa, AM 800 CKLW Windsor, Newstalk 1290 London, 610 CKTB St Catharines, CFAX Victoria, AM1150 Kelowna and 91x in Belleville.  If you’d like to promote your business to THOUSANDS of music lovers – think about sponsoring our show.  To find out more – email us – famouslostpod@gmail.com. 

Norman Washington "Junior" Giscombe (born 6 June 1957) is an English singer-songwriter (frequently known simply by the mononym, Junior) who was one of the first British R&B artists to be successful in the United States. He is best known for his 1982 hit single, "Mama Used to Say". CAREERGiscombe was born in Wandsworth, London, and was a backing vocalist with Linx between 1980 and 1982. When turning towards a solo career, he was first billed simply as Junior and he scored a #7 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1982, with "Mama Used to Say". His follow-up single, "Too Late" also made the Top 20 in the UK. "Mama Used to Say" was also a Top 40 Pop hit and Top 5 R&B in the United States, earning him a "Best Newcomer" award from Billboard magazine. Sometime (most likely) around 1984 and 1985, Junior Giscombe recorded (and very possibly co-wrote) an unknown number of songs with Phil Lynott, the former leader, vocalist and bass player of hard rock band Thin Lizzy. Lynott died in January 1986 and the songs were never officially released. Most remain as demos, but one of the songs, "Lady Loves to Dance", was mastered and nearly released before being pulled by the record company. Some of the songs are available on YouTube, including "What's the Matter Baby" (Giscombe provides backing vocals) and "Time (and Again)" (Giscombe shares vocals with Lynott). After a period outside the charts, he made a brief return to the Top 10 in 1987 when he sang a duet with Kim Wilde on "Another Step (Closer to You)". He also became involved with the formation of Red Wedge in 1986 with Billy Bragg, Jimmy Somerville and Paul Weller, and had been a part of The Council Collective with The Style Council, Jimmy Ruffin and others for the 1984 fundraising single, "Soul Deep" and in 1992 appeared on stage at the 1992 Labour rally in SheffieldSheffield_Rally singing Curtis Mayfield's[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Mayfield ([1])] 'Move on Up'. Later Giscombe became better known as a songwriter for various artists, including Sheena Easton. He is currently a DJ with internet radio station Solarradio.com, although he is not listed on their website. Giscombe is the uncle of British comedian Richard Blackwood, who sampled "Mama Used to Say" on his single "Mama – Who Da Man" in June 2000. www.juniorgiscombe.co.uk www.joekelleyradio.com Originally aired February 23rd, 2006

In Part 13 of My Life My Music with the guvnor Alan Hudson Al picks the tracks and reminisces about those songs and the characters that shaped the career & life of one of the games greatest talents..... #alanhudson #theguvnor #mylifemymusic, music from Jimmy Ruffin, Wayne fontana, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark, Beatles and Frank Sinartra. With The Gabbie Cabbie Produced by Chris Browne   More at www.srbmedia.co.uk 

In Episode 38 Bonnie Myotai offers a reflection on how the shift happens from always looking to be loved to looking for how we can be loving. A bit of Jimmy Ruffin's “What Becomes of the Broken-hearted,” getting an “I'm Wrong” tee shirt, and how not to turn spiritual practice into a plate of cold liver. You read that right...! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bonnie-myotai/support