Tamla is 60

[johncorrigan]

Sixty years since Mr Gordy set up Tamla, one of the great pop labels of the 20th century. Look at the list: Stevie, Marvin, Gladys, Martha; Supremes, Temps, Tops, Jackos; Smokey, Holland, Dozier, Holland...and so many more, great arrangers, wonderful musicians, dodgy choreographers. Hard to pick favourites but I have a real soft spot for Marvin singing with Kim Weston on 'It Takes Two'...guaranteed to bring a smile to my face and recall singing it with my daughter on the way to the school bus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB5sCP6s120

[Lat-Literal]

Sixty years since Mr Gordy set up Tamla, one of the great pop labels of the 20th century. Look at the list: Stevie, Marvin, Gladys, Martha; Supremes, Temps, Tops, Jackos; Smokey, Holland, Dozier, Holland...and so many more, great arrangers, wonderful musicians, dodgy choreographers. Hard to pick favourites but I have a real soft spot for Marvin singing with Kim Weston on 'It Takes Two'...guaranteed to bring a smile to my face and recall singing it with my daughter on the way to the school bus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB5sCP6s120

I missed this post the first time round. Yes indeed. A new study confirms the 60s to 90s as the Golden Age of pop music. The findings are based on feedback from young people today who had a high recognition of the records which were released before they were alive but quickly forgot any songs released since 2000. Can't say that I am in the slightest bit surprised.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news/study-confirms-60s-90s-golden-15792539

Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes of the Brokenhearted - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQywZYoGB1g