THE greatest Motown song..

[chilligrape]

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hello all,

just registered today and thought I would add my two penneth!

top 5 motown songs,

1. get ready temptations
2. bernadette four tops
3. standing in the shadows of love four tops
4 set me free supremes
5 tears of a clown smokey robinson

I also love shop around (is that smokey robinson??)

[Heather74]

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Great list welcome to DYR chilli

[chilligrape]

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thanks heather,

think I will enjoy browsing and posting on this site!

[karenbrown18]

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Blimey this is a difficult one! But here goes, will probably change my mind after submitting!

Heaven must have sent you - The Elgins
Dancing in the Street - Martha Reeves &The Vandellas
Third Finger left hand - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (b side of Jimmy Mack)
I'm getting ready for love - Diana Ross
Yester-me, yester-you, yesterday - Stevie Wonder

[jolima71]

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mmmm another toughie but here goes

Jimmy Mack Martha Reeves &The Vandellas
Baby Love The Supremes
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) - Four Tops
Money (That's What I Want) unsure of artist
Needle In a Haystack - Velvelettes


and slowies

Three Times a Lady - Commodores
The Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Endless Love - Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted? - Jimmy Ruffin
Hello - Lionel Richie

[tamlaman]

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I'll say forever my love [Jimmy Ruffin] but i've passed This way before [Jimmy Ruffin] No wait!! suddenly I hear a symphony [Supremes/Isley Bros] or is it a Lovers concerto [Toys/Supremes] Wow, There's no stopping us now [supremes] no matter Wherever i lay my hat [Marvin Gaye]. If you Put yourself in my place [Chris Clark version] Little darling [Marvin Gaye/Flirtations] and Be young Foolish and Happy [Tams] You just may get The sweetest feeling [Jackie Wilson] God it's so hard to just pick one, especially if you are A man like me [Jimmy James] Perhaps then It takes two [Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell] Well i just can't decide so Ill send an S.O.S. Edwin Starr]. Ill finish now but isn't Farewell a lonely sound [Jimmy Ruffin]. Never mind Someday we'll be together [Supremes] no matter Whats, going on [Marvin Gaye]!!!!
Tamla/northern soul it's a way of life you feel it.

[rossobantam]

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lol

nice one tamlaman!

[curmudgeon]

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It's a Shame - Detroit Spinners
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Psychedelic Shack - The Temptations
SOS - Edwin Starr
Walk Away Renee - Four Tops

There. The first five that came into my head, there has to be a reason.

[kazboot]

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As Motown has been my favourite music since I was a kid, this is really hard.
After much deliberation.

Reach Out I'll Be There - The Four Tops
I'll Be There - The Jackson Five
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Just My Imagination - The Temptations
What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted? - Jimmy Ruffin

Reserve: Tracks Of My Tears - Smokey Robinson

[Kiop]

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Diana Ross - My Old Piano.

No contest imho.

[frame]

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Papa was a rolling stone,Sweet!!! Good bass line!

[Derekflint]

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The Happening - Diana Ross and the Supremes. From the rather dramatic opening to one of the most joyous songs ever - always makes me smile.

Love Hangover - aw yeah.

[curmudgeon]

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Tough, very tough, and I'm leaving out many songs that may on another day have made the list.

1. I Can't Help Myself - The Four Tops
2. It's a Shame - The Detroit Spinners
3. Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations
4. Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
5. Heatwave - Martha & The Vandellas

[edeech]

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Percy Sledge: When a Man Loves a Woman (Atlantic label)
James Brown: I Got You/I Feel Good (King label)
Supremes: Baby Love (Mowtown label)
Supremes: You Keep Me Hangin On (Mowtown label)
Marth and The Vandellas: Jimmy Mack (Gordy label)

[zip55]

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Baby Hit and Run - the Contours
Stay in my lonely arms - the Elgins
Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday - Stevie Wonder
Ghost in my House - R Dean Taylor
Grapevine - Marvin Gaye