"Do It to Me" is a song by #American singer #LionelRichie. The song was written by Richie, and produced by himself and #StewartLevine. It was the first single from his first compilation album, #BackToFront and was released in 1992 by #MotownRecords. The song spent one week at number one on the US #Billboard #HotRAndBHipHopSongs chart and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard #Hot100. "Do It to Me" also achieved some success in European countries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR0UjLGtFdU

"Still" is a 1979 song by the #soulMusic group the #Commodores. It was released as a #single on #MotownRecords with "Such a Woman" as the #Bside. The song appears on their 1979 hit album #MidnightMagic. This was their last No. 1 hit in the United States. #CashBox said it was a "tender, lilting #ballad" with "a soft, building piano figure" and "expressive, plaintive lead vocal." #Billboard praised the " poignant lyric and slow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIWJtPR_BEg

"Still" is a 1979 song by the #soulMusic group the #Commodores. It was released as a #single on #MotownRecords with "Such a Woman" as the #Bside. The song appears on their 1979 hit album #MidnightMagic. This was their last No. 1 hit in the United States. #CashBox said it was a "tender, lilting #ballad" with "a soft, building piano figure" and "expressive, plaintive lead vocal." #Billboard praised the " poignant lyric and slow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIWJtPR_BEg

"Cruisin'" is a 1979 single written, produced, and performed by the American singer-songwriter #SmokeyRobinson for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. One of Robinson's most successful singles outside of his work with #theMiracles, "Cruisin'" hit number one on the U.S. #CashBox Top 100 and was also a #Billboard #Hot100 hit, peaking at number four the week of February 2, 1980. It was a top-five hit on the Soul chart as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx77P0VH6FA

"Do It to Me" is a song by #American singer #LionelRichie. The song was written by Richie, and produced by himself and #StewartLevine. It was the first single from his first compilation album, #BackToFront and was released in 1992 by #MotownRecords. The song spent one week at number one on the US #Billboard #HotRAndBHipHopSongs chart and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard #Hot100. "Do It to Me" also achieved some success in European countries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs-4ERnJxbA

"You're All I Need to Get By" is a song recorded by the American #RAndB/#soul duo #MarvinGaye and #TammiTerrell and released on #MotownRecords' Tamla label in 1968. It was the basis for the 1995 single "#IllBeThereForYouYoureAllINeedToGetBy" from #MethodMan and #MaryJBlige.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScVkxt4W3lo

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the #Billboard #RAndB Singles chart and number two on the Billboard #PopSingles chart and shortly became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXWHpbpNdHE

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the #Billboard #RAndB Singles chart and number two on the Billboard #PopSingles chart and shortly became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixqofv-Oi74

The Temptations Celebrate 60 Years (and 1 Billion Streams) of ‘My Girl’: ‘A Group of Our Ilk Should Have Been Through a Long Time Ago’
#Variety #News #MotownRecords #TheTemptations

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/temptations-my-girl-60th-anniversary-otis-williams-1236258694/

"For Once in My Life" is a song written by #RonMiller and Orlando Murden for #MotownRecords' Stein & Van Stock publishing company, and first recorded in 1965. It was written and first recorded as a slow #ballad, in 1965 by #ConnieHaines, but the first version to be released was by #JeanDuShon in 1966. Other early versions of the ballad were issued by #NancyWilson, the #FourTops, #theTemptations, #DianaRossAndTheSupremes and #TonyBennett.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzFZlPbY1ZQ

"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by #JimmyRuffin and released on #MotownRecords' Soul label in the summer of 1966. It is a #ballad, with lead singer Jimmy Ruffin recalling the pain that befalls the broken-hearted who had love that's now departed. The tune was written by #WilliamWeatherspoon, #PaulRiser, and #JamesDean, and the recording was produced by Weatherspoon and #WilliamMickeyStevenson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZfnKqAGlfY

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by #NormanWhitfield and #BarrettStrong for #MotownRecords in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for #GladysKnightAndThePips and released as a single in September 1967. It went to number one on the #Billboard #RAndB Singles chart and number two on the Billboard #PopSingles chart and shortly became the biggest selling Motown single up to that time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFjJLMHRHFI

"Keep On Truckin'" is a 1973 hit song recorded by #EddieKendricks for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. The #clavinet-featuring song was Kendricks' first major hit as a solo artist, coming two years after his departure from #TheTemptations. "#KeepOnTruckin" reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and #RAndBSinglesChart upon its release, and was Kendricks' only number-one solo hit. It also reached #18 on the #UKCharts. #Vibes are played by Gary Coleman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aElKjhSwjBc

"The Love You Save" is a song recorded by #theJackson5 for #MotownRecords. It was released as a #single on May 13, 1970, and held the number-one spot on the soul singles chart in the US for six weeks and the number-one position on the #Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks, from June 27 to July 4, 1970 and sold over 2 million copies in the United States. In the #UKTop40 chart, it peaked at number 7 in August 1970.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6pLV9xZczM

"Ain't Too Proud to Beg" is a 1966 song and hit single by #theTemptations for #MotownRecords' Gordy label, produced by #NormanWhitfield and written by Whitfield and #EdwardHollandJr The song peaked at number 13 on the #Billboard Pop Chart, and was a number-one hit on the Billboard R&B charts for eight non-consecutive weeks. The song's success, in the wake of the relative underperformance of the previous Temptations' single, "#GetReady".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_OSdjw4MB4

"Cruisin'" is a 1979 single written, produced, and performed by American singer-songwriter #SmokeyRobinson for #MotownRecords' Tamla label. One of Robinson's most successful singles outside of his work with #theMiracles, "Cruisin'" hit number one on the U.S. #CashBox Top 100 and was also a #Billboard #Hot100 hit, peaking at number four the week of February 2, 1980. It was a top-five hit on the Soul chart as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlzY6cWpoMQ

"For Once in My Life" is a song written by #RonMiller and Orlando Murden for #MotownRecords' Stein & Van Stock publishing company, and first recorded in 1965. It was written and first recorded as a slow #ballad, in 1965 by #ConnieHaines, but the first version to be released was by #JeanDuShon in 1966. Other early versions of the ballad were issued by #NancyWilson, the #FourTops, #theTemptations, #DianaRossAndTheSupremes and #TonyBennett.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qUm9SIQf7M

Soul, psychedelia and sensuality: Minnie Riperton’s 20 best songs – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/aug/01/minnie-riperton-20-best-songs-ranked #ArethaFranklin #Motownrecords #StevieWonder #Culture #Music

Abdul “Duke” Fakir Dies: The Four Tops’ Last Surviving Member Was 88
#News #Obituaries #AbdulDukeFakir #MotownRecords #TheFourTops

https://deadline.com/2024/07/abdul-duke-fakir-dead-the-four-tops-1236017990/