Motown Classics
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- The Basics
It was billed as "The Sound of Young America," but the growing Motown label was being modest: in truth, the imprint's output was the sound of all America, with sparkly soul hits that appealed to black and white, young and old. Anchored by founder Berry Gordy's vision, and by songwriters Smokey Robinson and Holland/Dozier/Holland, Motown unleashed a steady stream of soul-pop landmarks — from its first hit, Barrett Strong's fierce ode to coin, "Money (That's What I Want)," to Marvin Gaye's indelible signature haunter, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," to Smokey's twin #1 classics, "My Guy" for Mary Wells and "My Girl" for the Temptations.
$30.66 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Stereo) Marvin Gaye 3:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 My Girl The Temptations 2:56 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 I Want You Back (Single) Jackson 5 2:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Ain't Too Proud to Beg The Temptations 2:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Stop! In The Name Of Love The Supremes 2:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Dancing in the Street Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 2:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 3:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 ABC Jackson 5 2:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 The Tracks of My Tears Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 3:00 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) Marvin Gaye 3:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Reach Out I'll Be There The Four Tops 3:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 I Can't Get Next to You (Single Version) The Temptations 2:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 War Edwin Starr 3:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 My Guy Mary Wells 2:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 The Tears of a Clown Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 3:07 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) [Single Version] The Temptations 3:48 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Superstition Stevie Wonder 4:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye 4:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours Stevie Wonder 2:41 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Long Version) Diana Ross 6:20 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) The Temptations 4:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 Money (That's What I Want) [Single] Barrett Strong 2:37 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Shop Around The Miracles 2:50 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Papa Was a Rollin' Stone The Temptations 6:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 25 I'll Be There Jackson 5 3:56 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Next Steps
Motown didn't just feed its artists great songs; it carefully groomed its stars for success. Martha Reeves joined the company as a secretary before leading the Vandellas to chart-scorchers like "(Love Is Like A) Heatwave" and "Nowhere to Run." Lifetime Motown legend Stevie Wonder was still using the "Little" when his album Little Stevie Wonder/The 12-Year-Old Genius, with its can't-sit-still live single "Fingertips, Pt. 2," hit #1. And the Supremes, with their down-to-the-smallest-sequin attention to costume and choreography, were such a dictionary-picture-perfect crossover act, they appeared on that bastion of middle-American TV, The Ed Sullivan Show, no less than 20 times.
$30.36 Next Steps
Name Artist Time Price 1 (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 2:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Love Child Diana Ross & The Supremes 3:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 Shotgun Junior Walker & The All Stars 2:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 It's the Same Old Song The Four Tops 2:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 For Once in My Life Stevie Wonder 2:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 I Second That Emotion Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 2:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Nowhere to Run Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 2:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 You Can't Hurry Love The Supremes 2:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Baby I Need Your Loving The Four Tops 2:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 The Love You Save Jackson 5 3:06 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Someday We'll Be Together Diana Ross & The Supremes 3:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Please Mr. Postman The Marvelettes 2:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Baby Love The Supremes 2:37 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Ooo Baby Baby Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 2:48 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 What Becomes of the Brokenhearted Jimmy Ruffin 3:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 The Way You Do the Things You Do The Temptations 2:41 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) The Four Tops 2:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 Fingertips, Pt. 2 Stevie Wonder 3:11 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 Do You Love Me Contours 2:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Come See About Me The Supremes 2:41 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye 3:13 $0.99 View In iTunes 22 If I Were Your Woman Gladys Knight & The Pips 3:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 My Cherie Amour Stevie Wonder 2:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Standing In the Shadows of Love The Four Tops 2:38 $1.29 View In iTunes 25 I Wish It Would Rain The Temptations 2:47 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Deep Cuts
You could say that one of Motown's secrets for success was its knack for keeping it all in the family, regularly recycling songs and cross-pollinating acts. Consider Martha Reeves, who backed Marvin Gaye on "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" before igniting on her own with "Jimmy Mack." And in a crazy case of "say what?" the Undisputed Truth had a massive hit with "Smiling Faces Sometimes," a number that hadn't done too well for the Temptations. The following year, '72, the Undisputed Truth released "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," which went nowhere…until the Temptations waxed it soon after and hit #1 (see Basics).
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Name Artist Time Price 1 Still Water (Love) The Four Tops 3:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Cloud Nine The Temptations 3:30 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) Junior Walker & The All Stars 2:30 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Uptight (Everything's Alright) Stevie Wonder 2:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 The Bells The Originals 3:08 $0.69 View In iTunes 6 Got to Be There Michael Jackson 3:25 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Stubborn Kind of Fellow (Mono) Marvin Gaye 2:42 $0.69 View In iTunes 8 Bernadette (Single Mono) The Four Tops 3:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) The Isley Brothers 2:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Twenty Five Miles (Single Version) Edwin Starr 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Never Can Say Goodbye (Single) Jackson 5 3:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 It's Growing The Temptations 2:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 It Takes Two Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston 3:11 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 You've Really Got a Hold On Me The Miracles 2:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 Beechwood 4-5789 The Marvelettes 2:10 $0.69 View In iTunes 16 Smiling Faces Sometimes The Undisputed Truth 3:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) David Ruffin 3:27 $0.69 View In iTunes 18 Stoned Love The Supremes 3:18 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 Ain't No Mountain High Enough Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 2:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Mickey's Monkey The Miracles 2:46 $0.69 View In iTunes 21 The One Who Really Loves You Mary Wells 2:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 Baby, I'm for Real The Originals 3:22 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Jimmy Mack Martha Reeves 2:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 24 Ben (Single Version) Michael Jackson 2:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 25 I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (Stereo) Diana Ross, The Supremes & The Temptations 3:06 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Complete Set
In January of 1960, Berry Gordy, who'd quit his day job as an upholstery trimmer after pocketing some money writing songs for Jackie Wilson, hung up a sign over the front of a two-story Detroit house that read "Hitsville U.S.A." He told his friends, "If I ever get this house and get it paid for, I'll have it made." Chances are, Berry couldn't even have imagined that having it made would, soon enough, translate into world domination. The first label owned by an African-American, Motown helped blur the line between black and white in pop music, creating crossover stars out of Smokey, Stevie, Marvin, Diana, and the Jacksons, while birthing a dizzying number of soul standards that have infiltrated the far reaches of American culture, from fashion to the movies to the ever-lovin' California Raisins.
$89.97 Complete Set
Name Artist Time Price 1 I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Stereo) Marvin Gaye 3:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 My Girl The Temptations 2:56 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 I Want You Back (Single) Jackson 5 2:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Ain't Too Proud to Beg The Temptations 2:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Stop! In The Name Of Love The Supremes 2:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Dancing in the Street Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 2:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 What's Going On Marvin Gaye 3:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 ABC Jackson 5 2:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 The Tracks of My Tears Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 3:00 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) Marvin Gaye 3:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Reach Out I'll Be There The Four Tops 3:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 I Can't Get Next to You (Single Version) The Temptations 2:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 War Edwin Starr 3:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 My Guy Mary Wells 2:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 The Tears of a Clown Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 3:07 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) [Single Version] The Temptations 3:48 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Superstition Stevie Wonder 4:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye 4:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours Stevie Wonder 2:41 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Long Version) Diana Ross 6:20 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) The Temptations 4:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 Money (That's What I Want) [Single] Barrett Strong 2:37 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Shop Around The Miracles 2:50 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Papa Was a Rollin' Stone The Temptations 6:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 25 I'll Be There Jackson 5 3:56 $1.29 View In iTunes 26 (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 2:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 27 Love Child Diana Ross & The Supremes 3:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 28 Shotgun Junior Walker & The All Stars 2:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 29 It's the Same Old Song The Four Tops 2:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 30 For Once in My Life Stevie Wonder 2:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 31 I Second That Emotion Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 2:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 32 Nowhere to Run Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 2:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 33 You Can't Hurry Love The Supremes 2:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 34 Baby I Need Your Loving The Four Tops 2:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 35 The Love You Save Jackson 5 3:06 $1.29 View In iTunes 36 Someday We'll Be Together Diana Ross & The Supremes 3:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 37 Please Mr. Postman The Marvelettes 2:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 38 Baby Love The Supremes 2:37 $1.29 View In iTunes 39 Ooo Baby Baby Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 2:48 $1.29 View In iTunes 40 What Becomes of the Brokenhearted Jimmy Ruffin 3:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 41 The Way You Do the Things You Do The Temptations 2:41 $1.29 View In iTunes 42 I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) The Four Tops 2:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 43 Fingertips, Pt. 2 Stevie Wonder 3:11 $1.29 View In iTunes 44 Do You Love Me Contours 2:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 45 Come See About Me The Supremes 2:41 $1.29 View In iTunes 46 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye 3:13 $0.99 View In iTunes 47 If I Were Your Woman Gladys Knight & The Pips 3:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 48 My Cherie Amour Stevie Wonder 2:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 49 Standing In the Shadows of Love The Four Tops 2:38 $1.29 View In iTunes 50 I Wish It Would Rain The Temptations 2:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 51 Still Water (Love) The Four Tops 3:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 52 Cloud Nine The Temptations 3:30 $1.29 View In iTunes 53 What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) Junior Walker & The All Stars 2:30 $1.29 View In iTunes 54 Uptight (Everything's Alright) Stevie Wonder 2:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 55 The Bells The Originals 3:08 $0.69 View In iTunes 56 Got to Be There Michael Jackson 3:25 $1.29 View In iTunes 57 Stubborn Kind of Fellow (Mono) Marvin Gaye 2:42 $0.69 View In iTunes 58 Bernadette (Single Mono) The Four Tops 3:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 59 This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) The Isley Brothers 2:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 60 Twenty Five Miles (Single Version) Edwin Starr 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 61 Never Can Say Goodbye (Single) Jackson 5 3:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 62 It's Growing The Temptations 2:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 63 It Takes Two Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston 3:11 $1.29 View In iTunes 64 You've Really Got a Hold On Me The Miracles 2:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 65 Beechwood 4-5789 The Marvelettes 2:10 $0.69 View In iTunes 66 Smiling Faces Sometimes The Undisputed Truth 3:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 67 My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) David Ruffin 3:27 $0.69 View In iTunes 68 Stoned Love The Supremes 3:18 $1.29 View In iTunes 69 Ain't No Mountain High Enough Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 2:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 70 Mickey's Monkey The Miracles 2:46 $0.69 View In iTunes 71 The One Who Really Loves You Mary Wells 2:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 72 Baby, I'm for Real The Originals 3:22 $1.29 View In iTunes 73 Jimmy Mack Martha Reeves 2:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 74 Ben (Single Version) Michael Jackson 2:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 75 I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (Stereo) Diana Ross, The Supremes & The Temptations 3:06 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 75 Songs
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