Post by rick on Jun 28, 2015 20:32:42 GMT -5
Rolling Stone's List of 20 R&B Albums from the 1970s That May Not Be So Familiar
Some of these albums are familiar to me -- most notably "Touch" by The Supremes with the post-Diana Ross lineup of Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong. The "hit" off of "Touch" was "Nathan Jones," which was later remade by Bananarama and a hit for them in the 1980s.
Here is The Supremes' version of "Nathan Jones" from "Touch" --
A fan favorite off of "Touch" was the title song --
As the article states, when Holland-Dozier-Holland left Motown The Four Tops (and Diana Ross and The Supremes) lost the songwriting team responsible for their early- to mid-'60s hits. Here is the title track to The Four Tops' "Nature Planned It" --
And while I don't think this is particularly obscure, here is "Dancing Machine" by The Jackson 5ive --
Some of these albums are familiar to me -- most notably "Touch" by The Supremes with the post-Diana Ross lineup of Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong. The "hit" off of "Touch" was "Nathan Jones," which was later remade by Bananarama and a hit for them in the 1980s.
Here is The Supremes' version of "Nathan Jones" from "Touch" --
A fan favorite off of "Touch" was the title song --
As the article states, when Holland-Dozier-Holland left Motown The Four Tops (and Diana Ross and The Supremes) lost the songwriting team responsible for their early- to mid-'60s hits. Here is the title track to The Four Tops' "Nature Planned It" --
And while I don't think this is particularly obscure, here is "Dancing Machine" by The Jackson 5ive --