5521. The Four Tops - Reflections
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| From: Still Waters Run Deep; Year: 1970; Genre: Soul/R&B/Motown |
Yesterday marked yet another passing of a larger-than-life member of the music community, this time it was songwriter/arranger/producer extraordinaire Lamont Dozier of the Holland - Dozier - Holland songwriting and production team which penned some of the most important and famous songs to come out of Motown. The real sad part about it is that with so many legendary people involved with music are heading into their 80s and older I expect this to be a trend of sorts, but at least we get to keep their great work.
Anyway, I felt like picking something from the Four Tops today anyway, so I went with this song that was written by Holland - Dozier - Holland and originally recorded by Diana Ross & the Supremes a few years prior, which is of course is the de-facto version of it. I absolutely love Levi Stubbs' vocals on this one; he, as always does an amazing job with his ultra powerful voice. Not to take away from Abdul Fakir, Lawrence Payton, and Renaldo Benson and their amazing performances too as well as The Funk Brothers re-recording of the track; they all were amazing to be able to keep up with Diana Ross and company.
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My song pick 7 years ago today: Martin Barre - I Raise My Glass To You
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My song pick 14 years ago today: Rammstein - Mutter
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