![]() ![]() One who caught her eye was a young girl who would appear in the High School talent contests, named Georgia Dobbins. But Gladys still wanted to make music, and she started looking around for other people to sing with. That had got a little bit of airplay on local radio, but had otherwise been unsuccessful, and the Del-Rhythmettes had split up. When Horton was only fourteen, she had formed a group called the Del-Rhythmettes, who made one single, “Chic-A-Boomer”: The story of the Marvelettes starts with Gladys Horton, who lived in the small town of Inkster in Michigan. Today, we’re going to look at “Please Mr. ![]() So today, we’re going to look at the first number one to come out of Motown - a record that definitely did have the Motown sound, and which established the label as the sound of young America. But while “Money” is a great record, it’s not a record with what would later become known as the “Motown Sound” - it sounds far more like a Ray Charles record than the records that would later make Motown’s name. When we left the Tamla Motown family of labels, a couple of months back, they’d finally had their first big hit with Barrett Strong’s “Money”, and the label was starting to pull together the full creative team that would be responsible for its later successes. This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. There is a Complete Motown Singles 1959-62 box available from Hip-O-Select with comprehensive liner notes, but if you just want the music, I recommend instead this much cheaper bare-bones box from Real Gone Music.Īnd this three-CD set contains the group’s complete discography up to mid-1966 - the Gladys Horton years. The Motown Encyclopaedia by Graham Betts is an exhaustive look at the people and records involved in Motown’s thirty-year history.Īnd Motown Junkies is an infrequently-updated blog looking at (so far) the first 693 tracks released on Motown singles. Andrew Flory is an academic look at Motown. I Hear a Symphony: Motown and Crossover R&B by J. Women of Motown: An Oral History by Susan Whitall is a collection of interviews with women involved in Motown, including Katherine Anderson Schaffner. To Be Loved by Berry Gordy is Gordy’s own, understandably one-sided, but relatively well-written, autobiography. Where Did Our Love Go? The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound by Nelson George is an excellent popular history of the various companies that became Motown. The Original Marvelettes: Motown’s Mystery Girl Group by Marc Taylor is the only biography of the group. This week’s Mixcloud playlist is split into two parts, because of the number of Marvelettes songs. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at and Īfter recording this, I happened to discover that in 2017 Katherine actually came out of retirement and formed a new “Marvelettes”, who recorded in the UK in 2017 with someone called “Hitsville Chalky”. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. ![]() Patreon backers also have a ten-minute bonus episode available, on “ Take Good Care of My Baby” by Bobby Vee. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Postman” by the Marvelettes, and the career of the first group to have a number one on a Motown label. Download file | Play in new window | Recorded on August 10, 2020Įpisode ninety-three of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Please Mr. ![]()
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