Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6S6G6-3MNQ Jackie Wilson's first release after leaving Billy Ward and his Dominoes was "Reet Petite" a...
Love Me Now or Let Me Go - Billy Ward and his Dominoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWprYLDiwVY In 1953 Clyde McPhatter left the Dominoes to form his own group, the Drifters. He was fed up...
That's What You're Doing to Me - Billy Ward and his Dominoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eomEhC4Q7cY The last post by the Contours has prompted a series of questions about the origins of Motown....
It's Growing - the Contours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2OckTAWsWM Some pretty good Smokey lyrics were better known as hits by other Motown artists, most...
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Week No 9: After All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMQiNTG-Bg4 Claudette Rogers was one of the original Miracles in 1958, joining them just before they...
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Week No 8: The Tracks of my Tears
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNS6D4hSQdA I know I haven't posted for a week, and I know that we've already had a whole week of Smokey...
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Week No 7: Mickey's Monkey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpLVyZVRw3w Back in the eighties, the first time I ever tipped up at the legendary Camden Palace, I was...
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Week No 6: A Love She Can Count On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Zbw2Gakfg This is almost a mediocre Miracles track because, unlike the other Smokey songs featured on...
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Week No 5: I'll Try Something New
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8fs4TH9zIg Back in the Nineties, fellow arts administrator Trevor Mbatha, the Black Arts Officer (actual...
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Week No 4: I've Been Good to You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1WlhgbqG3g Smokey Robinson and the Miracles are nowadays mainly remembered for three songs in...
