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Several of Van Dyke's recordings feature him playing keys over the original instrumental tracks for Motown hits; [2] others are complete covers of Motown songs. His 1967 hit "6 by 6" is a much-loved stomper on the Northern soul music scene. He was nicknamed "Big Funk", and "Chunk o Funk". [3]
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Motown was the most successful soul music label, with a net worth of $61 million. Between 1960 and 1969, Motown had 79 songs reach the top-ten of the Billboard Hot 100. In March 1965, Berry Gordy and Dave Godin agreed to license the Tamla Motown label name for future UK releases through EMI Records Limited.
Workshop Jazz 2001 United States "Opus No. 3" "March Lightly" Earl Washington All-Stars Workshop Jazz 2002 United States "Because I Love Her" "While I'm Away" The Valadiers: Gordy G 7003 United States "I Call It Pretty Music but the Old People Call It the Blues (Part 1)" "I Call It Pretty Music but the Old People Call It the Blues (Part 2)"
While most of Motown's backing musicians were African American, and many originally from Detroit, the Funk Brothers included white players as well, such as Messina (who was the featured guitarist on Soupy Sales's nighttime jazz TV show in the 1950s), Brokensha (originally from Australia), Coffey, and Pittsburgh-born Babbitt.
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959–1971 is a 1992 four-CD collection of Motown hits, during Motown's golden age when the songs were recorded at its original Detroit studio. [1] The selections on this compilation were transferred from the original single mixes, which were mixed for AM radio play and 45 RPM singles.
Forty years ago, Michael Jackson took the stage and made an indelible impact on pop culture with his solo performance on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, a televised celebration of the famous ...
"The Connick on Piano series will be purely instrumental, with all kinds of configurations: solo, big band, quartet, trio", Connick explains. The twelve Connick compositions on Other Hours was originally made for the 2001 musical Thou Shalt Not , which was the recipient of a Tony nomination for Best Original Musical Score (music & lyrics by ...