Another fantastic example of the Detroit sound, in that the lyrics and overall sound are the celebration of life itself and just feel so good. Perhaps it wasn't exactly unique enough to be a massive hit, but it sure sounds good to my ears.
from 1966...
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1/20/11
RobGems.ca wrote:
these were the same Spinners who hit it big on Atlantic Records in the 1970's. They were formed in 1960 in Detroit, Michigan, & had moderate-to-good success for Harvey Records, owned by Harvey Fuqa of the Moonglows, & later absorbed by Berry Gordy at Motown Records.The biggest success on Harvey Records was "That's What Girls Are Made For" in 1962, with lead vocals by Bobby Smith. G.C. Caneron took over for lead vocals by 1964, & Bobby Smith switched to 1st tenor in the group. This version of the Spinners had moderate success with "Truly Yours" (1966) & "I'll Always Love You"(1967), finall yhitting the R&B top 10 & pop Top 20 in 1970 with the Stevie Wonder supervised smash "It's A Shame" on V.I.P. Records in 1970. Cameron left by the time the Spinners defected from Detroit to Philedelphia, Pennsylvania in 1972, & hooked up with producer Thom Bell & songwriter Linda Creed. Bell brought in a new lead singer named Phillipe Wynne to replace G. C. Cameron, & the group had enormous success with Wynne from 1973-1977. Wynne left for a solo career on Cotillion Records in 1977, & later died after a perfomance on stage of a heart attack in 1984. the rest of the Spinners continued until the late 1990's with Johnny Edwards as th lead voice. The biggest hit for the Edwards-era Spinners was 1980's "Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl" medley.
Which is the typo, the 1964 on the record or the 1966 on the blog?
dates were NEVER correct on Motown labels. Possibly a tax scam?
Oh, it's so nice..but i prefer Georgie Fame's version.
Which was available on rare 7inch in Sweden...:) check it out if xou don't know it..
Unrest
Do love the spinners, but agree the Georgie Fame version is excellent, I think it out does the original a bit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNTGWcPEWSM
This is my favorite song by the Spinners.Great lyrics, great melody, and great beat. It brings back memories of an era that is long gone. During that time this song was definitely a lift.
This is from 1964 November (Motown 1067). Next Motown release (1068) was the Supremes' Come See About Me which charted in December 1964.
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