Sugar Pie DeSanto (born Umpeylia Marsema Balinton) was a ton of dynamite in a tiny 4' 11" frame... and still…
The Ohio Players paid their dues for 15 years before their first #1 Top 100 hit, but by then, they…
Merry Clayton never had a big hit, but her voice can be heard in dozens of songs you know (we've…
Hard to believe now, but Motown resisted releasing this song as a single. Marvin's version sat on a shelf for…
Earth, Wind & Fire's 6th album, That's The Way of The World, was ostensibly a soundtrack album; when the film…
"War" was originally written for The Temptations, but when Motown was too squeamish to have one of their top acts…
The Temptations' first #1 Hit on the Billboard "Hot 100" chart was "My Girl" in 1965. 4 years later, they…
Stevie Wonder was on an unrivaled creative streak starting in 1972, releasing 5 brilliant albums in a row, culminating with…
His career spanned over 60 years; he toured around the world (playing 200 shows a year, well into his 70's),…
Aretha Franklin recorded over 40 albums during her career; this episode, we revisit a song from her breakthrough album, "I…
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