HOW MUSIC CHANGED, PART 137-9 – EVERY SINGLE MOTOWN A-SIDE, PART 9

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This is our ninth episode in what appears to be developing into a never-ending series of every single Motown A-side, and it is also very special, because it the first show that really sounds like Motown. There are still a few oddities, and songs that are included solely for technical reasons, but for the first time, there are also a fair number of hits – or at least future hit artists still struggling to gain their footing. It’s an interesting show, and the music is fairly consistent from this point forward. This is about Motown, after all, so once the ball gets rolling, the hits start to come with breathtaking regularity.

Here’s a list of songs featured in today’s program;

1)    This Is Our Night – The Creations

2)    Beechwood 4 – 5789 – The Marvelettes

3)    You Beat Me to the Punch – Mary Wells

4)    Camel Walk – Saundra Mallet & the Vandellas

5)    Stubborn Kind of Fellow – Marvin Gaye

6)    That’s What He Is to Me – The Wright Specials

7)    If It’s Love (It’s Alright) – Eddie Holland

8)    Someday Pretty Baby – Singin’ Sammy Ward

9)    Your Love Is Wonderful – Hattie Littles

10) Trouble Lover – The Charters

11) I’ll Have to Let Him Go – Martha & the Vandellas

12) Mind Over Matter (I’m Gonna Make You Mine) – The Pirates

13) Little Water Boy – Little Stevie Wonder & Clarence Paul