Cool, never heard Ivy's version (the co-writer of it.) I never really just listened to his music ever. Gimmie some suggestions Timmy?

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Cool, never heard Ivy's version (the co-writer of it.) I never really just listened to his music ever. Gimmie some suggestions Timmy?

He didn't really put anything out. He recorded but I think only one song was released (from Motown's VIP label). He was working on a full album in 1970 but it was shelved for unknown reasons. He left Motown shortly after that.

Timmy84 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Cool, never heard Ivy's version (the co-writer of it.) I never really just listened to his music ever. Gimmie some suggestions Timmy?

He didn't really put anything out. He recorded but I think only one song was released (from Motown's VIP label). He was working on a full album in 1970 but it was shelved for unknown reasons. He left Motown shortly after that.

Maybe I was thinking of another Motown writer, Johnny Bristol.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Timmy84 said:

He didn't really put anything out. He recorded but I think only one song was released (from Motown's VIP label). He was working on a full album in 1970 but it was shelved for unknown reasons. He left Motown shortly after that.

Maybe I was thinking of another Motown writer, Johnny Bristol.

lol you can find Johnny's post-Motown solo work on Mercury. I think Ivy joined Motown under the insistence of Mickey Stevenson. Ivy provided the extra instrumentation in "Dancing in the Street" and added in extra musical composition on top of what Marvin and Mickey had already done to it. It was quite interesting how most of the Motown songwriters-producers initially started their careers singing and ended up as being just staff writers because they were more capable of writing hits than singing them lol

Timmy84 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Maybe I was thinking of another Motown writer, Johnny Bristol.

lol you can find Johnny's post-Motown solo work on Mercury. I think Ivy joined Motown under the insistence of Mickey Stevenson. Ivy provided the extra instrumentation in "Dancing in the Street" and added in extra musical composition on top of what Marvin and Mickey had already done to it. It was quite interesting how most of the Motown songwriters-producers initially started their careers singing and ended up as being just staff writers because they were more capable of writing hits than singing them lol

Yeah, and then some were the complete opposite. Like Marvin came in as a session drummer right?

Deke Richards came in with a band (can't remember the name) became more of a writer/producer.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Timmy84 said:

lol you can find Johnny's post-Motown solo work on Mercury. I think Ivy joined Motown under the insistence of Mickey Stevenson. Ivy provided the extra instrumentation in "Dancing in the Street" and added in extra musical composition on top of what Marvin and Mickey had already done to it. It was quite interesting how most of the Motown songwriters-producers initially started their careers singing and ended up as being just staff writers because they were more capable of writing hits than singing them lol

Yeah, and then some were the complete opposite. Like Marvin came in as a session drummer right?

Deke Richards came in with a band (can't remember the name) became more of a writer/producer.

Yeah he started as a session drummer though it's kinda unclear with him because neither Marvin's family (if they're ever asked) nor Motown itself has really fleshed out how that came about. I know he worked as a session drummer on some pre-Motown works and definitely played drums on most of the early Motown artists' recordings.