The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
Buckinghams - Kind of a Drag
Beach Boys - In My Room
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love
Del Shannon - Runaway
Ruby & The Romantics - Our Day Will Come
The Skyliners - Since I Don't Have You
Little Anthony & The Imperials - Tears On My Pillow
Four Seasons - Walk Like A Man
Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You
Barbara Mason - Yes, I'm Ready
The Supremes - Stop! In The Name of Love
The Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn
Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream
The Shirelles - Baby It's You
Ronettes - Be My Baby
The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy
Beach Boys - California Girls
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run
The Marvellettes - Don't Mess With Bill
Petula Clark - Downtown
Bobby Darin - Dream Lover
The Spaniels - Goodnight, Sweetheart
The Turtles - Happy Together
Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You
The Doors - Light My Fire

"At Last"--Etta James (don't know exact year, but my guess is that it falls w/i this time period.)
"You Keep Me Hangin' On"--Diana Ross & the Supremes
"Soul Finger"--Bar Kays
"Try a Little Tenderness"--Otis Redding
"Magic Carpet Ride"--Steppenwolf
"25 Miles"--Edwin Starr
"Turn, Turn, Turn"--The Byrds
"Light My Fire"--The Doors






I'm sure I can come up with more....
[This message was edited Sat Feb 7 18:20:48 PST 2004 by UptownDeb]

Don't get me started

ELVIS PRESLEY- EVERYTHING 50's, 60's

SAM COOKE- EVERYTHING 50's, 60's

ARETHA FRANKLIN- EVERYTHING 60's,70's

JACKIE WILSON!

EDDIE COCHRAN!

BUDDY HOLLY!

ROY ORBISON!

LITTLE RICHARD!

JAMES BROWN!

STEVIE WONDER- Everythang 60's 70's, 80's

SMOKIE ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES (GROUP OR SOLO) 60's, 70's, 80's
[This message was edited Sat Feb 7 20:13:15 PST 2004 by JoeBala]

This thread gets 5 stars. I'll try not to mention ones that have already been noted.


The Supremes - "Loving You Is Better Than Ever"
The Supremes - "This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)" (kicks the ass of the Isley Bros. rendition)
The Supremes - "Love Child"
The Supremes - "Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart"
The Ronettes - "Be My Baby"
The Ronettes - "Baby, I Love You"
The Ronettes - "Walking In The Rain"
The Ronettes - "Do I Love You?"
The Shirelles - "Dedicated To The One I Love"
The Shirelles - "A Thing Of The Past" (Shirley Owens' fav. Shirelles track)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "You've Really Got A Hold On Me"
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - "Jimmy Mack" (single version)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "Ooh Baby Baby" (their best ballad)
The Supremes - "Someday We'll Be Together" (OK, it's only Diana on vocals, but still...)
The Supremes - "My World Is Empty Without You"
The Supremes - "Mother Dear"
Brenda Holloway - "You've Made Me So Very Happy"
Mary Wells - "When I'm Gone"
Mary Wells - "You Beat Me To The Punch"
Barbara Randolph - "I Got A Feeling"
Kim Weston - "Don't Let Me Down" (unreleased - find it if you can, it's lovely)
Brenda Holloway - "Who You Gonna Run To?" (also unreleased)
The Temptations - "I Gotta Find A Way To Get You Back"
Marvin Gaye - EVERY SINGLE DAMN SONG HE CUT IN THE 60s
Aretha Franklin - EVERY SINGLE DAMN SONG SHE CUT IN THE 60s
The Supremes/The Temptations/The Miracles - EVERY SINGLE DAMN SONG THEY CUT IN THE 60s
Ike & Tina Turner - "A Fool In Love" (Original)
Ike & Tina Turner - "River Deep-Mountain High" (Single)
AND "River Deep-Mountain High" (Album), a sadly forgotten gem of a recording
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (the soul duet partners to beat)
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need/ United albums
Tammi Terrell - "Come On And See Me"
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "Going To A Go-Go"
Roy Orbison - "Crying"
Roy Orbison - "Oh Pretty Woman"
Carolyn Crawford - "My Smile Is Just A Frown (Turned Upside Down)"
The Five Satins - "In The Still Of The Night" (recorded in a church basement; vocals sound better than most of what's recorded in a professional studio setting today)
Lesley Gore - "You Don't Own Me"
Doris Troy - "Just One Look"
Doris Troy - "I'll Do Anything (He Wants Me To Do)"
The Shangri-Las - "Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)"
We Five - "You Were On My Mind"
Jimmy Ruffin - "What Becomes Of The Broken-Hearted?"
The Penguins - "Earth Angel"
Connie Francis - "My Happiness"
Doris Day - "Love Me Or Leave Me" (1955)
Doris Day - "Domino"
Doris Day - "Secret Love" (1953)
The Rays - "Silhouettes"
The Platters - "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" (perhaps the best vocal performance I've ever heard)
The Platters - "The Great Pretender"
The Platters - "Twilight Time"
The Platters - "Only You (And You Alone)"
Carla Thomas - "Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)"
Carla Thomas - "B-A-B-Y"
The Righteous Brothers - "Unchained Melody"
Sonny Charles & The Checkmates - "Black Pearl"
The Crystals - "Uptown"
The Crystals - "Then He Kissed Me"
The Crystals - "He's A Rebel"
Barbra Streisand - "Cry Me A River"
Julie London - "Cry Me A River" (original version)
Kim Weston - "Take Me In Your Arms (Hold Me For A Little While)"
Connie Francis - "Don't Break The Heart That Loves You"
Frank Sinatra's 50s/60s material
Elvis Presley's 50s/60s material (with the exception of crap film soundtracks)
Stevie Wonder - "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours"
The Chiffons - "One Fine Day"
The Chiffons - "He's So Fine"
The Chiffons - "Sweet Talkin' Guy"
The Paris Sisters - "I Love How You Love Me"
The Platters/ Roy Orbison - "My Prayer"
Roy Orbison - "Only The Lonely"
The Velvelettes - "He Was Really Sayin' Something"
The Velvelettes - "Needle In A Haystack"
The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations"
The Beach Boys - "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
The Exciters - "Tell Him"
The Essex - "Easier Said Than Done"
Evie Sands - "I Can't Let Go" (before The Hollies got a hold of it)
The Foundations - "Build Me Up Buttercup"
The Foundations - "Baby Now That I've Found You"
The Four Tops - "Baby, I Need Your Loving"
The Four Tops - "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)"
The Four Tops - "It's The Same Old Song"
The Four Tops - "Bernadette"
The Four Tops - "Reach Out I'll Be There"
The Marvelettes - "Don't Mess With Bill"
The Marvelettes - "Please Mr. Postman" (Motown's first pop #1)
The Marvelettes - "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game"
The Originals - "Baby I'm For Real"
The Originals - "The Bells"

And, yeah, so many more