Tag Archives: Brenda Holloway

GOOD GOOD FEELING! MORE MOTOWN GIRLS.

♦ October 19, 2021 ♦ Leave a comment

Good Good Feeling! More Motown Girls. Label: Ace Records. Format: CD. During the sixties, Motown was fortunate enough to have an array of talented female vocalists and girl groups on their roster. Some went on to become household names. This included Brenda Holloway, Kim Weston, Martha and The Vandellas and Gladys Knight and The Pips. …

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BABY I’VE GOT IT! MORE MOTOWN GIRLS.

♦ April 19, 2018 ♦ Leave a comment

Baby I’ve Got It! More Motown Girls. Label: Ace Records. As 1959 dawned, Detroit based songwriter, producer and musical impresario Berry Gordy Jr had already discovered The Miracles and started to build a successful portfolio of recording artists. There was only one problem, what would Berry Gordy Jr do with these talented artists and groups? …

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LOVE AND AFFECTION-MORE MOTOWN GIRLS.

♦ November 7, 2015 ♦ Leave a comment

LOVE AND AFFECTION-MORE MOTOWN GIRLS. For a generation, Motown was the label that provided the soundtrack to their youth. They fondly remembers singles by The Temptations, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight and Diana Ross. These singles bring back memories, of times, places and people. It’s escapism. Suddenly, they’re transported back in time. …

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BRENDA HOLLOWAY-THE ARTISTRY OF BRENDA HOLLOWAY.

♦ November 14, 2013 ♦ Leave a comment

BRENDA HOLLOWAY-THE ARTISTRY OF BRENDA HOLLOWAY. It was in 1962 that Brenda Holloway released her debut single, Hey Fool on the Donna record label. She was just sixteen years old. Later that year, Brenda first released a cover of Ed Cobb’s Every Little Bit Hurts for Del-Fi Records, a subsidiary of Donna Records. Two years …

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