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From a 1965 episode - the panel has to identify the REAL Berry Gordy Jr (the founder of Motown). The game is bookended by performances from The Supremes
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Added: 11th February 2009
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Jackie Wilson first started his career in music in his native Detroit. He joined Billy Ward & the Dominoes in 1953, replacing Clyde McPhatter. After losing McPhatter, the group's only major recording success with Wilson came in June of 1956 with the single "St. Therese of The Roses" that reached number 13 on the Pop charts. His solo career began with 1957's "Reet Petite," written by the then-unknown Berry Gordy, Jr. He had his first top 40 hit in 1958 with "To Be Loved." At the end of that year he had his first big success with "Lonely Teardrops" that went to #7 on the charts. The song, also written by Gordy, became his signature tune. That same year saw Wilson release his first LP titled She's So Fine.
Wilson's brand of soul and R&B helped him cross over to the mainstream, having several pop hits. His dynamic stage performances earned him the nickname "Mr. Excitement." In another of his performances on Ed Sullivan's show, he sang "Lonely Teardrops" which was considered one of the show's classics. In the 1960s, Wilson continued to record singles, many of them operatic, such as "Danny Boy" or "Night," others were up-tempo and exciting, such as "Baby Workout" in 1963.
His career began to suffer in the mid-60s, though he managed a brief revival by collaborating with Carl Davis, a legendary Chicago producer. This resulted in two hits, "Whispers (Gettin' Louder)" and "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher". The revival was short-lived, though, and Wilson rarely charted in the 1970s. He suffered a massive heart attack while playing a Dick Clark show at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey on September 29, 1975, falling head-first to the stage; he was singing "Lonely Teardrops". The blow to his head left him comatose. For the next eight years and four months he was in a vegetative state until his death at age 49.
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Added: 5th October 2007
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During 1972 to 1973, both Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross went into the studio together for an album of materializing duets. Surprisingly, both never
got on well as Gaye and Ross were different in the way they worked within a studio setting. It was an upsetting time in the Californian studio; Marvin, it seems he liked to "smoke-up" before recording his tracks.
Ross complained, she would not have any of that around her as she was an expectant mother at the time.
She refused not recording together in the same studio for the sessions. Yet, when you hear this album, Diana sounds like she is singing along with Marvin in one-studio harmony. This has happened before to other artists when schedules are not matched-up for various reasons.
"My Mistake (Was to Love You)" was one of three hit singles brought out from the seperate sessions that Berry Gordy of Motown took some part in. "My Mistake (Was to Love You)", a very catchy and hip tune today, which can be found on the solid soul influenced album "Diana & Marvin". The seventies release was recently updated with four additional tracks for long-time fans of the entertaining collaboration.
This featured tune was composed by Pam Sawyer and Gloria Jones. These two famous songwriters are responsible for numerous compositions that were recorded on rock,soul, and hit pop albums by a variety of artists. Too many, especially in the seventies. One of them was "Love Hangover", a chart hit that Sawyer had worked on for Diana Ross and The 5th Dimension. That one changed her image overnight. The 5th Dimension released it as well, but not with the same reaction that Ross got from her disco favorite. From then on, "Love Hangover" affected her career.
Mainly a huge success overseas, Diana and Marvin's October 1973 release rose the chart more in Britain, actually two times, the duets arrived again on the 1981 album and single charts. In America, the January 1974 "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" single only reached number nineteen on the all-important Billboard chart. Rather odd for a duet that is so great. It's admittedly strange to see it did better in the United Kingdom than in America. I do recommend this album just for the amount of creativity that went into its production.
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Added: 1st December 2009
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