Category: Motown

MOTOWN MONDAYS! MOTOWN ON CBS’ ED SULLIVAN

 

THE MOTOWN SOUND

— The Ed Sullivan Show —

 

The entire Ed Sullivan Show catalogue hits the streaming platforms!

On June 12, came exciting news Universal Music Enterprises and Sofa Entertainment brokered a deal to license and make available the entire Ed Sullivan video performances from the Sofa library, who acquired the entire catalogue in 1990. UME will make available the entire catalogue for public streaming in restored, digitized form, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Since its premiere launch on June 12, more videos have been added on the official Ed Sullivan You Tube channel, many having highlighted the Motown sound. As was reported, it will take three years to upload the more than 10,000 performances which aired Sunday evenings on CBS-TV from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971.

The host of the show, Ed Sullivan, passed away on October 13, 1974. He was 73.

 

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For more info on this story, go HERE.

 

 

THE ED SULLIVAN MOTOWN CLASSICS!

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NEW! On this ‘Motown’ Monday we are featuring three classic Motown video performances from the Ed Sullivan Show:

The Supremes (1970), The Temptations (1967), Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1968)

 

MORE Ed Sullivan Motown performances will be forthcoming on Motor City Radio Flashbacks!

 

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MOTOWN MONDAYS! SPOTLIGHTS ON EARL VAN DYKE

 

—EARL VAN DYKE—

MOTOWN FUNK BROTHER

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Earl Van Dyke (July 8, 1930 – September 18, 1992) was an American soul musician, most notable as the main keyboardist for Motown Records’ in-house Funk Brothers band during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Van Dyke, who was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, was preceded as keyboardist and bandleader of the Funk Brothers by Joe Hunter. In the early 1960s, he also recorded as a jazz organist with saxophonists Fred Jackson and Ike Quebec for the Blue Note label.

Besides his work as the session keyboardist on Motown hits such as “Bernadette” by The Four Tops, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye, and “Runaway Child, Running Wild” by The Temptations, Van Dyke performed with a small band as an opening act for several Motown artists, and released instrumental singles and albums himself. Several of Van Dyke’s recordings feature him playing keys over the original instrumental tracks for Motown hits; others are complete covers of Motown songs.

His 1967 hit “6 by 6” is a much-loved stomper on the Northern Soul music scene. He was nicknamed “Big Funk”, and “Chunk o Funk”.

Van Dyke played the Steinway grand piano, the Hammond B-3 organ, the Wurlitzer electric piano, the Fender Rhodes, and the celeste and harpsichord. He played a toy piano for the introduction of the Temptations’ hit, “It’s Growing”. His musical influences included Tommy Flanagan, Hank Jones, and Barry Harris.

Van Dyke died of prostate cancer in Detroit, Michigan, at the age of 62.

 

 

 

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Source: Earl Van Dyke; Wikipedia

 

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MOTOWN: EARL VAN DYKE, 1991 NEWS PRINT FEATURE

Detroit Free Press March 24, 1991

Detroit Free Press March 24, 1991

 

— Sunday, March 24, 1991 —

 

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A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE

The Detroit Free Press: Earl Van Dyke ‘Full Scale’

 

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Above article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2020. Newspapers.com.

The above featured ‘Motown’ newsprint article was clipped, saved, and imaged from the credited source by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

 

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DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY: RECORD FLASHBACK ’64

 

 

 

 

—EARL VAN DYKE—

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“Soul Stomp”, by Earl Van Dyke, never charted on the Billboard Rhythm and Blues Singles chart nor the Billboard Pop Singles chart.

A Motown promotional single, the SOUL Van Dyke recording found some limited airplay (both sides) on radio soul stations WCHB and WJLB, Detroit, upon it’s release in 1964. A-side: “Hot ‘n’ Tot” GORDY 35006

 

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MOTOWN MONDAYS! MOTOWN ON CBS’ ED SULLIVAN

 

THE MOTOWN SOUND

— The Ed Sullivan Show —

 

The entire Ed Sullivan Show catalogue hits the streaming platforms!

On June 12, came news Universal Music Enterprises and Sofa Entertainment brokered a deal to license and make available the entire Ed Sullivan video performances from the Sofa library, who acquired the entire catalogue in 1990. UME will make available the entire catalogue for public streaming in restored, digitized form, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Since its premiere launch on June 12, several more videos have been added on the official Ed Sullivan You Tube channel, still highlighting the Motown sound. As reported, it will take three years to upload the more than 10,000 performances which aired Sunday evenings on CBS-TV from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971.

For more on this story, go HERE.

 

Ed Sullivan passed away on October 13, 1974. He was 73.

 

 

THE ED SULLIVAN MOTOWN CLASSICS!

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NEW! On this ‘Motown’ Monday we are featuring three classic Motown video performances from the Ed Sullivan Show:

The Jackson 5 (1969), The Temptations (1969), Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1968)

 

MORE Ed Sullivan Motown performances will be forthcoming on Motor City Radio Flashbacks!

 

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