CAROLYN CRAWFORD (Motown Artist 1963-1964)
Category: Motown
AN ARCHIVED SELECTION: CAROLYN CRAWFORD 1965
CAROLYN CRAWFORD
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Released February 13, 1965, “My Smile Is Just A Frown (Turned Upside Down)” peaked at #39 (1 week) on the Billboard R&B chart in 1965. B-side: “I’ll Come Running”
MOTOWN 1064 (Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles)
Note: Carolyn Crawford was the 1963 winner of the Tip Top Talent Contest promoted by Detroit soul radio, WCHB. The prize? The then 14 year-old talent was awarded an audition to record with Motown Records!
A MOTOWN 1983 NEWSPRINT: JAMES JAMERSON OBIT
Thursday, August 4, 1983
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A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE
The Detroit Free Press: ‘Bassist and Motown Pioneer’
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ARCHIVED SELECTIONS: BASSIST JAMES JAMERSON ’66
“BERNADETTE” [INSTRUMENTAL] * THE 4 TOPS * JAMES JAMERSON VERSION * 1966
MOTOWN MONDAY! SPOTLIGHTS MARVIN GAYE: 1964
A MOTOWN 1964 DETROIT NEWSPRINT: MARVIN GAYE!
Tuesday, April 21, 1964
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A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE
The Detroit Free Press: ‘Detroit’s a Big Hit With Marvin Gaye’
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MOTOWN MONDAY DETROIT RECORD FLASHBACK! ’64
MARVIN GAYE
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Released November, 1964. Recorded at the Graystone Ballroom (owned by Berry Gordy), Detroit, 1964. A demo record single, “This Is The Life” was released to promote Marvin Gaye’s fourth career Tamla LP 259 ‘Hello Broadway’ (Side 2; Track 2).
Never having charted, this audition Tamla demo recording was not slated for the Billboard Pop or the R&B singles charts.
THE MAGIC BEHIND THE DETROIT MOTOWN SOUND! ’62
“STUBBORN KIND OF FELLOW” [INSTRUMENTAL] * MARVIN GAYE
A MOTOR TOWN REVUE POSTER: LITTLE STEVIE WONDER
MOTOWN MONDAY DETROIT RECORD FLASHBACK! ’62
LITTLE STEVIE WONDER
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Released May, 1962. A-side: “I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It The Blues (Pt. 1)”
TAMLA 54061
(Note: The B-side (featured above) is a slower ‘bluesy’ version as opposed the the A-side plug, which is a faster uptempo version of the same song. Produced by Berry Gordy, Jr. Never charted on the Billboard Pop chart nor the Billboard R&B chart)
