#Motown artists

[retropopcult]

October 1965

[readyforevolution]

Motown Music and Soul❤️💫🎶

[musicianfiend]

Music Genre: R&B

How Rhythm and Blues Became the Heartbeat of Contemporary Sound In the ever-evolving landscape of music, where genres rise and fall like the tides, one thing remains constant: the enduring power of rhythm and blues, better known as R&B. This genre, with its roots deeply entrenched in the African American experience, has consistently reinvented itself to remain at the forefront of contemporary…

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Tracklist:

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go • Everything She Wants • Heartbeat • Like A Baby • Freedom • If You Were There • Credit Card Baby • Careless Whisper

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[determinate-negation]

idk if your post was about the 70s music toruney but the pain and suffering i felt seeing the temptations' papa was a rollin stone loose to that poser ass band the clash. i saw red. sorry you dont know me and i dont know you. i had to say this to someone

it actually was somewhat inspired by that lol but also just by general trends ive noticed here about music. both pretty famous songs but how can you listen to them back to back and not think the temptations are better </3

[alleannaharris]

Today's Black History Month illustration is of James Jamerson, one of the most influential bass players in music history.

He was a core member of The Funk Brothers, a small group of studio musicians who performed on most Motown recordings during the 60s. He played more #1 hits than The Beatles (30 to be exact). He played on “You Can’t Hurry Love” by The Supremes, “My Girl” by The Temptations, “Dancing in the Street” by Martha and the Vandellas, and “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye.

Jamerson used only his right index finger ("The Hook") to pick lines, an approach from his stand-up bass days. Overall, his complex melodic style brought the bass guitar from the background to the forefront and forever changed the face of bass playing.

I love the simplicity of the portrait I did. If I had to do it over again, I’d add some texture and lighting, but I’m happy with what I did back in 2017.

Side note: Here’s a rare clip of Jameson playing What’s Going On live with Marvin Gaye. Legend says he was too intoxicated to play upright, so he played/recorded the What’s Going On baseline while laying on his back.

Side, side note: my fave Jamerson basslines are "For Once In My Life" by Stevie Wonder and "It's a Shame" by The Spinners. 😌

I’ll be back tomorrow with another portrait and story!

[albertayebisackey]

Wednesday 21st June 2023 - If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains. - Diana Ross

[dbguidebook]

Icons// Ross, Diana. #Societythings

[discogodmother]

Diana ross appreciation

[whimsycore]

Some people get really mad realizing their experiences aren’t universal

[freshthoughts2020]

LISTEN ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ThqL0efIEk8Tx7zrvjIwf?si=j4SXDBj5TBaZrXzA4OCDdw

[idontwanttospoiltheparty]

Help! the song has a PERFECT arrangement and if Lennon Remembers era John Lennon can't see that, that's a Him problem

[kaldorahm]

I was watching a documentary about The bee gees. At a moment, it talked of all the artist they worked With. So I don’t know why I suddenly wanted to nourrish my curiosity. And here we are, mind blowed by theses stunning icones ✨

[mostlyghostie]

Very much work-in-progress at this stage. Irritated to find that the smaller text on the Stevie Wonder one is completely illegible from a distance and don’t know what to do to finish the Love one to make it more interesting, so will need to change those.

Trying to go for a cross between 60’s design and riffs on particular album covers. Quite good fun and I’m trying to do more drawing that has no real purpose other than to be fun for me (although saying that, I will deffo do one of your fave songs/books via my shop here too 😁)

I feel like these are all very well known choices, but knowing that I’m out of step with what people seem to like on Tumblr in the main, I would very strongly recommend checking out the band Love if you are unaware of them.

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Tracklist:

What's Going On • What's Happening Brother • Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky) • Save The Children • God Is Love • Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) • Right On • Wholy Holy • Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

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[strawberrynova]

i love studying people in history and then getting to the point in history where there’s videos of them doing their art or you can still go see them preform or they wrote about their experiences and those experiences are well kept it’s just <3333333