Otis Redding – I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
About The Song “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” (originally “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)“) is a soul music ballad written by Otis Redding and Jerry…
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Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay
About The Song “Dock of the Bay” was based on a few thoughts and lines Redding came up with during some time he spent sitting and watching the ocean in…
Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
About The Song “Sexual Healing” is one of American singer Marvin Gaye’s most infamous tracks. Released as the second track on his seventeenth studio album “Midnight Love”, which was released…
Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
About The Song In 1973, Marvin Gaye released “Let’s Get It On,” his thirteenth studio album (August 1973). It became the second of Marvin’s three US pop chart-toppers. One of…
Sam Cooke – Cupid
About The Song “Cupid” is a song by American singer Sam Cooke, released on May 16, 1961. It charted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 20…
The Four Tops – Baby I Need Your Loving
About The Song Few had heard of the Four Tops before this song was released in the summer of 1964, but the public quickly became acquainted. The quartet’s debut single…
The Four Tops – I Can’t Help My Self
About The Song “I Can’t Help Myself” is a 1965 song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown’s main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, “I…
The Four Tops – It’s The Same Old Song
About The Song On July 9, 1965, Motown released “It’s The Same Old Song” as the Four Tops’ follow-up to the pop and R&B No.1 “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar…
Four Tops – When She Was My Girl
About The Song “When She Was My Girl” is a 1981 single released by American vocal group the Four Tops. The song, their first release off Casablanca Records, helped to…
Four Tops – Ain’t No Woman
About The Song “Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got)” is a song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, released as a single by the Four Tops on…
Four Tops – Reach Out (I’ll Be There)
About The Song Motown 1098 may not sound like a particularly significant catalog number, but the track it denoted remains one of the defining moments of the company’s collective brilliance.…
Bill Withers – Just The Two Of Us
About The Song When is a duet not a duet? When one of the key individuals is a vocalist and the other is a sax player. And yet both individuals…
The O’Jays – Love Train
About The Song Released in 1972, it reached No. 1 on both the R&B Singles and the Billboard Hot 100 in February and March 1973 respectively, and No. 9 on…
Lou Rawls – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
About The Song Sometimes we don’t know what we’ve got until it’s gone. The song was written by the Philadelphia songwriting and record production team of Kenny Gamble and Leon…
Sam Cooke – A Change is Gonna Come
About The Song Cooke wrote this as a protest song to support the civil rights movement, as Black Americans fought for equality. Up to this point, most of his songs…
Earth, Wind & Fire – September
About The Song Do you remember the 21st night of September? These famous lyrics have probably rung through your ears before, that is, if you’ve ever been to a wedding,…
Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine
About The Song At 32, Bill Withers, originally from rural Slab Fork, West Virginia, was something of a latecomer to a world dominated by twentysomething performers. He had spent nine…
Sam Cooke – Bring It On Home to Me
About The Song “Bring It On Home to Me” is a song by American soul singer Sam Cooke, released on May 8, 1962, by RCA Victor. Produced by Hugo &…
Stevie Wonder – I Just Called To Say I Love You
About The Song The ballad “I Just Called to Say I Love You” was originally written and performed by the one and only Stevie Wonder. In 1984, the song was…