Song Of The Day: Dec. 1, 2017
Underground Motown Week today features Brenda Holloway. If this song doesn’t sound like a typical Motown single, it’s b/c she originally recorded it in 1962 for the Del-Fi label. Motown signed her and convinced her to re-record it, which she did…in LA. Hadn’t even turned eighteen yet. Although Holloway only stayed with Motown for three years, she got to open for, wait for it, The Beatles. Regardless of whether this sounds more Dionne Warwick(e) than Motown, it’s a great song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE3DhdjuH70
BTW, didja know (I didn’t) that Brenda Holloway wrote this one which was turned into a hit by lead belcher David Clayton-Thomas and Blood, Sweat & Tears. I much prefer her version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zvTvZcmouU