Pre-Motown: The Earliest Music Of Berry Gordy Jr

By Joel Najman | March 23, 2013

Berry Gordy Jr is immortalized as the founder of and guiding force behind Motown Records, the hugely successful independent record company in Detroit that brought us the Supremes, Temptations, Miracles, Marvelettes, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and many other R&B superstars of the 1960’s and beyond.

This week Joel Najman’s My Place program looks at the rarely heard earliest songwriting efforts of Berry Gordy Jr dating back to the pre-Motown 1950’s.

Playlist:

8:04 pm

You Can't Hurry Love
Artist Name: The Supremes
CD/Album: no album name - 45rpm single
Record co./Cat #: Motown 1097

8:08 pm

Thrill Of Love
Artist Name: The Solitaires
CD/Album: no album name - 45rpm single
Record co./Cat #: Old Town 1044

8:12 pm

My Love Is Coming Down
Artist Name: Kenny Martiin
CD/Album: no album name - 45rpm single
Record co./Cat #: Federal 12310

8:16 pm

Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)
Artist Name: Jackie Wilson
CD/Album: no album name - 45rpm single
Record co./Cat #: Brunswick 55024

8:20 pm

Lonely Teardrops
Artist Name: Jackie Wilson
CD/Album: no album name - 45rpm single
Record co./Cat #: Brunswick 55105

8:24 pm

That's Why (I Love You So)
Artist Name: Jackie Wilson
CD/Album: no album name - 45rpm single
Record co./Cat #: Brunswick 55121

8:28 pm

Tammy
Artist Name: Debbie Reynolds
CD/Album: no album name - 45rpm single
Record co./Cat #: Coral 6185

8:32 pm

Come To Me
Artist Name: Marv Johnson
CD/Album: no album name - 45rpm single
Record co./Cat #: Tamla 101
Note: nationally released on United Artists 160

8:36 pm

You Got What It Takes
Artist Name: Marv Johnson
CD/Album: no album name - 45rpm single
Record co./Cat #: United Artists 185

8:40 pm

I Love The Way You Love
Artist Name: Marv Johnson
CD/Album: no album name - 45rpm single
Record co./Cat #: United Artists 208

8:44 pm

Got A Job
Artist Name: The Miracles
CD/Album: no album name - 45rpm single
Record co./Cat #: End 1016

8:48 pm

Bad Girl
Artist Name: The Miracles
CD/Album: no album name - 45rpm single
Record co./Cat #: Motown G-1/2
Note: nationally released on Chess 1734

8:50 pm

All I Could Do Was Cry
Artist Name: Etta James
CD/Album: no album name - 45rpm single
Record co./Cat #: Argo 5359

8:53 pm

Jim Dandy Got Married
Artist Name: LaVern Baker
CD/Album: no album name - 45rpm single
Record co./Cat #: Atlantic 1136

8:56 pm

Money (That's What I Want)
Artist Name: Barrett Strong
CD/Album: no album name - 45rpm single
Record co./Cat #: Tamla 54023
Note: nationally released on Anna 1111

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