Motown had a sound of its own when I was a kid.
Jim, as always, has provided us with some terrific background and I recommend you check that out here
I was a Jackson 5 fan, but I haven’t chosen one of their hits for this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HstnfzyN8E
Courtesy WIKI
Richard Dean Taylor (May 11, 1939 – January 7, 2022) was a Canadian musician, most notable as a singer, songwriter, and record producer for Motown during the 1960s and 1970s. According to Jason Ankeny, Taylor was “one of the most underrated acts ever to record under the Motown aegis.”
As a singer, American audiences know Taylor best for his chart-topping 1970 hit “Indiana Wants Me”,which hit No. 1 in Cash Box in the United States and was also No. 2 in Canada and No. 2 in the UK. It peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. He became well known in the United Kingdom for other hits, including “Gotta See Jane” and “There’s a Ghost in My House”.
1967’s “There’s A Ghost In My House” was written by the team of Holland–Dozier–Holland along with Taylor, and again produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier. It was also a commercial disappointment in the US – but it was a No. 3 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1974. Taylor was also beginning to become a songwriter for other acts, as “I’ll Turn to Stone” by the Four Tops, and “All I Need” by The Temptations were both charting US singles in 1967, co-composed by him. In 1968, Taylor’s self-produced single “Gotta See Jane”, co-written with Brian Holland, became a Top 20 hit in the UK.
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I am aware of Richard Taylor being a part of Motown, but before reading your post Di, I didn’t know much about him. I liked your song choice.
Thanks. I had this and Indiana Wants Me as singles. I only took a small extract from WIKI but there is loads about him.
My sister loved this song. It was never off the family record player.
I always liked it too.
You had the same idea I did, to go with a Motown act that you wouldn’t figure was a Motown act. I think he recorded on Rare Earth records after a while. Good song choice!
Yes, he did John. I didn’t realise he’d passed away earlier this year though.
A new song for me!
Hurrah!!
Great choice, Di. I almost went for this, but opted for Smokey instead. I always felt that Motown had no idea why they had signed this guy and didn’t know what to do with him!
That’s an interesting thought Clive!
It does seem a strange choice of song to be on the Motown label. A great song, none the less.
He was one of the few white acts.
Kiki Dee was another who recorded on the label before Elton John’s Rocket!
I didn’t know that!