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100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #10 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Released: 1968 As the decade wore on it felt like there was a lot less of everything to go round. … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60's, Barrett Strong, Berry Gordy, Gladys Knight, I Heard It Through The Grapveine, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Norman Whitfield, Soul, The Miracles

White Denim – 12 review

Distance is always relative, but by any measures White Denim have come a long way since they burst onto the … More

12 review, Blues, Garage, James Petralli, Soul, White Denim

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #18 The Temptations – My Girl

Released: 1964 Sometimes being a song that makes people smile really carries the weight; it’s easier talking about broken hearts … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60's, Berry Gordy, My Girl, Soul, The Temptations

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #26 James Brown – Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag, Part I

Released: 1965 Writing in The Observer in 1990, profiler Cynthia Rose was barely into the first paragraph before she was … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60's, Funk, James Brown, Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Soul

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #27 The Shirelles – Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Released: 1960 Women having trust issues with men and vice versa goes as far back as the Garden of Eden … More

Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Soul, The Shirelles, Will You Love Me Tomorrow

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #35 Aretha Franklin – I Say a Little Prayer

Released: 1968 It’s an idea that takes some getting used to – and some writers it would appear never do … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60's, Aretha Franklin, Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Hal David, I Say A Little Prayer For You, Soul

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #37 Jackie Wilson – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

Released:1967 Everybody’s got to start somewhere. For struggling Detroit songwriter Berry Gordy, that beginning was with a singer called Jackie … More

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher, Berry Gordy, Detroit, Jackie Wilson, Motown, R&B, Soul

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #41 Martha Reeves and the Vandellas – Heat Wave

Released: 1963 In any organisation there is power, both hard and soft. It’s always concentrated in the hands of the … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60's, Heat Wave, Lamont Dozier Holland, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Motown, R&B, Soul

100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #42 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tracks of My Tears

Released: 1965 It’s a feature of twenty first century life which to be fair many of us love, that ability … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60's, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Soul, The Tracks of My Tears

100 Greatest songs of the 60’s #44 – Stevie Wonder – Uptight (Everything’s Alright)

Released: 1965 It seemed almost…selfish. Stevie Wonder sang. And played drums. And the harmonica. And piano. And the organ. Not … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 60's, Motown, Soul, Stevie Wonder

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