Corridor of Uncertainty - April 2013 by Muchomacho on Mixcloud
Tammi Terrell - All I Do Is Think About YouTammi Terrell singing , written by Stevie Wonder...both Motown legends. As were Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson who are just too talented and have written some of the best songs ever including this genius tune but, this apparently was the first ever release on a B side
The Messengers - California Soul Some of the songwriters popularized by The 5th Dimension went on to careers of their own, especially Ashford & Simpson, who wrote "California Soul". The group is also notable for having more success with the songs of Laura Nyro than Nyro did herself, particularly with "Stoned Soul Picnic"
Laura Nyro- Stoned Soul Picnic Laura Nyro whose album, ‘Gonna take a Miracle’ was produced in Philly by Gamble & Huff. The duo penned this classic original
The O'Jays - Now That We Found Love Gamble & Huff did a lot of work with producer Thom Bell. Thom Bell worked with The Spinners from around 1972. A couple of years previously they bought out this gem written & produced by Stevie Wonder, which has been sampled and covered plenty....
The Spinners – It’s a Shame
Henry R. "Hank" Cosby - worked with Stevie Wonder co-penned "My Cherie Amour", "I Was Made to Love Her", and "Uptight (Everything's Alright)". He co-wrote and co-produced "The Tears of a Clown", a #1 hit for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. Cosby was also a prominent member of Motown's Funk Brothers studio band, playing saxophone. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles sung (or rather covered) Abraham, Martin & John. But originally written by
Dick Holler - Abraham, Martin, and John
Recorded by Dion on Laurie Records, as was this Blondie covered original
Randy & The Rainbows - Denise
Randy & the Rainbows were formed in Queens, New York. Def Jam label boss Russell Simmons was also a Queens native. Def Jam's most famous band Public Enemy released this song..sampling this 1971 Italian original
Jesahel - Delrium
They also covered With a Little Help from My Friends, a cover of the The Beatles who covered Chains - by the Cookies BUT - as with almost any song that's any good, it was written by:Gerry Goffin & Carole King - and here is she, doing that:
Carole King - Chains
John Lennon and Paul Macca covered many a Gene Vincent song, including Be-Bop-A-Lula and, Blue Jean Bop. Joe South wrote Gene Vincent's 'Gone, Gone, Gone' and this Deep Purple cover
Joe South - Hush
Joe South also wrote this gem covered by The King ! The King was renowned for singing other peoples songs throughout his career including this early classic written by Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller from 1952...
Big Mama Thornton & Buddy Guy - Hound Dog
Buddy Guy, wasn't big on covering other's tracks, that said, Blues is littered with " adapted versions of" original tracks - you've only got to see the dot joining from Willie Dixon to Led Zep, via Small Faces & Muddy Waters to see that. However, Buddy does cover Junior Kimborough's "Meet me in the City" - also covered by The Black Keys & Gomez. But here's the original
Junior Kimbrough - Meet Me in the City
