Name: Detroit Harmonisers - Early 60s Soul Groups in the Motor City
Brand: Various

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JASCD1126

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Limited edition

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2022-12-02

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604988112627

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Various

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Funk / Soul

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Jasmine

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This unique compilation presents a collection of vintage, highly-collectable early Motown recordings, featuring everything recorded for the company by a trio of their legendary male vocal groups, between 1959-62. The Contours became one of Motown's first major groups, on the back of their million-selling, chart-topping 'Do You Love Me', a song which would quickly evolve into a pop, R&amp;B and soul standard, and its raucous follow-up, 'Shake Sherry', both in 1962.  The Satintones famously cut 'Motor City' in 1959, a prophetically-titled early tribute to Detroit, and 'Tomorrow and Always', a cheeky answer disc to The Shirelles' 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow', in 1961.  The Valadiers bubbled under the Top 100 in 1961 with the mildly controversial 'Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)', a song which another Motown group, The Monitors, would successfully revive in 1966, as the draft for the Vietnam War escalated.

Tracks: The Contours - Do You Love Me / The Contours - Shake Sherrie / The Contours - You Better Get In Line / The Contours - The Stretch / The Contours - It Must Be Love / The Contours - Whole Lotta Woman / The Contours - Claudia / The Contours - So Grateful / The Contours - The Old Miner / The Contours - Funny / The Contours - Move Mr. Man / The Contours - Come On And Be Mine / The Satintones - Going To The Hop / The Satintones - Motor City / The Satintones - My Beloved / The Satintones - Sugar Daddy / The Satintones - Tomorrow &amp; Always / The Satintones - A Love That Can Never Be / The Satintones - Angel / The Satintones - I Know How It Feels / The Satintones - My Kind Of Love / The Satintones - Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart / The Satintones - Faded Letter / The Valadiers - Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam) / The Valadiers - Take A Chance / The Valadiers - Because I Love Her / The Valadiers - While I’m Away

Detroit Harmonisers - Early 60s Soul Groups in the Motor City

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