Posts Tagged: Gladys Knight & the Pips
The Great Music of Detroit
The Detroit Metro Times lists more than 100 top songs from in and around the city. Here are its top ten:
- Marvin Gaye, 1971: What’s Goin’ On
- Stevie Wonder, 1973: Living for the City
- Question Mark & the Mysterians, 1966: 96 Tears
- The Stooges, 1969: No Fun
- John Lee Hooker, 1948: Boogie Chllen
- Del Shannon, 1961: Runaway
- Alice Cooper, 1971: I’m Eighteen
- McKinney’s Cotton Pickers, 1929: Will You, Won’t You, Be My Babe?
- The Supremes, 1968: Love Child
- MC5, 1969: Kick Out the Jams
Of course, great Detroit area acts such as Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Temptations, Eminem and Bob Seeger and the Silver Bullet Band are represented on the long and interesting list.
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The Top 10 Songs of 1973
Professor Jam’s take on the top ten songs of 1973, from a list of 100. I’m not sure of the criteria he used.
Roberta Flack: Killing Me Softly
Carly Simon: You’re So Vain
Diana Ross: Touch Me in the Morning
The Carpenters: Sing
Stevie Wonder: You are the Sunshine of My Life
Gladys Knight & the Pips: Midnight Train to Georgia
Elton John: Daniel
Temptations: Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Paul McCartney and Wings: My Love
The Carpenters: Yesterday Once More
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Bob Babbitt, Nov. 26, 1937-July 16, 2012
It’s sad to continually have to commemorate the passing of members of any community, and the community of musicians is no exception. Yesterday, it was announced that country star Kitty Wells passed away. Today comes word that Bob Babbitt also died yesterday. He passed away in Nashville at the age of 74. Babbitt, a bass player, isn’t a household name. But, perhaps, he should be:
Mr. Babbitt’s gymnastic, groove-rooted bass work bolsters classic recordings including Smokey Robinson’s “Tears Of A Clown,” Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered,” The Temptations’ “Ball of Confusion,” Marvin Gaye’s “Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology),” Edwin Starr’s “War,” Gladys Knight & The Pips’ “Midnight Train To Georgia” and The Capitols’ “Cool Jerk.”
War is above. Here is Cool Jerk.
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