Other Mixes By RetroJoe
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Detroit Sounds
| Artist | Song | |
| Detroit With Mitch Ryder |
Rock 'n' Roll (1972) 
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| Stevie Wonder | Sir Duke (1977 #1) | |
| Todd Rhodes | Rocket 69 (1952) | |
| Sir Mack Rice | Mustang Sally (1965 R&B #15) | |
| Shorty Long | Function At The Junction (1966 #97, R&B #42) | |
| The Supremes | Come See About Me (1964 #1) | |
| Aretha Franklin with the Dixie Flyers | Don't Play That Song (1970 #11, R&B #1) | |
| Jackie Wilson | i'll be satisfied (1959 #20, R&B #6) | |
| Little Willie John | Need Your Love So Bad (1956 R&B #5) | |
| The Falcons & Band (Wilson Pickett, Lead Singer) | I Found A Love (1962 #75, R&B #6) | |
| Paul Williams | The Hucklebuck (1949 R&B #1) | |
| The Underdogs | Love's Gone Bad (1967) | |
| Mary Wells | Bye Bye Baby (1961 #45, R&B #8) | |
| Gino Washington | Gino Is a Coward (1964) | |
| The Dynamics | Misery (1963 #44) | |
| The Rationals | Respect (1966 #92) | |
| Gene Goldkette Orchestra [Bix Beiderbecke, Jimmy Dorsey, Trumbauer, Venuti, Lang] | Clementine (1927) | |
| Jackie Wilson | That's Why (I Love You So) (1959 #13, R&B #2) | |
| The Midnighters | Work With Me Annie (1954 R&B #1) | |
| Jack Scott | What In The World's Come Over You (1960 #5, R&B #7) | |
| Aretha Franklin | I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) (1967 #9, R&B #1) | |
| Freda Payne | Bring The Boys Home (1971 #12, R&B #3) | |
| The Detroit Cobras | Cha Cha Twist (1998, 2004) | |
| Bob Seger | Katmandu (1975 #43) | |
Comment:
This mix was inspired by a list I found on the internet entitledThe 100 Greatest Detroit Songs Ever (Metro Times Detroit). They were even good enough to supply a bubbling under list of 93 more songs!
Most of the songs that I selected were in the time range of 1949-1977 (and centered on the early '60s; there was one song from 1927 and one from 1998 with a median value still in the early '60s). I used the songs that dated after 1970 for the first couple and last three songs of the mix. This mix is 71m34s in length.
The picture is of Jackie Wilson who's vocal range was amazing (and I used two of his songs on the mix along with two by Aretha Franklin).
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lots of great picks here - love the aretha tracks, jackie wilson tracks, & the supremes & stevie tracks especially
Makes me miss living in the D!
Soulful and a little rocky. Cool.
Great shout out for my state.
Incredible mix. Been listening to a lot of R&B and soul from the 60's and 70's and this mix has so many favourites I've recently discovered.
Great theme. Love the tracks from Gino and Stevie.
Sweet tribute to my old stomping grounds, and where I make pilgrimage several times every year for The Boys Of Comerica Park....Love the Rationals cut. Took me FOREVER to track it down.Now, if I can find The Rockets doing their gut bucket slop rock master cover of the old Fleetwood Mac cut Oh, Well...
Thanks Mr. Mirage,I used The Rockets' version of Oh Well on my The Summer of 1979 mix.You can find the song on the compilation CD Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, vol. 25.
brilliantly soulful
Bit late to getting round to this one - the huge amount of links available on AotM at the moment is fantastic, always something new to listen to...
As I'm sure you know I'm a huge soul fan, and Detroit does it best. Loved everything here, in particular Shorty, Jackie(both), LWJ, Geno with an E, and the Jack Scott. Terrific stuff Soul Man...
As I'm sure you know I'm a huge soul fan, and Detroit does it best. Loved everything here, in particular Shorty, Jackie(both), LWJ, Geno with an E, and the Jack Scott. Terrific stuff Soul Man...
Thanks for your glowing review Sam...But it is Gino with an I, not an E (the Geno Washington you are thinking of has no link to Detroit, but he is worthy of note; will have to use something by him in the future).
Though you have more black than white music here, Detroit has always fascinated me by the fact that the white music was much harder than the black music, or conversely the black music was much smoother than the white music, in general terms.But, hey, it's a beautiful thing and it definitely resulted in beautiful music, as you have quite effectively documented here...