Artist	Song
Aretha Franklin	(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
from The Very Best of Aretha Franklin - The 60's (2008)
Barbara Acklin	Love Makes a Woman
from Barbara Acklin: 20 Greatest Hits (2002)
Barbara Lewis	Hello Stranger
from Rhino Hi-Five - Barbara Lewis - EP (2005)
The Capitols	Cool Jerk
from Dance the Cool Jerk (2005)
Chairmen of the Board	Give Me Just a Little More Time
from Chairmen of the Board: Greatest Hits (1996)
Darrell Banks	Open the Door to Your Heart
from Darrell Banks Is Here! (2005)
Dee Dee Sharp	Mashed Potato Time
from Cameo Parkway: The Best of Dee Dee Sharp, 1962-1966 (2005)
Deon Jackson	Love Makes the World Go Round
from Sweet Soul Music (2003)
Doris Troy	Just One Look (Single / LP Version)
from Sings Just One Look and Other Memorable Selections (2005)
The Dramatics	Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
from The Best of the Dramatics (2006)
Edwin Starr	Agent Double-O-Soul
from The Very Best of Edwin Starr (1998)
Fontella Bass	Rescue Me
from Chess Soul: A Decade of Chicago's Finest (1997)
The Foundations	Baby, Now That I've Found You
from The Foundations: Their Very Best - EP (2008)
Freda Payne	Band of Gold
from Freda Payne: Greatest Hits (1996)
The Grass Roots	Midnight Confessions
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Grass Roots (2001)
Honey Cone	Want Ads
from Honey Cone: Greatest Hits (1996)
Jackie Ross	Take Me for a Little While
from Chess Soul: A Decade of Chicago's Finest (1997)
Little Eva	The Loco-Motion
from The Loco-Motion (2006)
The O'Jays	Back Stabbers
from The Essential O'Jays (2004)
The Radiants	Hold On
from Chess Soul: A Decade of Chicago's Finest (1997)
The Rascals	I've Been Lonely Too Long
from Time Peace - The Rascals' Greatest Hits (2005)
Shirelles & The Shirelles	Will You Love Me Tomorrow
from Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (2007)
Sly & the Family Stone	Dance to the Music
from Anthology (1989)
Tyrone Davis	Turn Back the Hands of Time
from The Ultimate Tyrone Davis (2005)
100 Proof (Aged In Soul)	Somebody's Been Sleeping In My Bed
from 100 Proof (Aged In Soul): Greatest Hits (1996)

Comment:

When you’re the champ, everybody wants a piece of you, and Motown packed pop’s heaviest punch [i]ever[/i]. Memphis-based Stax Records, desperate for some Motor City magic after a string of personal and professional setbacks, signed Temptations sound-alikes the Dramatics, even cutting their grit-caked smooth groove “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get” in Detroit for authenticity’s sake. At local Ric-Tic Records, they took their quest for the Motown sound one step further, hiring Hitsville’s Funk Brothers to lay their machine-gun bass and r-r-rolling keyboard thump into Edwin Starr’s “Agent Double-O-Soul.” A furious Berry Gordy — these guys were his [i]employees[/i], after all — simply bought the label, shut it down, and KO’d his assembly line’s secondary gig. Instead of moonlighting, the Holland/Dozier/Holland hit-making machine simply [i]left[/i] Motown, setting up labels to compete with Gordy’s empire; with a bent-knee plea so sincere it reduces the Chairmen of the Board’s lead singer to a stuttering mess of a man, “Give Me Just a Little More Time” delivered Invictus Records its first pop smash. And there’s more: from Aretha Franklin to the O’Jays, from the Rascals to the Shirelles, [i]everybody[/i] wanted a shot at Motown’s heavyweight crown — and we’ve got all the contenders right here.

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