Favorite Motown act of the 1960s?

[NightTrain]

I'll conduct a subsequent poll on the Motown artists of the '70s and beyond. However, with the exception of Marvin and Stevie's marvelous strings of albums, I think most will agree that the very best Motown came out of the 1960s!

By the way, I'm painfully aware that I left several great and well-known Motown acts out of the poll. Once again, it's those damned space restrictions! Oh, well. There's always "other," right?

[spanone]

1. It's not fair, I could click on all

[tom_paine]

2. The Tops! Levi Stubbs was so cool, they put him into "Sliders"

"Cryin' Man Brown"

Yah, right!

Anyway, while those are all great acts, the Tops stand above, IMHO!

[mac56]

12. The Four Tops rule!

I loved the Temps and Marvin and Smokey, but something about the Tops and their harmonies always got to me.

[kodi]

3. smokey or the temps. although i learned how to dance to the supremes

been listening to the supremes just today

[NightTrain]

4. C'mon, folks! Let's keep this poll going.

Thanks!

[Old and In the Way]

5. I voted for Stevie, but

his best works, IMHO, were in the early 70s.

[Old and In the Way]

6. Hmmmm...no Otis Redding?

[kodi]

7. otis was stax/volt

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[Skittles]

8. I cried when Marvin died

oh, that really sucked. I always nearly start blubbering when I hear him and Tammy on the radio. A tragic pair. I don't think Marvin every got over Tammy's death.

[NightTrain]

10. I was 18...

...and really just getting into Motown. I first heard about Marvin's death when the on-air D.J. at my local oldies station cut into a song to announce it. He then went right into "I Heard It Through The Grapevine."

[PartyPooper]

9. Ooops! I meant to vote for the Supremes!

But, I voted for somebody else by mistake. :-(
This is a good poll. They're all good candidates. But, I still love Diana Ross and the Supremes. Such an era!

:loveya:

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

11. I LOVED SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES

I wasn't even born in the 60s. I gotta stop listening to geezer music.

[NightTrain]

13. "Geezer music"?!

Dude, '60s Motown will sound fresh and exciting long after you and I have shuffled off this mortal coil. I'll take the Miracles over Nelly any day of the week!

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

14. I don't listen to Nelly

and I was, joking. sarcasm. get it? :eyes:

[dbt]

15. I voted for The Temptations, but...

There are NO losers on the ballot (with the possible exception of "other")

Motown was such a treasure trove of American music. There's not a talent roster anywhere in the world today that even comes close.

And Junior Walker and the All-Stars never got their props. By rights, an outfit that funky belonged on Stax!! </heresy>

:bounce:
dbt