Welcome to my best Motown songs page where you'll find 30 plus songs on this page and links to nearly 70 more songs you can easily learn on the acoustic guitar.
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Back Stabbers the song managed to reach #1 for The O'Jay's on the Hot Soul Singles chart back in 1972 and then climbed to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The song hails from the album of the same name.
Blame It On The Rain ... info soon.
Dance With My Father was a single from the album of the same name from 2003.
The song was co-written with Richard Marx and won song of the years and best male R&B award at the 2004 Grammy's.
Doublewide Blues is a track from the 2003 album from Todd Snider entitled Near Truths and Hotel Rooms.
The song was never released as a single.
Evil is a track from Howlin Wolf's first studio album which he strongly disliked when it was first recorded back in 1969.
Howlin Wolf had previously recorded the song first in 1954 and again in 1959. The song peaked at #43 on the US R&B charts.
Fine Brown Frame appeared on Lou's 1989 album At Last. The song was performed as a duet with Dianne Reeves.
The song was never released as a single.
Fortunate Son is a 1969 song of course from CCR but was covered by Todd Snider on his 2008 album called Peace Queer.
The track was never released as a single.
Hold On ... info soon
I Can See Clearly Now ... info soon
I Found Someone Of My Own was the lead single from the 1971 album of the same name from the group The Free Movement. This was the groups only album and this song hit #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
I play this one with a bit of a muted shuffle playing a down down down down up down up down up and a few down strokes as you head into the chorus. Played in standard tuning and no lead work. For chords you'll need a C, D, Dmaj7, B7, Em, A7, Db7, Gbm and an E.
In Between Jobs is a track from Todd Snider's 2012 album Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables.
This track was never released as a single.
Last Two Dollars .. info soon.
Let's Just Kiss And Say Goodbye ... info soon
Let's Stay Together is a 1972 album released by Al Green and this track as the lead song. The single was released ahead of the album in 1971 and topped the Billboard 100 Chart.
The song also hit #1 on Billboards R&B chart. At the end of 1972, the song claimed Billboards Year End chart title for best R&B song.
Lover Bird is a track from the 1958 album from Buddy and Ella Johnson album called Sing Me.
I have no idea if this track was ever released as a single.
Midnight At The Oasis was a 1973 single from Maria Muldaur when she released her debut album.
The song reached #2 in Canada, #6 in the US and #21 in the UK. The song and album were nominated for song and album of the year at the 1975 Grammy's.
One Less Bell To Answer was written for jazz singer Keely Smith in 1967. But in 1969 producer Bones Howe came across the tune and wanted The 5th Dimension to record the song as part of their 1970 debut album.
They recorded it, released it and peaked at #2 behind My Sweet Lord by George Harrison.
One Scotch One Soda One Beer was recorded by Amos Wilburn in 1953. It eventually became part of several compilation albums.
The song was a top ten as a single release for Amos Wilburn.
Talk It Over is a track from Grayson Hugh's 1988 Blind To Reason.
The song reached #3 in NZ, #4 in Australia and #19 in the US.
The Harder They Come is a song from Jimmy Cliff with a reggae feel. In 1972 the song was recorded for the movie of the same name.
Cliff wrote the melody and lyrics after he agreed to take the lead role of a musician who tuned to crime. Madness, Rockers Revenge and Joe Jackson have all covered this number.
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted was a big hit song for Jimmy Ruffin back in 1966. It did really well on the music charts, reaching the top 10 in both the United States and R&B charts. The song was on Jimmy's first album, which was also called "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted."
People loved the song because it had meaningful lyrics and Jimmy's
powerful voice. Since then, many other singers have covered the song,
showing how much it's still loved today. Overall, "What Becomes of the
Brokenhearted" is one of Jimmy Ruffin's most famous songs, and it's had a
big impact on music over the years.
Who's Been Talkin is a track from Howlin Wolf's 2nd album released in 1962 called simply Howlin' Wolf.
All tracks on this album were previously released between 1960 and 1962 under the Chess label. Some people refer to this as the Rockin Chair album for obvious reason.
This number was not released as a single.
You Are So Beautiful became a #4 hit in Canada and a #5 hit in the US for Joe Cocker back in 1975.
The song hails from the album I Can Stand A Little Rain. Billy Preston co-wrote this song with Bruce Fisher and first released it in 1974.
This was Joe Cockers highest charting single.
You Can Leave Your Hat On was recorded by Joe Cocker but written by Randy Newman.
The track appears on the album Cocker from 1986 and was a top 40 in a few countries.
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