Edward James Kendrick, best known by the stage name Eddie Kendricks, was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group The Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971.

Japanese exclusive reissue of the Philly soul/dance act's 1978 debut for Arista. Eight tracks including, 'Work It Out', 'You Know I Love You', 'No Limit' & 'Feel Your Way'.

A well-sung but uneven album from legendary songwriter Lamont Dozier. Dozier didn't get his momentum going as a solo act until the next album. This was his introductory vehicle, and it served to let him work out the kinks. Everything except the lyrics was first-rate; his vocals, the production, and the arrangements worked, and Dozier sounded convincing on the uptempo tunes and compelling on the ballads.
From All Music Guide - Ron Wynn

Remastered mid-price reissue of the legendary producer's (part of Motown's Holland-Dozier-Holland hit machine) long unavailable 1979 album. 8 tracks including 'Boogie Business' & 'Love Me to the Max'. Guests include Rene Moore, Angela Winbush (remember Rene & Angela) and Lee Ritenour. 2001 release.

A sweet mellow groover from the mighty Lamont Dozier – a set that's not nearly as well known as his earlier work of the 70s, but one that has the Motown man still riding strong! In contrast to the fuller, clubbier grooves of Dozier's ABC work, most of the tunes here are a bit more laidback and mellow – still with a groove, but not nearly as full-on – and with a sophisticated, sensual feel that's a fair bit like Leon Ware at his best! Production is nice and warm throughout, but never too slick – and there's some really compelling keyboard bits, especially some use of Prophet 5, which makes for a nice contrast with Lamont's vocals. The whole thing's great – and titles include "Why", "Playing For Keeps", "Chained", "Cool Me Out", "Working On You", "Starting Over", and "You Made Me A Believer". (Original pressing. Cover has a promo stamp.)

小詹姆士·喬瑟夫·布朗，非洲裔美國歌手，有「靈魂樂教父」之稱，被認為對20世紀的流行音樂有至深的影響。 詹姆士·布朗生涯為知名歌手、作曲家、樂團團長及音樂唱片製作人。布朗將福音音樂及節奏藍調帶入靈魂樂及放克，對許多其他類型的音樂也都有影響，如：搖滾樂、爵士樂、雷鬼、Disco、舞曲、電子樂、afrobeat及嘻哈。

Aretha Louise Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights activist. Franklin began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L. Franklin was a minister.

From Burt Bacharach to Barry Mann and Paul Williams, over the years some of pop music's top songwriters have occasioned to record reinterpretations of their own hits. The middle hyphenate of the famed Motown songwriting team, Holland-Dozier-Holland, has an advantage over those three in that he's recorded in the past for major labels and received a Grammy nomination for his most recent recording, ...An American Original. His vocals are rich and soulful doing his old Supremes', Four Tops' and Isley Brothers' hits, but we're so enamored of the lighthearted arrangements of the originals that an hour of these songs done at such a slow tempo comes off as a bit sluggish. His intention seems to be to recapture them in their original form as ballads, and there is a heartfelt beauty and a depth to some of these songs; "My World Is Empty Without You" truly has an aching quality that helps you understand the depth of the lyrics much better than the Supremes' version. For all those pluses, these versions will never capture our hearts the way the old recordings did. Now that this is out of Dozier's system, it would be nice to hear more originals from one of pop and soul's true songwriting greats.

Amazing soul from Chess Records, and an album that almost feels like some lost small-label soul set, or a batch of rare funky 45s! Shades Of Brown are an ultra-hip male group from Chicago, a quartet of singers with the range and depth of The Temptations or Dells at their best, supported by a small combo of very lively instrumentalists who bring a really funky edge to their music, that sort of self-contained sound than you might find more in the hinterlands of the 60s soul scene than at Chess. But there's also plenty of key Chess touches too, including production by Dells maestro Bobby Miller, who also penned all the tunes for the record, giving the group some wonderful material to work with. Richard Evans handled most of the arrangements, but Charles Stepney also did a few too.

Wake Up Everybody is an album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in November 1975. It was produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff. This would be the last album to include Teddy Pendergrass before he left the group for a solo career.
The album features the hit singles "Wake Up Everybody" and "Tell the World How I Feel About 'Cha Baby". "Don't Leave Me This Way", which would be reinterpreted two years later by Thelma Houston, was a hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #5. The lead vocal on the closing album track, "Searching for a Love", was performed virtually solo by Sharon Paige, who also performed duet duties with Pendergrass and Melvin on the song "You Know How to Make Me Feel So Good."
The album was remastered and reissued with a bonus track, a Tom Moulton remixed version of "Don't Leave Me This Way", in 2008 by Legacy Recordings.