Rolling Stone put out its list of the Top 100 Motown songs a coupla months ago and I've been wrestling with it; finally, instead of screaming at my screen like a lunatic I've decided to simply list what MY Top 10 is (at this moment). YOU'RE WELCOME, EARTH!
ROLLING STONE'S' TOP 10
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, "The Tears of a Clown"
Martha and the Vandellas, "Dancing in the Street"
The Jackson 5, "I Want You Back"
The Supremes, "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
The Temptations, "My Girl"
Stevie Wonder, "Superstition"
Martha and the Vandellas, "Heat Wave"
Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On"
The Temptations, "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, "The Tracks of My Tears"
MY TOP 10 - first those included in the Rolling Stone list, plus four more:
The Four Tops, "It's the Same Old Song" RS ranking: #88
Diana Ross and the Supremes, "Someday We'll Be Together" #82
Brenda Holloway, "Every Little Bit Hurts" #77
The Temptations, "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" #55
Jimmy Ruffin, "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" #34
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, "The Tracks of My Tears" #1
Edwin Starr, "Twenty-Five Miles"
Four Tops, "Ask the Lonely”
The Temptations, “I Wish it Would Rain”
Kim Weston, "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)"
Uber-special: Nathan Jones
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