RSG! The Sound Of Motown (1965) #5

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More live Motown medley with Smokey Robinson and The Miracles (Shop Around), The Supremes (Where Did Our Love Go). Followed by the finale 'Mickey's Monkey' with Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, and everyone else joining in: The Supremes, The Temptations, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, Dusty Springfield. With the Earl Van Dyke Sextet. From the Ready Steady Go (RSG), Sound Of Motown TV special, recorded at the Rediffusion TV studios in London on 18 March 1965. **Historical notes**: This special was mainly Dusty Springfield's idea, to promote the Motown music and artists in Britain. Dusty was an occasional presenter of the weekly Ready Steady Go (which had the tag line... The Weekend Starts Here). She was a big fan of Motown music, and suggested the idea for this special to Vicki Wickham, recording artists manager, and RSG's producer at Rediffusion. Let's hope that this show (and other surviving RSG footage) one day gets a DVD release. It's now been 20 years since anything's been heard of these shows. The "Rediffusion London" TV station ceased to exist after July 1968, when the franchise for commercial TV in the London region changed. Sadly, only a handful of their music shows have survived. Most of the RSG shows are now lost to history.

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Uploaded: March 25, 2007 at 12:42 am
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PaulDePace (Saturday 15th of November 2008 12:10:04 AM)
Stop and think about the Hall of Fame talent on this show...in one room! Wow. Some of the giants of rock and roll. What was this...some TV show I never saw as a teenager?
Ravs023 (Thursday 6th of November 2008 11:37:41 AM)
Wow that's some serious moves, I came looking for a Christmas song by Motown. Its not like any other I've heard. Please if anyone knows of it, let me know. It was about boys growing up to be men...and no bombs...and peace on earth.
mrtunemizer (Wednesday 29th of October 2008 10:40:23 PM)
And another thing, why is it when they sing The Miracles' "Mickeys Monkey" all you hear is Diana's screeching voice in the backgrounds? Always got to have her microphone turned up high...geez! lol
mrtunemizer (Wednesday 29th of October 2008 10:37:38 PM)
I know that Mary Wells was released from her contract by this time but where are Marvin Gaye, The Marvelettes and the Four tops on this special?
williamg2552 (Friday 10th of October 2008 09:26:55 AM)
Everybodys always talking about "Supremes,this", and "Tempts,that"....Do you know who REALLY STOLE THIS SHOW ? SMOKEY ROBINSON, BOBBY ROGERS, PETE MOORE , and RONNIE WHITE...THE M I R A C L E S !!!
jaime5429 (Thursday 9th of October 2008 11:03:17 PM)
WoW! what performances...to see all the great singer from the early motown days. now that is what you call a family, all different groups singing together at the end dancing the "The Jerk' to 'MICKEY'S MONKEY'
kidfatal23 (Wednesday 8th of October 2008 01:54:56 PM)
wow this ladies are beatiful and especially flo ,she got a beatiful voice and so loud and clear...:-)
lkijju (Saturday 27th of September 2008 04:28:08 PM)
Marvellous stuff. Takes me back to the age of 16. Next year I get a free bus pass. lol
mitchell4000 (Tuesday 23rd of September 2008 11:40:45 AM)
You know watching that clip made me realize why their was so much magic between HDH and Ross' voice. You could go with various voices, but Diana's voice captured the fragile person asking Where Did Our Love Go. Sometimes folks with big voices just lack the ability to show any softness or fail encompass the fragile side of a song. Diana did this perfectly.
Individuell83 (Tuesday 23rd of September 2008 05:53:58 AM)
lool you can really her mary more than flo and normally you hear flo much louder but you can her also =)