Berry Gordy Jr is immortalized as the founder ofand guiding force behind Motown Records, the hugely successful independent record company in Detroit that brought us the Supremes, Temptations, Miracles, Marvelettes, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and many other Ramp;B superstars of the 1960's and beyond.
This week Joel Najman's My Place program looks at the rarely heard earliest songwriting efforts of Berry Gordy Jr dating back to the pre-Motown1950's.
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You Can't Hurry Love
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Record Label Motown 1097
Thrill Of Love
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Record Label Old Town 1044
My Love Is Coming Down
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Record Label Federal 12310
Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)
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Record Label Brunswick 55024
Lonely Teardrops
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Record Label Brunswick 55105
That's Why (I Love You So)
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Record Label Brunswick 55121
Tammy
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Record Label Coral 6185
Come To Me
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Record Label Tamla 101
You Got What It Takes
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Record Label United Artists 185
I Love The Way You Love
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Record Label United Artists 208
Got A Job
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Record Label End 1016
Bad Girl
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Record Label Motown G-1/2
All I Could Do Was Cry
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Record Label Argo 5359
Jim Dandy Got Married
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Record Label Atlantic 1136
Money (That's What I Want)
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Record Label Tamla 54023
