Hitsville USA 1959-71 - CD 2

Perhaps the best of all the four CDs. "I Can't Help Myself", Tracks Of My Tears", "Uptight", "This Old Heart Of Mine", "Ain't Too Proud To Beg", "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted", "Heaven Must Have Sent You" and not least "You Can't Hurry Love" are all absolutely fantastic songs. But my vote goes to "My Girl", one of my all time favourite R&B songs.

This Old Heart Of Mine is too overwhelming to not pick it.

^^^^^^^^ this

Isleys get my vote too. Oh shit, wait, "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"...now I have to choose.

"Heaven Must Have Sent You" was one of the first songs i ever loved when i was about 4 yrs old, still love it just as much now, so gorgeous and simple

Uptight

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted is... grim...

This Old Heart Of Mine is too overwhelming to not pick it.

but uptight would definitely be my second pick

yeah I think this is my favorite of the discs. At first I think it's impossible to not vote for My Girl, and anyone who does is a contrarian, but then I see songs like Ooh Baby Baby, Tracks of My Tears, Same Old Song...

Oh, another "two songs together Stevie" option...

You know, you look and thing THAT ONE but get put off by the lousy cover version by etc, but NO. I WIll vote "This heart of mine" WHATEVAH!

"Nowhere To Run"

Damn it!

Uptight (Everything´s Alright) - Stevie Wonder 15: Don´t Mess With Bill - Marvelettes (The)

Whatever, voting Uptight anyway.

Top 5:

He Was Really Sayin´ Somethin´ - Velvelettes
I Can´t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) - Four Tops (The)
Uptight (Everything´s Alright) - Stevie Wonder 15: Don´t Mess With Bill - Marvelettes (The)
What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin
Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) - Kim Weston

I'm sure most if not all of the votes for the Uptight/Don't Mess With Bill combo will go towards Uptight, but Don't Mess With Bill is a terrific jam as well. Bit of a Shangri-La's vibe.

Voting for I Can't Help Myself though, as it was my first favorite Motown song ever. And years of hearing it butchered during American Idol Hollywood week have done nothing to temper my enthusiasm for the song, which has got to add to the plus column for the song.

1 "You Can't Hurry Love"
2 "Ooo Baby Baby"
3 "The Tracks Of My Tears"
4 "It's The Same Old Song"
5 "Uptight"

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TOMT

I Can't Help Myself

Hats off to Marv Tarplin for the great intro on "Tracks of My Tears." I guess he, like Cornelius Grant of the Temptations, was one of the rare musicians who played out on the road and got to play on the records too.

"Tracks of My Tears". I'm pouncing on that one before I change my mind. And this isn't even the best CD in the box!

Isleys

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pretty much otm, i've always found TOMT boring but the rest are all first-class

musically, you're a maroon

tomt is one of the most well written pop hits ever recorded

next time make the voting period 3 days or something, 2 weeks is a bit excessive

no shit

I voted for "Ooh Baby Baby". "Tracks of My Tears" has probably been one of my favorite songs at one time or another, but for now, "but I'm only human, You made mistakes too" is the line that stays with me. The song seems ahead of it's time too, predicting the mellow soul of several years later while using an almost doo wop style.

"This Old Heart of Mine" is another all time favorite.

Even "Just Ask the Lonely" at the bottom of the list is an underrated, possibly forgotten single by my number one Motown group. Or are the Miracles my number one favorite Motown group?

I guess "Uptight" is the correct winner unless three people or more voted for "Don't Mess With Bill".