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Where Did Our Love Go?

Originally posted on August 22, 2024

Remembering Florence Ballard of The Supremes who’d died 50 years ago today.

“I’ve got this burning, burning, yearning feelin' inside me”

#thesupremes #DianaRoss #marywilson #FlorenceBallard #brianholland #LamontDozier #eddieholland

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Where Did Our Love Go – The magic of Motown is on full display with the Supremes first #1 hit. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #TheSupremes #BrianHolland #LamontDozier #EddieHolland

Part of the benefit of writing Ted Tocks Covers is being able to look back through the years and discover the origin of songs that I have been listening to for most of my life. Without exception th…

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50+ Music Feb 16

"Please Mr. Postman" is a song written by #GeorgiaDobbins, William Garrett, #FreddieGorman, #BrianHolland and #RobertBateman. It was the debut single by #girlGroup #theMarvelettes for the #Tamla (#Motown) label and is famous for being the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the #Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The single achieved this position in late 1961; it hit number one on the #RAndBChart as well. The song has been #covered several times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxT9MPINMRM

The Beatles - Please Mister Postman (lyrics)

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50+ Music Feb 15

85 years ago today, #BrianHolland, American pianist, songwriter, and producer (Holland–Dozier–Holland - "Heat Wave"; "Where Did Our Love Go"; "You Keep Me Hanging On"), born in Detroit, Michigan.
#HappyBirthday #85 °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

50+ Music Jan 24

"Mickey's Monkey" is a 1963 song recorded by the R&B group #theMiracles on #Motown Records' #Tamla label. It was written and produced by Motown's main songwriting team of #BrianHolland, #LamontDozier, and #EddieHolland, who later went on to write two more Miracles hit singles, the Top 40 "#IGottaDanceToKeepFromCrying", and the Top 20 "(Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need". This was an unusual writing situation for the Miracles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS_Q7B6f1zQ

Mickey's Monkey...Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

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50+ Music Nov 21

"How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)" is a song by the American #soul singer #MarvinGaye. #Motown issued the song as a single on its #Tamla label in November 1964, and in January 1965 it appeared as the title track of Gaye's fifth studio album. The song was written in 1964 by the Motown songwriting team of #HollandDozierHolland, and produced by #BrianHolland and #LamontDozier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEI1FIXstqw

James Taylor - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) (from Pull Over)

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Baby Love

Originally posted on November 19, 2023

On this day sixty years ago The Supremes became the first all female group to hit #1 on the U.K. singles charts.

#thesupremes #marywilson #dianaross #FlorenceBallard #BerryGordy #brianholland #LamontDozier #eddieholland #LaToyaJackson #donnyosmond #grahamnash #timcurry

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Baby Love – Oh baby…Yet another Motown classic. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers

Let’s talk about the song writing process with a focus on one of the most prolific teams to ever have their creativity pressed to vinyl. I am talking about Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Ho…

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50+ Music Oct 1, 2025

"Feel It Still" is a song by American #rock band #PortugalTheMan. The song draws on the melody from #theMarvelettes' 1961 hit "#PleaseMrPostman"; written by the band along with producers #JohnHill and #AsaTaccone, "Feel It Still" also includes a credit for #Motown songwriter #BrianHolland. It serves as the second single and first radio single off their eighth studio album, #Woodstock. The song reached number one on the US #AlternativeSongs, Mexican.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=932n5qEyOsk

Feel It Still (Portugal. The Man) feat The Outlaws | Brian Friedman Choreography | Millennium OC

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50+ Music Sep 15, 2025

Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (Official Music Video)

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50+ Music Sep 15, 2025

"Can I Get a Witness" is a song composed by #BrianHolland, #LamontDozier, and #EddieHolland and produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier as a non-album single for American recording vocalist #MarvinGaye, who issued the record on #Motown's Tamla imprint in September 1963.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tj_T9m6nLI

1963 HITS ARCHIVE: Can I Get A Witness - Marvin Gaye

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50+ Music Sep 9, 2025

"Bernadette" is a 1967 hit song recorded by the #FourTops for the #Motown label. The song was written and composed by #HollandDozierHolland, Motown's main songwriting team, and produced by #BrianHolland and #LamontDozier. #Billboard described the song as a "hard-driving rocker" with an "outstanding performance by the group." #CashBox called the single a "pulsating Detroit lid underscored by that steady, danceable rhythm." The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9KEycAFI3M

Bernadette

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