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Motown Northeast
by Robert F. Nordstrom
Featuring songs by the greatest artists of the classic R&B, Soul and Funk eras. Back stories on the songwriters, producers and musicians that make these songs enduring.Music history with a beat and a groove, recorded live in all its imperfect glory.
Episodes
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Motown Northeast 3.17.18
This show features songs from Sam and Dave, Doby Gray, the Isley Brothers, the Staple Singers, Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin and Rufus with Chaka Khan. Take a half hour and enjoy this smorgasbord of R&B, Soul and Funk. Chaka says, "Tell me something good."
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Sam Cooke Live!
"One Night Stand", acclaimed as one of the greatest live albums of all time. Recorded at the Harlem Square Club in Miami, Florida in January of 1963. Featuring the King Curtis Band and the outstanding vocals of Sam Cooke. Take a trip back in time and enjoy the energy of one of the greatest...
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Motown Northeast 6.12.17
The Father's Day Show Celebrating the good, the bad, the indifferent and the missing fathers everywhere. Songs by James Brown, Floyd Taylor, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Ben E. King, Alex Lattimore, the Temptations and others. The Winstons "Color Him Father (Color Him Love)"
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Motown Northeast 5.12.17
This show features songs from Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Wild Cherry, Etta James, the Drifters, Ben E. King, Soul Clan, Barry White and others. Man vs. Machine...listen as the show host does battle with audio equipment. "The winner is..."
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Motown Northeast 4.21.17
This show features songs from the Staple Singers, James Brown, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Otis Clay, Tower of Power, Ray Charles & Gladys Knight, the Manhattans and others. Otis Redding says, "Try a Little Tenderness."
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Motown Northeast 4.14.17
This show features songs from Mary Wells, the Four Tops, the Soul Children, the Temptations, Ashford and Simpson, the Ohio Players, Sly and the Family Stone and others. The Freedom Singers say, "We Shall Overcome." Thank you South Africa for the many, many downloads. Mama Africa!
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Motown Northeast 4.1.17
This show features songs from Clarence Carter, Ann Peebles, Parliament, Sam and Dave, Marvin Gaye, War, Roberta Flack and others. The O'Jays want to "Give the People What They want."
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Motown Northeast 3.17.17
This show features songs from Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Rufus with Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind and Fire, Isaac Hayes, Al Wilson, Diana Ross and others. Barry White gives us some, "Love Makin' Music."
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Motown Northeast 2.24.17
This show features songs from Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles and Natalie Cole, Bobby Womack (belter), Lou Rawls (crooner), Queenie Lyons and others. The Undisputed Truth, "Smiling Faces Sometimes (Tell Lies)"
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Motown Northeast 1.27.17
This show features songs from Sam and Dave, Aretha Franklin, the Average White Band, Rufus, Percy Sledge, Etta James, the Isley Brothers, Barry White and others. James Brown says, "Papa Don't Take No Mess." Radio show host says, "Stick it to the man! Wait a minute, I am the man."
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Motown Northeast 1.13.17
The shortest hour on radio. Technical difficulties reduced this podcast to 33 minutes. (Damn CD recorder stop working halfway through the show.) This show features songs from Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Valerie Wellington, Joe Simon…
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Motown Northeast 12.30.16
This show features songs from Arthur Conley, the Isley Brothers, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Wilson Pickett, the Staple Singers and others. TOP - "Soul with a Capital "S". Thanks for a Soul-filled 2016!
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Motown Northeast 12.9.16
This show features songs from Al Green, James Brown, the Shirelles, Earth, Wind and Fire, War, the Marvelettes, Fontella Bass and others. Ray Charles pleads, "Unchain My Heart."
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Motown Northeast 11.18.16
This show features songs from the Isley Brothers, the Soul Survivors, Parliament, the Spinners, the Foundations, Tony Joe White, Minnie Riperton and others. Mr. Brown always gets the last word.
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Motown Northeast 11.11.16
This show features songs from Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Sly and the Family Stone, Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Four Tops and others. Special good bye to Leonard Cohen. Jerry Butler is the "Ice Man".
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Motown Northeast 11.4.16
This show features songs from Clarence Carter, Marvin Gaye, Rufus with Chaka Khan, Tower of Power, Peggy Scott-Adams, Barry White and others. "That's What Friends Are For": Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Elton John and Stevie Wonder.
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Motown Northeast 10.14.16
This show features songs from Otis Redding, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Otis Clay, James Brown, Teddy Pendergrass, the Staple Singers and others. The Persuasions sing Nobel Lauriat, Bob Dylan's "The Man in Me".
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Motown Northeast 9.30.16
This show features songs from Wilson Pickett, Ike and Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, Smokey Robinson, the Soul Children and others. Gladys Knight and the Pips sing "The Friendship Train" "Freedom, justice, peace, love and harmony." Amen.
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Motown Northeast 9.2.16
This show features songs from James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Isaac Hayes, Rufus with Chaka Khan, the Marvelettes, David Ruffin and others. Sly Stone is "Smilin'" again.
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Motown Northeast 8.26.16
This show features songs from Otis Redding, the Jackson Five, the Stylistics, Mary Wells, Larry Graham and others. The Commodores hit song Brick House. (I always thought this was wedding song.) "Mighty, mighty"
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Motown Northeast 7.15.16
"Daughters of Rhythm and Blues Special" This show features an interview with Rhonda Ross, daughter of the legendary Diana Ross. Prior to her performance at the North Atlantic Blues Festival, Miss Ross talks about her musical influences, songwriting style, gushes about her husband, jazz pianist…
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Motown Northeast 7.8.16
This show features songs from the Staple Singers, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, the Drifters, Sam Cooke, Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Isley Brothers, Barry White and others. Parliament is "Up for the Downstroke." (Yes, the other Clinton...George, Jr)
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Motown Northeast 7.1.16
This show is a tribute to the legendary session players, Motown's Funk Brothers. Songs from 1961 to 1972, featuring the Marvelettes, Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, the Tempts and Tops, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and others. You won't hear anyone tighter than these greats!
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Motown Northeast 6.3.16
This show features songs from Ike and Tina Turner, the Shirelles, Aretha Franklin, Lou Rawls, Rufus with Chaka Khan, Diana Ross and the Supremes and others. Two songs from the Soul Clan give you a reason to leave your chair.
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Motown Northeast 5.20.16
This show features songs from Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, the Average White Band (Scottish Funk?!), Tony Joe White, Nina Simone and others. Edwin Starr still has "25 Miles" to go.
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Motown Northeast 5.13.16
Happy Birthday Stevie Wonder! This show features 3 songs from the birthday boy, as well as songs from Ray Charles, James Brown the Tempts and Tops, Tower of Power and others. Linda Lyndell sings, "What a Man."
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Motown Northeast 4.29.16
This show features songs from Clarence Carter, the Isley Brothers, Al Wilson, Rufus, Fontella Bass, Otis Redding, Barry White and others. War says, "The world is a ghetto."
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Motown Northeast 4.22.16
This show features songs from Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, Isaac Hayes, Aretha Franklin, Freddie Jackson, Percy Sledge and others. The Ohio Players cry, "FIRE!"
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Motown Northeast 4.8.16
This show features songs from Sam and Dave, Smokey Robinson, The Stylistics, the Temptations, James Brown, the Staple Singers, the Impressions and others. Tina Turner is a "Bold Soul Sister."
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Motown Northeast 3.18.16
This show features songs from Otis Redding, the Jackson Five, Parliament, the Commodores, Jerry Butler, Rufus, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, the Drifters and others. Celebrate Motown! "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing"
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Motown Northeast 3.11.16
This show features songs from Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, the Isley Brothers, the Marvelettes, the Fifth Dimension, Tower of Power and others. Tribute to Maurice White. Vacation is over. "I'm back, baby!"
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Motown Northeast 1.15.16
This show includes songs from Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Ben E. King, Mary Wells, Ike and Tine Turner and others. Memorial tributes to William Guest (the Pips), Natalie Cole and Otis Clay. The curtain falls on three more greats.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Featuring songs by the greatest artists of the classic R&B, Soul and Funk eras. Back stories on the songwriters, producers and musicians that make these songs enduring.Music history with a beat and a groove, recorded live in all its imperfect glory.
HOSTED BY
Robert F. Nordstrom
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Motown Northeast currently has 32 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Featuring songs by the greatest artists of the classic R&B, Soul and Funk eras. Back stories on the songwriters, producers and musicians that make these songs enduring.Music history with a beat and a groove, recorded live in all its imperfect glory.
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Motown Northeast is created and hosted by Robert F. Nordstrom.
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