08-03-2016, 12:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-03-2016, 03:13 AM by Eric the Green.)
The Winter and Spring of 1965 saw a rich crop of best songs ever. This one by the Temptations is often considered the best ever, or the most popular, in the history of Motown. It reached #1 on the US charts. Not on the San Francisco station though; too many others competed with it here. But more recently on an SF oldies station, for one year at least, it was voted all-time #1. Written by Smokey Robinson of the Miracles, "My Girl" was the second of his "best song ever" hits that pairs up with his earlier masterpiece "My Guy" by Mary Wells, which we'll get to in 1964.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Girl_(T...ions_song)
One great thing about 1965 was how many of my favorites were also big hits, even #1 hits.
This song is yet another outstanding example of how the hitmakers of the sixties used classical orchestration, played by expert studio musicians, in combination with rock/R&B sounds, and romantic melodies, to make a record truly delightful (actually the Detroit Symphony is among those performing on this track). That is something missing in much of later pop music. Besides the one in my signature line, "Pray" by Justin Bieber, how many others are there? If there are others that anyone knows that employs this feature, you can post them in the other threads. I know electronica can do some neat things to make a pop hit nifty in more-recent times, but in most cases and overall, the sixties music remains tops of the pops in my opinion in musicianship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Girl_(T...ions_song)
One great thing about 1965 was how many of my favorites were also big hits, even #1 hits.
This song is yet another outstanding example of how the hitmakers of the sixties used classical orchestration, played by expert studio musicians, in combination with rock/R&B sounds, and romantic melodies, to make a record truly delightful (actually the Detroit Symphony is among those performing on this track). That is something missing in much of later pop music. Besides the one in my signature line, "Pray" by Justin Bieber, how many others are there? If there are others that anyone knows that employs this feature, you can post them in the other threads. I know electronica can do some neat things to make a pop hit nifty in more-recent times, but in most cases and overall, the sixties music remains tops of the pops in my opinion in musicianship.