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The Four Tops
Song of the Day: Another helpless love song in the form of a stone-cold 1967 classic marked by superlative, heartfelt lead vocals by Levi Stubbs fronting the Motown band, and written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland
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The Foundations
Song of the Day: After yesterday's Les Fleur by Minnie Riperton, we turned to another uplifting flower song by the great British ethnic-mix Motown-style band who were active between 1967 and 1971
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Amy Winehouse
Song of the Day: The voice, the lyrics and the timing – tears don't get much more moving than this – a double from the much missed singer who had many downs, but undoubtedly hit the heights with her Back to Black album of 2006
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The Temptations
Song of the Day: Written by two of Motown's greatest songwriters in 1970 in the shadow of Nixon and the Vietnam War, it remains equally relevant during today's troubling political and social uncertainty
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Martha and her Vandellas in '63
Song of the Day: From 80s new wave to 60s Motown, and turning up the temperature, today's song is a Holland-Dozier-Holland hit made of soul, gospel, jazz and doo-wop
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Brenda Holloway
Song of the Day: A melancholy classic about the misbehaving man from one of the unsung greats, piano and voice combine beautifully for this 1964 hit
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R Dean Taylor is in the house – at Bailey's Club in the UK
Song of the Day: This foot-stomping, lingering-love northern soul favourite of the Wigan Casino and Blackpool Mecca was written by the Canadian artist with Holland-Dozier-Holland in 1967, but didn't become a UK hit until 1974
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Stevie Wonder in session with the Funk Brothers inside Motown's Snakepit in 1967
Song of the Day: We kick off our new daily series with one of the truly great and uplifting love songs, written by Stevie in 1967 with others, including his mother, when he was only 17
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