Song of the Day: After the Four Tops, two superb and passionate songs about tricky relationships from a hugely under-rated artist who worked in the same circles, and made a classic 1971 album
Read moreThe Four Tops – Bernadette
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
Read moreThe Four Tops – Standing In The Shadows Of Love
Song of the Day: A Motown classic from 1966, and the follow-up to Reach Out I'll Be There from the Reach Out album. Also written by Holland- Dozier-Holland, there are strong musical similarities, especially in the chorus, but this song is all about heartbreak
Read moreR Dean Taylor – There's A Ghost In My House
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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