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"Twenty-Five Miles" is a song written by Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, and Edwin Starr for Starr's second album, 25 Miles (1969). The song was considered sufficiently similar to "32 Miles out of Waycross" by Hoagy Lands (also recorded as "Mojo Mama" by both Wilson Pickett and Don Varner), written by Bert Berns and Jerry Wexler, [2] [3] that Berns and Wexler were eventually given co-writing ...
In 1989, a number 17 UK hit by the Cookie Crew called "Got to Keep On" sampled a portion of "25 Miles". [10] This track was then featured on a 1990 dance medley made for the BRIT Awards, which made number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. [11] A club mix of various artists, it included the previous years remix of "25 Miles".
Starr later re-recorded the song as part of Ian Levine's Motorcity Records project, along with many of his previous Ric-Tic and Motown songs.; In 1989, the British singer Michaela released a cover version of the song, which reached number 62 on the UK chart.
An affiliation in 1989 with the UK record label Motorcity Records was brief, [5] but did result in one of Bristol's most popular releases, "Man Up in the Sky", [1] and his version of the Bristol-penned "What Does It Take to Win Your Love", originally a hit for Jr. Walker & the All Stars.
25 "Get Back" The Beatles with Billy Preston: 26 "In the Year 2525" Zager & Evans: 27 "Spinning Wheel" Blood, Sweat & Tears: 28 "Baby, I Love You" Andy Kim: 29 "Going in Circles" The Friends of Distinction: 30 "Hurt So Bad" The Lettermen: 31 "Green River" Creedence Clearwater Revival: 32 "My Cherie Amour" Stevie Wonder: 33 "Easy to Be Hard ...
Out on Blue Six (1989) King of Morning, Queen of Day (1991) Hearts, Hands and Voices (1992, US: The Broken Land) ... "The Twenty Five Mile High Club" (2002)
"2300 Jackson Street" is a 1989 single released by the Jacksons from their album of the same name. [3] [4] It is the only song on the album featuring Michael and Marlon Jackson, as they had left the group before further recording sessions.
The Andantes were an American female session group for the Motown record label during the 1960s. Composed of Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps, [1] the group sang background vocals on numerous Motown recordings, [2] including songs by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, the Four Tops, Jimmy Ruffin, Edwin Starr, the Supremes, the Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye ...