Click here to hear the Tammi Terrell version. It was never released... until 2002, when Universal Music Group put out a compilation in the U.K. called “A Cellarful of Motown!”
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Speaking of Stevie...
... I never knew that “All I Do” – one of the great tunes off of “Hotter Than July” – was originally written for Tammi Terrell, and that she recorded it in 1966. (Yes, Stevie Wonder was a teenager when he co- wrote that song.)
Click here to hear the Tammi Terrell version. It was never released... until 2002, when Universal Music Group put out a compilation in the U.K. called “A Cellarful of Motown!”
Click here to hear the Tammi Terrell version. It was never released... until 2002, when Universal Music Group put out a compilation in the U.K. called “A Cellarful of Motown!”
Hey, that was nice. :-) I had no idea that Tammi Terrell did it first.
ReplyDeleteStevie's version is one of my FAVORITE songs of his. Whenever I listen to my Stevie Wonder playlist, it's usually the first song I play.
Fine post!
^ Thanks, bklyn6. "Hotter Than July" is one of my all-time favorite albums.
ReplyDeletewhew, you done did it this time, UBM. I played this three times in a row. Stevie is so good for reinventing his music. like his work on syretta's first album, the way he rearranged I love every little thing about you. whew!
ReplyDeletealso, tammi terrell = massively underrated.
Great post!
ReplyDeleteIts another clear piece of evidence why Stevie is one of the all time greats. He brings so much swing to his version its sick.
I really thought Tammi was just the ketchup to Marvin's french fries. Didn't know she had her own thing going.
this was like one of the first albums I ever bought with my own money... Knew it backwards and forwards... at least I thought I did.... where do you find this stuff at UBM? I never come up on these gems
ReplyDeleteone of the first joints I bought with my own money... I thought I knew the album backwards and forwards... I'm the type that wants to know who did the handclaps on on a song...how are you coming up on these gems?
ReplyDelete^ In this case, it was the miracle of Wikipedia.
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