144. The Miracles: “What’s So Good About Good Bye”
It sounds really good, but stripping away the quality of the performances, it soon becomes clear it’s not one of Smokey’s best songs. (6)
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143. The Marvelettes: “I Want A Guy”
No, on the whole, it’s good. It is. It’s just not pants-wettingly good, and so it suffers by comparison to the original, which I love. Which is more my problem than the Marvelettes’, I know, but there we are. (6)
142. The Marvelettes: “Twistin’ Postman”
Ultimately, it’s not terrible, but the Marvelettes had come down from a whole different level to get here.
141. Mickey Woods: “(They Call Me) Cupid”
Contrary to initial misgivings – and compared to Woods’ previous sides, which had resulted in three musical abominations – this one is actually (whisper it) not too bad. (4)
140. Mickey Woods: “Please Mr Kennedy”
Once again, it’s impossible to work out what kind of success its writer and producer Berry Gordy felt this record was going to have.
139. The Twistin’ Kings: “White House Twist”
The stupidly annoying bits mean this can’t really be considered as being on a par with Xmas Twist, but the band performance is nearly enough to outweigh them. (3)
138. The Twistin’ Kings: “Xmas Twist”
Lots of fun, but repetitive in the extreme; the repeated vocals diminish the replay value of an otherwise rocking little instrumental. (4)
137. Don McKenzie: “I’ll Call You”
Quite astonishingly wet, to the point I’m scared to play it again in case it drips on the turntable.
136. Don McKenzie: “Whose Heart (Are You Gonna Break Now)”
The whole thing is underpowered, a would-be dance record that never once makes you want to get up and dance.
135. Bob Kayli: “Tie Me Tight”
Not great, not by any means, but it’s nice enough. Nowhere near as bad (or as cringeworthy) as the A-side, at any rate. (4)
134. Bob Kayli: “Small Sad Sam”
It’s never as outright awful as some of the worst sides Motown had released to date, but I can’t imagine anyone wanting to listen to it other than die-hard Supremes fans scrutinising the backing vocals. (1)
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