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hotdog | 11:36 Fri 15th Dec 2000 | Music
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I am told that all Tamla Mowton records fade out at the end, with only two notable exceptions - does anybody know what they are?
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I think I can half answer your question. The only Tamla Motown record that I can remember that does not fade out is Behind a Painted Smile by the Isley Brothers.
Bernadette - Four Tops Behind the Painted Smile - Isley Brothers
The answers are Lionel Ritchie and Diana Ross-Endless love and Stevie Wonder-I Just Called To Say I Love You. These are the most popular tracks that do not fade however I believe there are at least three others.
One of them was Behind a Painted Smile by the Isley Bros., which ends, after a brief pause, with a short drum sequence.
Behind a Painted Smile by The Isley Brothers in the 1960s and Let It All Flow by The Dazz Band in the 1980s
The Onion Song by Marvin Gaye & ....Tammi Tyrrell? definitely does not fade out. I think Stevie Wonder could be the other one... reply to yesterday's: Bernadette by the Four Tops fades out!!! wash your mouth out!
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The Isleys' Behind a Painted Smile
Even though there are a few exceptions to the fade-out rule, the concept was a sound one. The fade-out idea was Motown founder Berry Gordy's way of making his records sound as if there was a continuous party going on that never ended. Incidentally, apart from Kiki Dee and R. Dean Taylor, does anyone know if there were many other white acts on Motown?
Behind a painted smile by The Isley Bros and The Onion Song by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell are the only ones I know of.
My Girl by Smokey Robinson; Someday We'll be Together by Supremes
Two other white artists on Motown were Tina Marie, then girlfriend of bad boy 'funk punk' Rick James, and Frankie Valli who recorded a song called The Nigfht on Motown subsidiary label Mowest. The song was a hugely popular hit among British northern soul fans.
As well as previous answers Rare Earth, Charlene(I`ve never been to me - number one in 82) and Meat Loaf(!!) were for a time white artists on Motown.Nothing to do with the question but a great piece of trivia in my sad world is that most of the songs recorded by the Four Tops were written for a white man that then turned Motown down-Stand up Mr Tom Jones

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