The Motown Years

~ Release by Billy Eckstine (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1The Prime of My Life
recording of:
The Prime of My Life
writer:
Richard R. Jacques and Ron Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller)
2:30
2Maybe Today
cover recording of:
Maybe Today
writer:
Theodore Anderson (composer & lyricist), Morris Broadnax (Soul and R&B music songwriter), Ron Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller) and William Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
2:47
3Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
cover recording of:
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
writer:
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker)
publisher:
Concord Music Ltd, Downtown DMP Songs, Musical Comedy Prods. and TRO Muscal Comedy Productions, Inc.
part of:
The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd
2:47
4As Long as She Needs Me
recording of:
As Long as He Needs Me (Oliver!)
lyricist and composer:
Lionel Bart
publisher:
Lakeview Music Publishing Company Ltd. and TRO-Hollis, Inc.
part of:
Oliver! (Lionel Bart musical)
2:42
5Down to Earth
3:05
6Feeling Good
cover recording of:
Feeling Good
writer:
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker)
publisher:
Concord Music Ltd and Musical Comedy Prods.
part of:
The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd
3:59
7Had You Been Around
recording of:
Had You Been Around
composer:
Richard R. Jacques, Ron Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller), Avery Vandenburg and Bernard Yuffy
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stone Diamond Music Corporation
2:49
8Love Is Gone
2:48
9Just Loving You
recording of:
Just Loving You
writer:
William Stevenson (Motown songwriter) and John Van Allen
2:36
10Climb Ev’ry Mountain
cover recording of:
Climb Ev’ry Mountain (The Sound of Music)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI United Partnership Ltd., The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and Williamson Music Company
part of:
MJ: The Musical
part of:
The Sound of Music (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
2:57
11Fantasy
recording of:
Fantasy
writer:
Ivy Jo Hunter and William Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
2:33
12This Is All I Ask
cover recording of:
This Is All I Ask
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Jenkins
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Intersong Music and Robbins Music Corp.
3:36
13A Warmer World
3:01
14I Did It All for You
recording of:
I Did It All for You
writer:
Jim Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer) and Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
2:43
15My Way
cover recording of:
My Way
writer:
Richard R. Jacques and Ron Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller)
3:11
16And There You Were
recording of:
And There You Were
writer:
Ron Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller)
2:31
17I Wish You Were Here
recording of:
I Wish You Were Here
writer:
Frederick Long (soul singer, musician, songwriter and producer) and William Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
2:56
18The Answer Is Love
recording of:
The Answer Is Love
lyricist and composer:
Smokey Robinson
3:08
19A Man Needs a Woman
recording of:
A Man Needs a Woman
writer:
Fangette Willett
3:26
20Quiet Room
3:46
21Lost in the Stars
cover recording of:
Lost in the Stars (song, Ulysses Africanus)
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Hampshire House Publishing Corp.
part of:
Lost in the Stars, Act I
4:07
22I’ll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her
cover recording of:
I’ll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Harms, Inc., The Songwriters Guild and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
2:16
23Talk to Me
cover recording of:
Talk to Me
writer:
Stanley Kahan and Eddie Snyder
2:58
24Once in a Lifetime
cover recording of:
Once in a Lifetime (Stop the World—I Want to Get Off)
lyricist and composer:
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker)
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc. and TRO Essex Music Ltd.
part of:
Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
1:57
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