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Thread: WTFDetroit presents "Detroit's Top 25 Recording Artists of All Time" -- NOMINATE NOW

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    Thanks Mxy, that's the kind of stuff we're looking for.
    Find a new slant.

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    George Benson, Jackie Wilson, The Spinners, Be Be & Ce Ce Winans,
    Ray Parker Jr., Temptations, Sonny Bono, The Four Tops, MOLA1
    The Reflections, Smokey Robinson, The Supremes, The Vandellas,

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    I think the first word that everyone thinks of when the hear "Sonny Bono" is "Detroit". lol

    Nice additions, M1.
    Find a new slant.

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    If you want to count Windsor as "south Detroit" (that song by Journey still cracks me up), Shania Twain was born there.

    Wilson Pickett belongs on the list, and isn't conveniently lumped with the Motown greats.

    For Jazz, Miles Davis lived in Detroit, briefly. Betty Carter was born around here. Get Ed Love to sign on here.

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    I thought we were going by birthplace.

    Pickett got his start here, but Alice Cooper started out in Tempe, if I'm not mistaken.

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    "born or based"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Glenn
    "born or based"
    Seriously? Everyone's going to die. This top 25 will take years.
    I say we should go with born in. There are a lot of people that were "based"
    here during the Motown era. Leaving people like Gladys Knight and The Pips
    off the top 25 list would be ridiculous, so I think to avoid complications, born
    in Michigan is what we should roll with. Thoughts?

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    Raised in Detroit -or- did significant amounts of musical work in Detroit makes more sense to me. There's a number of quintessential Detroit folks like Aretha Franklin who weren't born in Detroit, but any list without her is bogus.

    There's an out to avoid weighing the Motown bands -too- heavily -- just have a slot be "The Funk Brothers (and everyone who sang with them)". That way you don't have to decide between The Supremes and the Four Tops. Somewhere along the way, Holland-Dozier-Holland deserves some mention, though... hmmm...

    One other name that hasn't been mentioned is Glenn Frey, best known as being a backup musician for Bob Seger and Linda Ronstadt. Oh, and this little group called the Eagles...

    Does anyone want to claim the Jackson 5? What about ICP?
    Last edited by Uncle Mxy; 06-20-2006 at 10:57 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy
    Raised in Detroit -or- did significant amounts of musical work in Detroit makes more sense to me. There's a number of quintessential Detroit folks like Aretha Franklin who weren't born in Detroit, but any list without her is bogus.
    I'm inclined to agree. Lots of great artists that made their mark in Detroit but where born elsewhere.

    As far as the MoTown stuff being dominant in the list, I think that is entirely appropriate. Besides cars, it's what the city is known for. Those MoTown artists are amongst the most influential and revered in music history, not just Detroit music history.

    Detroit is where that history was made.
    Find a new slant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy
    Jackson 5?
    Sure.
    What about ICP?
    No.

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