Both legends in their fields. Smokey Robinson and his amazing writing and performing for Motown, and Dr. Dre, and his writing, performing and producing in hip-hop. Both having a birthday and both on this episode of Coverville! (80 minutes)
Featuring:
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| 1 | Get Ready (2008 Remastered) | Ash | Rarities & B-Sides | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | |
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| 2 | Tears of a Clown | Inward Eye | Coalition Entertainment – Mix Tape Vol 2 | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | |
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| 3 | I Heard It Through The Grapevine | Rhythms Del Mundo feat. Kaiser Chiefs | Classics | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | |
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| 4 | You Really Got A Hold On Me (feat. Smokey Robinson) | Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra | Small World Big Band vol. 3: Friends | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | |
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| 5 | Shop Around | Clarence Reid | Dancin’ With Nobody But You Babe | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | |
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| 6 | I Second That Emotion | Japan | Assemblage | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | |
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| 7 | Who’s Lovin’ You | The Jackson 5 | Soulsation! The 25th Anniversary Collection | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | |
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| 8 | The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game | Blinky | The Ultimate Rarities Collection 1: Motown Sings Motown Treasures | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | |
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| 9 | Yesterlove | The Lemonheads | Varshons | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | |
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| 10 | Fading Away | Hall & Oates | Our Kind Of Soul | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | |
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| 11 | Ooh Baby Baby | Seal | Soul 2 | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | |
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| 12 | The Tracks Of My Tears | Bryan Adams | Tracks Of My Years (Deluxe) | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | |
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| 13 | You’ll Lose A Precious Love | The Uniques | Trojan Sixties Box Set | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | |
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| 14 | California Love | My American Heart | Punk Goes Crunk [Explicit] | 2Pac (feat. Dr. Dre) | |
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| 15 | No Diggity (Minimatic Remix) | Nozomi Yamaguchi, NYC Alowicious | Electro Swing Fever, Vol. 3 | Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre | |
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| 16 | Bitches Ain’t Shit | Ben Folds | Supersunnyspeedgraphic, The LP | Dr. Dre | |
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| 17 | Nothin’ But A ‘G’ Thang | The Escape Frame | Punk Goes Crunk [Explicit] | Dr. Dre | |
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| 18 | Billie Jean (Billie Jean Remix) | Blackstreet | No Diggity: The Very Best Of Blackstreet | Michael Jackson | |
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Thought you should know that “Ooh Baby Baby” was also covered by Lenny Kravitz on his 2014 CD, “Strut”. Interesting mix this week, my man!
Hey Brian, this episode is a great example of how much musical discovery Coverville brings me. I had no idea Smokey Robinson had written so much of the music I like! Awesome!
Hi. Enjoyable show. Wondering about the Blackstreet closer…did Smokey have credit on Billie Jean, or I guess Dre was involved in the track. Oh wait..neither, I just heard you say. Hmm… with the multitude of Dre to choose from and the significantly smaller time given, I found that selection quite inadequate.
Sorry you didn’t enjoy it, Leigh – I didn’t find that there were a lot of Dr. Dre songs to choose from out there, at least not as many that would fit in with the range of genres I usually stick to. With Dre’s connections to Blackstreet (being involved with the song that was easily their biggest hit), coupled with the fact that I don’t have plans to do a Blackstreet cover story on its own any time soon, I decided to keep it in the playlist.