Old Motown Records and 45's

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Detroit vocal group, The Dynamics - "Misery" - 1963 on Big Top Records

The record is one of those great mixtures of R&B/rock/soul that was so prevalent in the early 60’s. The song starts out with a slightly menacing bass/drums/guitar backing, the lead vocal drops in as normal as can be - before suddenly changing to a falsetto and being joined by the other singers – at which point the drummer kicks things up a notch. After the second verse there’s a cool sax solo, and then the group comes back for more. "Misery" was covered [[plagiarized) by the Who [[known back in the day as the High Numbers) and re-titled as Zoot Suit.

Also, are you familiar with Deon Jackson, out of Ann Arbor? After a couple of regional hits, he hit big on the charts with 1965's "Love Makes the World Go Round" on Carla Records.