William "Mickey" Stevenson was born in Detroit in 1937, mainly a songwriter and producer most famous for his contributions to Motown's success during the 1960s. He recorded a number of doo wop and gospel records for various Detroit labels including Stepp Records, which he owned. The label released several records in 1959 and 1960 by Herman Griffin, Tall Tonio & The Mello-Dees (Tony Clarke's first recording), and the Barbees. He joined Motown in 1959. He was head of the A&R department there during the company's "glory" years of the mid-1960s. He left the label in 1967, when he and his then wife Kim Weston left for MGM Records. He wrote or produced dozens of hit records at Motown, many with Ivy Hunter, including "Dancing In The Street" by Martha & The Vandellas; "Ask The Lonley" by the Four Tops; "It Takes Two" by Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston; "My Baby Loves Me" by Martha & The Vandellas; and "Devil With A Blue Dress" by Shorty Long. After leaving Motown, he formed the short lived People label in 1969 and released singles by Kim Weston and others. The label was dissolved in 1971 at about the same time James Brown started his own label of the same name. Also in 1969, he was appointed head of Venture Records, a subsidiary of MGM, aimed at increasing their share of the R&B market. In recent years, he has largely been involved in producing stage musicals. The latter include Swann, Showgirls, Wings and Things, The Gospel Truth, TKO, and Chocolate City. This was his only solo album originally released on Ember plus 5 x 45,s.I bought the LP when released but updated to this CD for bonus the 2 tracks and his killer deep soul tracks. Both LP & CD deleted from stock.
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23 comments:
Yes - here you are. Good to know. Thanks for review, P.
Now this is interesting yes please AMM
Great review , thanks AMM .
very, very nice, especially "I'm on my way back to you" Thanks for the review AMM!
Thanks for this nice soul pop album!
Interesting, thanks for the review AMM
Thanks AMM for bringing Mickey here
thanks for another rarity review AMM
Gotta check this one out. Thanks.
Thanks for reviewing this one with added bonus tracks.
Good post. Nice tasters.
Previously unaware of this guy... many thanks for the review AMM
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beauty mate - thank you for the review!
I could listen to to soul music for forty days and forty nights straight! 🕺
Thanks, AMM!
Who knew Mickey had an album? Great find ,AMM.
Great review AMM i do have the album but not those extra trasck is the bonus for me
Cheers Pedro
glad you aint forget me! thanks for this upgrade and nice scans either!
Nice review AMM thank you
Thanks AMM this is new to me appreciated
Great to know that he is still here, I remember seeing his name on various songs from motown. Thank you AMM.
Cheers for this review
Thanx For Another Nice Review
Cheers
Tel
Great review, Thank you AMM
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