Favorite Danceable Oldies/Motown/Soul Music

If you dismiss the ballads, every Motown song ever recorded could be listed here.

However, while it ain't a Motown release, I am particularly fond of Junior Walker and the All Stars' work, especially the "Shotgun!" album.

Here's one you might not be able to find, it wasn't a hit, but my favorite northern soul track
http://s55.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2VKZQEZ1S33IM2MHCNSTQUFOIW

I forgot, the song is Percy Wiggins - That's Loving You

Stevie Wonder - "For Once In My Lifetime"

Close the book.

Slave - "Slide"
Instant Funk - "I Got My Mind Made Up"

Jr. Walker was a Motown artist.

"Move On Up," Curtis Mayfield
"September," Earth, Wind & Fire
"Land of 1000 Dances," Wilson Pickett
"Respect," Otis Redding
"Boogaloo Down Broadway," The Fantastic Johnny C
"Westbound #9," The Flaming Ember
"Barefootin'," Robert Parker
"The Horse," Cliff Nobles & Co.

Oh, and it's not so old, but I can't resist anything on "Sons of Soul" by Tony Toni Tone except maybe the slow dance.

Which is still a great song.

Every time I hear a Jr Walker song I think of the Saturday Night Live theme.

Anyway, my Motown picks are

Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart - Supremes...awful title but damn! a great song.
A Ghost In My House - R Dean Taylor...Northern Soul classic by a Motown songwriter
Needle In A Haystack - Velvelettes...why this wasn't a huge hit completely escapes me, I'm sure if the Supremes sang it it would have shot up to #1 no problem, but their version definitely wouldn't have been as good.
ABC/I Want You Back - Jackson 5...duh
Do You Love Me - Contours...duh
Got To Give It Up - Marvin Gaye...come on y'all, that's the best one, also, Can I Get A Witness is pretty groovy too
And pretty much anything upbeat by Stevie Wonder, I mean, Signed Sealed Delivered, Sir Duke, Uptight, For Once in my Life, Fingertips, Don't You Worry Bout a Thing, I could go on

For dancing, I like the more rock-beated stuff like the Four Tops' "7 Rooms of Gloom" and the Dells' "There Is." Agreed on that Velvelettes track!

witches & the warlock "the wanderer"

The Meters, "Cissy Strut"
Rufus Thomas, "Memphis Train"
Marvelettes, "I'll Keep Holding On" (though I prefer the Action version, I admit)
"Needle In A Haystack" thirded - just heard it on One Kiss... and love it.

"Check Your Bucket" - Eddie Bo
"Cramp Your Style" - All Of The People featuring Robert Moore
"I Believe In Miracles" - The Jackson Sisters
"Brothers On The Slide" - Cymande
"Running Away" - Roy Ayers (or is this too close to disco for this thread?)

Eddie Kendricks, "A Date With The Rain". 12' remix. Lovely.

"I'll Always Love You" - The Spinners