The Originals
1975 The Originals – California Sunset
California Sunset is the fifth album by the band The Originals, released in 1975. The Originals, often called “Motown’s best-kept secret”, were a successful Motown R&B and soul group during the late 1960s and the 1970s, most notable for the hits “Baby, I’m For Real”, “The Bells”, and the disco classic “Down To Love Town.” […]
1976 The Originals – Down To Love Town (US:#47)
“Down to Love Town” is a 1976 disco single by The Originals, a Motown group that peaked in popularity in late 1960s and early 1970s. Although the single reached the #1 spot on disco/dance chart for one week, it hit #93 on the Soul Charts (where The Originals had previously found their success) but had […]
1976 The Originals – Communique
Communique (1976, Motown) is the seventh album from The Originals. Alvin Taylor wrote to me about the hit ‘Down to love town’: “We (he and Jeff Porcaro) both played simultaneously at the same time. Two drummers playing live. Like James Brown would do for some of his live shows. Jeff and I both played live […]
1977 The Originals – Down To Love Town
Down To Love Town is the eighth studio album from The Originals, released in 1977 (Motown) Tracks 1 Hurry Up And Wait (Edotha Croom, Janie Bradford, Freddie Gorman) 5:192 Down To Love Town (Don Daniels, Kathy Wakefield, Michael Sutton) 5:523 You Are A Blessing To Me (Brenda Sutton, Michael Sutton) 6:004 Six Million Dollar Man […]