Wed
Sep
30
Shirley Ellis: “The Name Game” (via.)
When was a wee tot growing up in southwest Missouri, my pops frequently blasted Motown on his hi-fi, and everyone danced all night long. Joyful was the day when I realized I had finally grown tall enough to use the vacuum cleaner handle as a stand-up microphone. Almost twenty years later I find myself Twisting on the Lower East Side. What’s that saying about the apple and the tree? Oh, yes: Go Motown, or don’t go at all.
