The Marvelettes 1965 - "I'll Keep Holding On" MOTOWN-08

[anna41429]

I used to dance to this religiously every friday night at the bubblegum factory club in brighton aged 16. Sooooooo gooood!

[MegaMusicman09]

Almighty Motown-As good today as it ever was....

[numba8blakey]

does anyone know the song with the chorus ill be/keep holding on which is reapeated a few times cant find it anywere its a slow love song i think 

[rickribz1]

I LOVE MOTOWN ! does any 1 no of any motown/soul club's or bars in London 2 go and shake a leg??????

[sluggs51]

@rickribz1..... try the 100 club mate.....if ya dont know where that is google it ...

[TheWanker52]

HEY JOHN,HEARD THIS WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT, I WAS ONLY 13 YRS

WOW,STILL A COOL SONG. THANKS.

[stevesilk53]

MotownMagic1959, Thank you. This one got by me. And as a Marvelettes #1 fan I am happy to have come across this one again after 45 years. It totally has that 1965 sound. The sexy sound of the Mavelettes give me a natural high. Wow. There's "BiIl", "Hunter" "Captured" "Magician"

"Beechwood" "Postman" "Forever". Get the Point? Thanks MM1959.

[THEMRBASSPLYR]

i used to roller skate off this tune -arcadia roller rink,detroit ,michigan

[MrFasteddie65]

Carolyn Crawford -- there's an artist who didn't have much commercial success, but who had a great voice.

As for the Marvelettes, the lead singer had a very different kind of voice, very sexy, very smooth. She sounded great on all the records.

Ah, those were the days!

[jamar22100]

This should have got them back to number 1.

[jamar22100]

This should have been just as big as Dancing in the street.

[MotownConnoisseur30]

1 person couldn't hold on

[joebstarsurfer]

feel like giving twats upstairs as blast of this but there not worthy .

[stevesilk53]

MotownMagic1959 Dude yesss sir it's fantastic I am a Marvelettes fanatic and this one slipped by me onl because I was hyped by the please mr. postmans, dont mess with bills AND my favorite when the hunter gets captured- you feel me but this one is definitely in the same league in my opinion Thank you much now I'm going for the 3rd replay PEACE!

[stevesilk53]

MotownMagic1959 Dude yesss sir it's fantastic I am a Marvelettes fanatic and this one slipped by me onl because I was hyped by the please mr. postmans and dont mess with bills- you feel me but this one is definitely in the same league in my opinion Thank you much now I'm going for the 3rd replay PEACE!

[Vincent50]

Motown at its best and Wanda sings this song with vigor. The girls were at the top of their game here but sadly we'd see them demise a few years later in the late 60s. They still reign as one of the best girl group.

[ImaniHekima]

Wonderful Marvelettes.....this and The Hunter Captures The Game, superb.

[MechelenManiac]

Played this last week at a soul weekend, still massively popular.

[MotownConnoisseur30]

This song is the definition of Motown. In my opinion, the best example of the Motown Sound.

[ImaniHekima]

@MotownConnoisseur30 I hear you loud and clear. The sound just evokes the era.

[bransonbelle]

Now listen to this...I just turned 64. I am sitting at my desk, and I break out into this song, just the way I heard it and felt it the first time I heard it. Maybe a different venue, but the message still rings true! I used to sing Professionally and maybe that is why it surfaced? Or maybe because it rock's to this day! Thank you LADIES, you are missed!

[ImaniHekima]

Brilliant slide show for a wonderful track!

[brmnyc]

This song ROCKS! Listened to and loved Motown my whole life, but I only heard this song for the first time a couple years ago....in a supermarket! I knew it was the Marvelettes by the vocals--is that Gladys Horton?

[daylamont]

@brmnyc wanda

[ksmile3m1]

my favorite female group out of mo town

[sluggs51]

eh ?? 1 dislike ??? someone's deaf.......

[bradly2007]

Driving rhythm track and hot Wanda vocal make "I'll Keep On Holding On" one of the all time classic tracks from great 60's Motown Era...wore out old 45rpm to the point no sound and thankful for Compact Disc versions...Bravo Marvelettes!

[TheWanker52]

THIS SONG IS SHIT HOT

[simon4186]

I LOVE MOTOWN!

[MotownMagic1959]

@simon4186 That's really nice to know Simon, you'll be glad then if you listen to my other 250 rare releases mostly unreleased from Motown's vaults after all these years :-) I've a huge number of The Marvelettes 1960's original singles on here as I was once a DJ, and thanks mainly to UMG, newly released CD's of "A Cellarful of Motown" that are excellent in my opinion, well worth buying indeed, that have the unreleased tracks on. JOHN

[edwardg2003]

@simon4186 You are NOT alone!!!

[DoctorRadio]

Magical marvellous music this - Had almost forgotten it. A timeless classic!

[MotownMagic1959]

@DoctorRadio They sure were brilliant, as you say, and thanks to all the other nice comments here from you Motown fans, they were very good times for me and Motown in the 1960's!! JOHN

[QUASARA]

boy i like this song. wish i could remember it from '65. but i was only a small tyke, who got all caught up in the motown sound in northern iowa. white-ass northern iowa. needless to say i took a lot of gruff for it. but time proved me right. -djQ

[MrLeather4u]

I LOVE THE OLD MOTOWN SOUND THEY DON'T MAKE MUSIC LIKE THE DID BACK IN THE DAY

[righttrackkid]

There just aren't enough superlatives to describe this!!!

[DVRBS]

Love the Marvelettes!!!



[2KRW]

One of the greatest, if not the best, to come out of the 20th Century!

[CaesarTjalbo]

OH WOW OH WOW OH WOW

[oRyaaaNo]

as an old mod, classic group & song

[afroaries]

another great motown classic!

[ImaniHekima]

Another GREAT track by this most neglected band.

[jbunnelle7]

Motown's most overlooked single, period. One of the best backing rhythm tracks ever put down by the Funk Brothers, and those shrill explosions of voice throughout are just incredible. They remixed this into stereo later and sucked the life out of it. This mono version--sounds like it was recorded at the bottom of a cavernous stairwell--has a groove that you don't get with all of the instruments separated.

[tt600dave]

Super Super Super, this song just wants to make me start dancing

[italoman9]

As always, an awesome Marvelettes song and hit!

[shmuli9]

I LOVE this song... the protagonist is so assertive...

[MegaCrowman]

R.I.P Gladys thank you for the memories

[Eightball69]

RIP Gladys Horton

[clubtough]

Just for the record... no pun intended, Wanda Rogers sang lead on this song. Hunter and Stevenson were the composers and wrote it while the Marvellettes were gigging in New York and decided to record it on the spot.

[tolpuddleman]

RIP Gladys. You were Marvellous !

[nov28gt]

Gladys Horton , thank you ! RIP

[cinammonstick]

this song should have hit no.1

[doglips1958]

@cinammonstick I agree.This is one great tune.Motown had tons of great stuff,but this fell through the cracks.

[RadioRuderham]

OoooooooooooooooooooH!

Motown at it's best

Just love It!"

[vp81955]

To me, this is the Marvelettes' equivalent of "Nowhere To Run," and should have been as big a hit. Great record.

[figebornu]

Detroit was once the greatest place on the Planet.

[TheFunkyKingston]

Soulmates...love this music

[TheRikerman]

the british version by the action is a poor copy as is the cover version of go now originally recorded by bessie banks which is brilliant

[shmuli9]

This song really rocked! I like a lot of the Marveelttes' releases, between 1963 oand 1968. Their earlier stuff(pre 1963) was TOO studiedly ameteurish and shrill, and the latter stuff (post 1968) was mostly the Andantes...

[hairspeaks]

i like this!!!!!!!!!

[daylamont]

actually recorded in new york while marvelettes were on tour

[theboyfromxtown]

@daylamont

It kind of proved that it didn't matter where Motown recorded, they could do it anywhere........or could they?

The song was cut more than once...love to hear the other versions

[CabbageDaddy]

Love it!

[shorelineboy]

excellent so great brill sound Brill singers

[pbykeepthefaith]

Great 60s feel to this..very Motown Detroit sound!

[nightgrooveruk]

AWESOME THANK YOU LOVING THE VIBES ~ SUNSHINE SMILES :) NAMASTE

[daryllharris]

yes! YES! this song rocks hard, deep, soul. listen to any early supreme's pop hits, see if u feel the same soulfulness comin thru.. sure they were great songs but they don't go here... the marvelettes were deeply rooted in soul, & even though they had major hits like postman, i suspect their sound was still very distinquisibl-y blk, barry craved conquering pop radio, ross had the chops to do that; I AIN'T MAD AT EM. who knows, motwon might have not sustained itself without the temps& supremes.

[hazelman]

I LOVE Wanda's country sassy-style voice. Gladys and Kat supported her MAGNIFICENTLY!!!!

[mrbrandon71]

Listen to that fat thick house music bassline! This blows the Supremes into the dust! It's a shame all the talent that was sidelined because of Gordy's obsession with Diana Ross. If he was fully intelligent, and no doubt he was smart, he could have made millions and millions more if he'd bothered to promote the other groups to the extent he promoted the Supremes. It's as if the other stars who were equally or more talented then Diana Ross got absolutely no real attention. Sad story really.

[soulbrother61]

@mrbrandon71 Never a truer word spoken. yes Diana had a good voice but was shadowed by the likes of Barbara Mcnair , Tammi Terrell and in my opinion Mary Wells who all had superior voices but didn't make the grade because of Gordy's obsession with Miss Ross

[TheRikerman]

@soulbrother61 well said

[MotownMaster]

@mrbrandon71 Diane couldnt handle this song

[stevieplez2]

Yo I love this song especially when I found out that Wanda Rogers was the other lead singer, I'm 41 and thought for all these years I thought Gladys Horton was the only lead singer, listening 2 my parents playin the Marvellettes.. suddenly I'm Wanda Rogers historian..

[doglips1958]

Hit the charts May 29,1965 and peaked at #34 in the US.Deserved better.A GREAT song

[bradly2007]

Smoldering & soulful classic should have been a #1 Hit for the marvelous Marvelettes but radio didn't program but wore out old 45 rpm...Bravo Marvelettes!!!

[smallinson]

God bless Detroit City

[misery1965]

fantastic track from these legends.

[maherho]

this still sticks in my mind 1970 blue orchid on a friday night allnighter we were from stoke .a lad named skippy took us he was from meir

[jmohan23]

Love your channel! ( my kind of music! ) I keep returning to you!

[ecnalubma696969]

Aye me an' all!

[7223Tanya]

Prefer this to the Action version

[w4wxp]

The detroit cobra's cover of this is amazing.

[fujlop]

Hey wolverine, dont forget us fifty somthing as well, Still........STILL.....push starting lammies!!!!!!!

[wolverine37x]

Sounds like you need a Vespa then!!!

keep the faith.

[OldSkulLaime]

great!!!

[christheone8773]

I wonder why this tune was never included on their "Greatest Hits" album - on the Billboard Hot 100, this tune peaked at #34 in July of 1965-

[tootstanner]

Excellent northern Soul at it's very best!!

Memories keep flooding back from the scooter rallies of 80-83, When we would invade the seaside resorts and take over the whole place!! This music still gives me goosebumps!! Love it!!!!! Thanks !!!

[wolverine37x]

there are still plenty of us fortysomethings doing this. I reckon you need to smell the two stroke and salty air again!

[JoyGrenade]

I was only aware of the Action version, Philistine that I am. This is cool. Thanks for uploading!

[dutchrepublican64]

the best in Detroit

TAL

[sluggs51]

magic......... magic !!!!!!!!!!!

[dogsbreath101]

Vic & Ray........

]~

[dogsbreath101]

This is the BEST...victor x

[DikkSteini]

Have it!

[tropicalpancake56]

The originals!!!!! Greatest girl group of all time!

[fannycraddock99]

@tropicalpancake56 Here here :)

[KojiRecords]

2:13 These are all fake gold and platinum records that Motown made themselves, as the company refused to let the RIAA audit their books to determine actual saies. Only the RIAA could issue an official gold or platinum record and these are not RIAA certified. Motown's ruthless accounting practices left the aritsts in the dark--and penniless---as to what they were actually selling. How did Mary Wells, Flo Ballard, David Ruffin, etc. all die broke? Impossible, as these artists had worldwide sales.

[idedaryl]

The artists indeed had worldwide sales and Motown's accounting was indeed ruthless. In addition, many Motown artists signed contracts that no court today would enforce. Some were still minors (the age of majority was 21) and many of the contracts would be termed "unconscionable" and thus not enforceable. See Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture, US Supreme Court case.

[raresoullover]

excellent!!!

[eltel1878]

great northern soul classic..ktf

[ALFAGOMMA]

Has to be one of THE classics of the era. Brilliant.

[dogsbreath101]

Love this song so much.

[sheelz321]

Northern Soul at its best! *sigh* memories!

[Eightball69]

This IS Northern Soul

[strongrj]

Oh yeah, sho nuff! My favorite cut by the Marvelettes! Kudos to you for posting!!

[gazboat]

That is bloody magnificent...I am in tears here...Just gorgeous

[pappatacio66]

I can't stand it, I must dance.

[dogsbreath101]

This is IT. Music.

[dogsbreath101]

Love this, all the Clubs. hey! enjoy.

[ther51]

Great one thanks, love the 60s.

[rougeboi]

This has to be one of their BEST!!!

[HoraceWilson]

Beautiful. PURE Soul at it's very best.

The Reading Soulsters S.C

[leesterg]

Yes! I'll Keep On Holding On -- as long as there is posts of such soulful sounds as this being posted to remind us of some of the best music out of the Motor City.

[jdsoulboy]

The original & best! nuff said!!

[nuttybollox]

Words can't describe how much I love this tune, thank you so much for posting!!!

[gavkasso]

this is one of those perfect tracks

[marksmail2]

Boy, I just have to get up and shake it when I hear this. Yeah, I feel it. Thanks for posting!

[ioxxd90]

This whole production. The rhythm, the bass, the horns, the tambourine, the hand claps....This song had you up on your feet. Too bad it did not chart well.

[Syntox]

Yeah, one of MANY obscured gems...I guess that's what happens when your record label puts out hit after hit after hit!

[ivycompton]

Love Wanda Rogers' vocal on this stunning Marvelettes masterpiece! Thank you.

[theebass]

bad ass song

[apb2973]

i love this

:-)

[melois1]

what a tune

[ROYHEAD]

one of the first records i remember from the Wheel early 66 ,didnt the lead singer sound as if she had a slight lisp , but oh so sexy

[timmy841212]

Wanda Rogers (and the rest of the original Marvelettes) were from Inkster, Michigan, so the lisp was natural. They weren't city girls like the Supremes & Vandellas were.

[motown250]

brill

[JOHNNYSOUL66]

like it ?

we love it

[mitchismod]

Like it? I love it haha K.T.F

[oxyaena]

Wasn't there another version of this song on this site that had an excellent montage of The Marvelettes and ONLY The Marvelettes instead of EVERYBODY and their "Grandma" in it!!!You Tube can be SO fickle!

[tellit2]

John ,my friend..nice to hear you...Email no longer important lol...but i will mail you latter....thanks