Carolyn Crawford - Timeless

My personal favourite of all the Motorcity recordings, and a song that means everything to me, and into which I poured my heart and soul writing it. Carolyn was only thirteen years old when she signed to Motown, releasing three wonderful singles, "My Smile Is Just A Frown Turned Upside Down", "Forget About Me", and "When Someone's Good To You", all written and produced by Smokey Robionson. But some of the unreleased tracks were amazing, like "Until You Came Along", and "Keep Stepping And Never Look Back". Then her three Philadelphia International releases are worth a fortune, and following thatr she joined Hodges James Smith and Crawford, before signing to Mercury, and then she became the voice on Bohannon's "Lets Start The Dance", one of the all time disco anthems. Because she was so young at Motown, therefore she was the youngest of all the Motorcity artists, being 39 when she recorded this song. She was feisty and had a flaming temper, but I adored her, and still do. Yes indeed she was the voice of Bohannon's legendary dance anthem "Lets Start The Dance", but she never made a better record in my opinion than this here song. It means everything to me. And the video, shot at the time in 1989, in United Sound Studios in Detroit, captures her cheeky personality to a tee.

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Music

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• Motown
• Northern-Soul
• Detroit
• Motorcity
• Diva
• Girl-Groups

[LeatherbearPhilip]

You can certainly tell that a lot of love went into this spectacular song. Another that lives up to it's name. It is a timeless classic, sounding as fresh when I just listened to it as it has done on all the previous occasions. Though I have to say that the version here sounds a lot richer instrumentally than the version(s) that I have on vinyl and CD.

[IanLevine]

Yes, which is why I remixed and re-recorded a lot of my Motorcity favourites to make them sound more authentic. The best ever example of this was C.P. Spencer "This Man Needs You".

[rgianatos]

One of my most favorite songs from the Detroit Sessions. Carolyn is most definitely TIMELESS. :-)

[Specialdark23]

I'm new on her! Another great underrated motown artists!

[djmatnoll]

Caroline Crawford one of the great voices of soul in history! Bohannon's first lady and producer of 2 amazing LP's from 1978 and 1979. She is a LEGEND!!!

[TheRoloCasanova]

Yes this is an excellent sound. Thanks to Ian Levine' working with such great acts I had the pleasure of seeing The Legends Of Motorcity tour at Manchester's Apollo. Carolyn Crawford, Marv Johnson, Syreeta, The Elgins, Jean, Scherrie and Lynda of The Supremes and Kim Weston. Loved every minute - what a great memory.

[BarbraAlejandro]

I Can't Believe I Haven't Left A Comment Here....This Is One Of My All-Time Fav Ian Productions!!!!!! A True Classic!!!!!!!!!!

[nrgfan105]

This is my all time favourite of the MOTORCITY classics  - fantastic!

[jimmydoe]

Thanks for posting. I am looking for a song by Ms. Crawford named "Coming on Strong". If anyone can post it I would love to hear it.

[sonwamac]

Since we're talking about favorite Carolyn Crawford songs...I guess it's asking too much to ever hear and see "When Someone's Good To You" hear on the tube...that would be wonderful if it ever happened...if I could find it I'd post it...

[Discoboy1974]

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[cmkoreck]

My friend, I love her dearly. A truly amazing person and an awesome voice.