Liz Lands - Headline News

Liz Lands, a lady with an extraordinary voice and a range of five octaves, released three singles on Motown's Gordy label, which are treasured and adored by Motown fans worldwide. She came to Motown via her association with Dr. Martin Luther King, and she sang at his rallies and speeches. Her first Motown single, "We Shall Overcome", was in fact coupled with Martin Luther King's speech of "I Have A Dream", which Motown released. After President Kennedy's tragic assassination in 1963, Liz released a tribute song called "May What he Lived For Live". Then in 1964, she released her most beloved record, the extraordinary combination of Liz Lands and The Temptations singing together on the classic "Keep Me", coupled with the revered Northern-Soul favourite, "Midnight Johnny". Liz then left Motown and joined One-Der-Ful records, out of Chicago, releasing a string of hits, including "One Man's Poison". She had many more releases on independent Chicago labels before moving to Atlanta, Georgia, and working with Hamilton Bohannon, alongside her fellow ex-Motown artist Carolyn Crawford. Bohannon also produced her on "Baby I'm For Real", a remake of the Motown classic by The Originals. After much detective work, including negotiating with a very reluctant Bohannon, I finally tracked her down in 1989, and flew her to Detroit twice. We recorded loads of solo tracks, plus two duets with the late great Johnny Bristol. We released a classic high energy single on her called "Starting All Over Again". Everyone called her Mad Lizzie, and she really had an amazing, almost uncontrollable voice. Marv Johnson was just potty about her. He kept commenting that she had hairy legs, and he used to say "Man, a woman with hairy legs means she's got fire in her bones" and he pestered her whenever she was in Detroit. Whether they actually got it on, or not, is anybody's guess. This song is her wonderful remake of one of Edwin Starr's early classics, "Headline News".

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

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[trollymay]

I love Liz Lands...We Shall Overcome w MLK is my favorite along with whole World in his hands and Echo....May what he lived for live

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[TheMotownAmbassador]

Loved her on "Midnight Johnny" and "Keep Me". This is a great song!