The Marvelettes-Ill Keep Holding On

By 1965 Wanda was the primary lead singer of The Marvelettes, "Ill Keep Holding On" was a very unusal song for The Marvelettes to do, it was a decent sized hit, but wasnt included on thier greatest hits lp

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Music

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• Motown
• Marvelettes
• Soul

[MsSunnysmith]

We used to "wrestle" to get the hairbrush "mic" at my cousins' house, during the 4th of July family barbeque...the winner got to be the lead! lol

[MotownMaster]

@MsSunnysmith lol my and my cousins still do that, fun times

[DickStainy]

Please put all the commentary in the notes and just play the tune!

[MotownMaster]

Just shut the fuck up! if you dont like it dont watch it!

[grifitti]

MotownMaster...thank you...I've wanted to hear this song for the longest. I agree, the chord changes are brilliant and she handled it !! Smokey Robinson wrote & produced most of their material.

[MotownMaster]

Yeah but this one is Mickey Stevenson and Ivy Hunter

[derwent]

I rememeber driving my parents crazy with this years ago. They thought if was the devils music staight from hell. I adored it. i still do. Thankfully i don't still live with my parents!

[wayne5552]

@MotownMaster Thanks Master. Always a rotten one in the bunch. No appreciation for the journey of others. Thanks Master for the history notes and thank you for all you've done and will continue to do. I appreciate you for you.

[MsSunnysmith]

I just had my !st 1 woman art show Mar. 1,'11 and I sang this song! I was so nervous that I sang part of this song and ended with Michael Jackson's Who's Loving You! lol But I had a great time and people enjoyed the show, especially the ambient music provided by an Iphone app,Thumbjam! Thanx for the posting; I never get tired of this song!

[vp81955]

"I used to LOVE this song....yes, Wanda sang lead on this one. It has a kinda' Martha & Vandellas flava."

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Yes -- this has very much the feel of "Nowhere To Run," which also came out in 1965 (was it before or after this?). One of Motown's many unrecognized gems.

[larrfiq22]

this is one of their songs that you could dance the jerk to and have a ball

[MsSunnysmith]

@MotownMaster Is there a karaoke version of this song available? I 'm planning to do this as a "girl group"( me & a drawing of 2 back up singers) in my first 1- woman art show in March 2011. If not,I guess I'll have to sing louder than Wanda! ;-D

[hollies65]

@MotownMaster LOL! Layin down the law!

[musicteachjw]

@derwent My mother used to yell, "Turn down that bumpety bump music !!"

[musicteachjw]

This has always been one of my favorites. Great for hand-dancing if you are in shape. The Marveletters were real popular in D.C. Too bad it was not nation-wide.