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Shorty Long

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Frederick Earl "Shorty" Long (May 20, 1940 – June 29, 1969) was an American soul singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer for Motown's Soul Records imprint. [1]

28 relations: A Whiter Shade of Pale, Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, Berry Gordy, Billboard Hot 100, Birmingham, Alabama, Chantilly Lace (song), David Ritz, Detroit, Detroit River, Devil with a Blue Dress On, Harvey Fuqua, Here Comes the Judge (Pigmeat Markham song), Here Comes the Judge (Shorty Long song), Holland–Dozier–Holland, King Records (United States), Marvin Gaye, Michigan, Mitch Ryder, Motortown Revue, Motown, Pigmeat Markham, Rhythm and blues, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Smokey Robinson, Soul music, Stevie Wonder, The Detroit Wheels, William "Mickey" Stevenson.

A Whiter Shade of Pale

"A Whiter Shade of Pale" is the debut single by the British rock band Procol Harum, released 12 May 1967.

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Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame

The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (AJHF) was founded in 1978, and opened a museum on September 18, 1993, with a mission "to foster, encourage, educate, and cultivate a general appreciation of the medium of jazz music as a legitimate, original and distinctive art form indigenous to America.

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Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy III (known professionally as Berry Gordy Jr., born November 28, 1929) is an American record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the seat of Jefferson County.

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Chantilly Lace (song)

"Chantilly Lace" is the name of a rock and roll song written by Jerry Foster, Bill Rice, and Jiles Perry "The Big Bopper" Richardson, the last of whom released the song in August 1958.

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David Ritz

David Ritz (born December 2, 1943 in New York City) is an American author.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.

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Detroit River

The Detroit River (Rivière Détroit) flows for from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system and forms part of the border between Canada and the United States.

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Devil with a Blue Dress On

"Devil with a Blue Dress On" (also known as "Devil with the Blue Dress On") is a song written by Shorty Long and William "Mickey" Stevenson, first performed by Long and released as a single in 1964.

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Harvey Fuqua

Harvey Fuqua (July 27, 1929 – July 6, 2010) was an American rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label executive.

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Here Comes the Judge (Pigmeat Markham song)

"Here Comes the Judge" is a song and single by American soul and comedy singer Pigmeat Markham first released in 1968 on the Chess label.

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Here Comes the Judge (Shorty Long song)

"Here Comes the Judge" is a 1968 song written by Shorty Long, Billie Jean Brown and Suzanne de Passe, and performed by Long.

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Holland–Dozier–Holland

Holland–Dozier–Holland was a songwriting and production team made up of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian and Eddie Holland.

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King Records (United States)

King Records was an American leading independent record company and label founded in 1943 by Syd Nathan in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

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Mitch Ryder

William S. Levise, Jr. (born February 26, 1945), known better by his stage name Mitch Ryder, is an American musician who has recorded more than two dozen albums over more than four decades.

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Motortown Revue

The Motortown Revue was the name given to the package concert tours of Motown artists in the 1960s.

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Motown

Motown is an American record company.

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Pigmeat Markham

Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham (April 18, 1904 – December 13, 1981) was an American entertainer.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (often simply referred to as Laugh-In) is an American sketch comedy television program that ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to March 12, 1973, on the NBC television network.

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Smokey Robinson

William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

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The Detroit Wheels

The Detroit Wheels were an American rock band, formed in Detroit in 1964.

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William "Mickey" Stevenson

William "Mickey" Stevenson was born on January 4, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorty_Long

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