![]() ![]() “I can tell you that Kaye is definitely playing on I’m Ready For Love by Martha & The Vandellas, Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone by the Supremes, In And Out Of Love by the Supremes, and Brenda Holloway’s You’ve Made Me So Very Happy. So what new findings did you come up with? I want to emphasize here that the problem doesn’t come from Kaye or Jamerson. ![]() My goals were not to bring Jamerson down a peg, or to say that Kaye was making it all up. I don’t want to diminish either of their reputations or legacies. You’ve been sensitive to all the parties involved. There are great books by Jim Roberts and Tony Bacon and others that are for a broad audience of bass players, but in terms of really detailed historical work that goes back to the sources, there isn’t much.” Some of them may have heard of James Jamerson because they saw the Motown documentary that Allan Slutsky put together, and maybe they’ve heard about Carol Kaye, but this is really a sort of Inside Baseball kind of debate. “Well, this is a story that all bass players know, right? Regular people on the street don’t know this story. Why did you write your article about the Jamerson versus Kaye debate, Professor Wright? Half a century and more later, that lack of credit has led to a constant debate about whether Jamerson or Kaye recorded certain bass parts, a debate which may be resolved – at least in part – by Wright’s excellent analysis. He was added to the Music City Walk of Fame on June 5, 2012.īob Babbitt died on July 16, 2012, aged 74, from brain cancer.All three documents are worth investigation if you’re interested in this confused period in music history, when Motown – like many other labels – didn’t bother to credit their session musicians. ![]() In 2003, Babbitt played on Marion James' album, Essence, on Soulfood Records, and amongst others playing on the record were Beegie Adair, Reese Wynans, Jack Pearson ( The Allman Brothers), and drummer Chucki Burke. He appeared on stage in an episode of American Idol, backing up Jacob Lusk's performance of " You're All I Need To Get By" for AI's Motown Week in March 2011. He accepted an offer from Phil Collins to perform on his album of Motown and 1960s soul classics, Going Back, and also appeared in Collins' Going Back - Live At Roseland Ballroom, NYC concert DVD. He also played bass on Cindy Bullens' 1979 album Desire Wire. He played on the Jimi Hendrix album Crash Landing. He participated in hundreds of other hits, including " Little Town Flirt" by Del Shannon and " Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band. The Pittsburgh-born Babbitt's most notable bass performances include " Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" by Stevie Wonder " War" by Edwin Starr " The Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles " Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" and " Inner City Blues" by Marvin Gaye " Band Of Gold" by Freda Payne " Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" and " Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" by The Temptations " Touch Me in the Morning" by Diana Ross and “ Just Don't Want to Be Lonely” by The Main Ingredient. During this time his most notable successes were " Midnight Train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight & the Pips and " The Rubberband Man" by The Spinners. In this new city he worked on recordings for Frank Sinatra, Barry Manilow, Gloria Gaynor, Robert Palmer, and Alice Cooper. When Motown moved to Los Angeles, Babbit went in the opposite direction and ended up in New York as well as making occasional trips to Philadelphia. Babbitt traded off sessions with original Motown bassist James Jamerson. ![]()
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