This website is dedicated to Detroit, Soul Music, 45 RPM, Northern Soul and the great Motown era of Detroit Musics. It covers Golden World, Berry Gordy, Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Edwin Starr, Funk Brothers, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Tamla, Wheelsville, Robert West, Darrell Banks, Johnnie Mae Matthews, Rose Battiste, Tera Shirma, Fred Bridges, Dennis Coffey, Bob Babbitt, James Jamerson, Twisted Wheel, Wiggan Casino and many more Detroit Souls topics.
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The Rose Battiste
Story
MOTOWN RECORD CORPORATION
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Phelps Lounge was one of Detroit's
most popular nightspots in the 1960's
(courtesy
Graham Finch)
By 1970 she'd
switched to working as a typist in Motown's corporate
offices on Woodward Avenue.
Word soon filtered through the
building about her former singing career and it wasn't
long before she was back in the studio, recording under the
supervision of "Larry" Brown.
Rose remembers
cutting a handful of songs that she considers to be some of
the most soulful recordings of her career. These including a
remake of Jimmy Ruffin's Our Favorite Melody; but
Motown moved to California in the early 70s and nothing from
these sessions has seen the light of day.
Notes thanks to
Graham
Finch
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DESIGN
AND GRAPHICS BY
LOWELL BOILEAU
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This website is dedicated to Detroit, Soul Music, 45 RPM, Northern
Soul and the great Motown era of Detroit Musics. It covers Golden
World, Tamla, Wheelsville, Robert West, Darrell Banks, Johnnie
Mae Matthews, Rose Battiste, Tera Shirma, Fred Bridges, Supremes,
Stevie Wonder, Edwin Starr, Funk Brothers, Dennis Coffey, Bob
Babbitt, James Jamerson, Twisted Wheel, Wiggan Casino and many
more Detroit Souls topics. |
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