Motown Artists On The Acoustic

A Place In The Sun was a #3 on the R&B chart for Stevie Wonder and hails from his 1966 album Down To Earth.

It was one of his first songs to include social commentary in the song.

All The Lilacs In Ohio was written by John Hiatt for his 2021 album Leftover Feelings.

The track was not released as a single.

Bernadette is an older song from 1967 from The Four Tops and hit #4 on Billboard and #3 on the R&B charts.

The song is from the album Reach Out.

Cherish was a #1 in both the US and Canada back in 1985 and was the bands last #1 hit song.

The track hails from their album Emergency.

Feels Like Rain by John Hiatt was a track on his 1988 album Slow Turning.

The track was never released by him as a single but it was recorded by Buddy Guy for his 1993 album of the same name.

Have A Little Faith In Me never charted in the US when it was released in 1987 but did chart in Australia at #63 and #14 in The Netherlands.

The track is from John's album Bring The Family.

Hi Heel Sneakers was a 1964 hit for Tommy Tucker in the US and the UK.

He released an album shortly after with the same name.

I Feel Good or as it's officially called I Got You I Feel Good, was released in 1965 from the 1965 album Out Of Sight.

The song hit #1 on the R&B charts and #3 on Billboard. It has become his signature song down through the decades.

I Just Called To Say I Love You was a monster #1 hit for Stevie Wonder is several countries when it was released in 1984.

This song topped 19 different charts across the world and to date is his highest selling single.

If You Wanna Be Happy was a spinoff from a song dating back to 1934 called Ugly Woman. Jimmy Soul recored his version in 1963 and scored a #1 on the Hot 100 and the R&B charts.

The song hails from the album of the same name.

It's A Shame was released in 1970 by The Spinners. Stevie Wonder helped write the song with two other writers. The Spinners had their first hit with this song in more than a decade, reaching #3 on the R&B chart

and #14 on Billboard. The track can be found on the album 2nd Time Around.

Just The Two Of Us hit the airwaves in 1981 and became a #2 hit in the US and was recorded with Grover Washington Jr.

The track can be found on the album Bill Wither's Greatest Hits.

Lovely Day is a single released from the 1977 Bill Withers album Menagerie.

The song managed to hit #6 in the US and #7 in the UK.

Minnie The Moocher was first recorded by Cab Calloway way back in 1931 and it's been the first jazz song to sell over a million copies. It was the biggest chart topper in 1931.

It's also one of the hardest scat songs to duplicate because it's so fast. Cab also appeared in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers singing this number.

Right Next Door is a single from blues artist Robert Crea off of his 1986 album Strong Persuader.

The song reached #27 in the US, #50 in the UK as a single release.

Signed Sealed & Delivered was a #1 hit on the R&B charts for Stevie Wonder in 1970 and hit #3 on the Pop charts.

The song hails from the album of the same name.

Tennessee Plates is a single off of the 1988 album Slow Turning from John Hiatt.

The song unfortunately never charted, but it's a great tune for the acoustic.

Try Me was released by James Brown And The Flames in 1958 from the albumPlease Please Please. They scored their first #1 R&B hit with thie release.

The song was actually re-released again later in 1965 and hit #43 on the charts.

Walkin Blues was written by Delta Blues musician Son House in 1930 and was recorded by both Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. 

The song was not a commercial success in those days.