Northern soul

The question of appropriate birthday celebrations set the listeners of Mary Fox's soul music show to thinking.  Here are just a few of their suggestions!
And if you have others, please use the form at the bottom of this page to make your comment…

Your Suggestions

OB
Mary, your request for a tribute to Motown got me thinking.
I went down the road of special stamps, sculptures, monuments etc, would loved to have sat in the "snake pit", would have give almost anything to have been on the front row watching and listening to Marvin and Tammi singing 2 can have a party for the first time and loads of other Motown related stuff.
BUT, my best idea was so simple and I would like to know what you and our soul family think of it....... Motown has given so so much to us, why don't we give something BACK...What we soulies could do is make a recording of our own and send THEM a record!!! something on the lines of Arthur Conley's SWEET SOUL MUSIC, think of the lyrics, Lou Rawls, Sam n Dave, Wilson Picket, Otis Redding and James Brown.
If over 1,000 went to the audition of the "soulie?" film at the Kings hall in Stoke then surely there are enough soulies to write the lyrics to a song and enough to compose the music and plenty to sing it, between us all we could DO THIS and GIVE SOMETHING BACK!!!! This would be unique and a tribute to them from US. If anyone thinks this is like an X factor thing, well it isn't because we would be doing it for someone else, not for ourselves, but let's say for example there were a few songs that were "reet good" then maybe a CD could be made?  ..just a thought.
Would love for feedback on this, negative or positive, EVERYBODY'S opinion counts. Cheers Obxx

Why not name all the major buildings and roads and airport in Detroit after Motown artists, such as Stevie Wonder Airport? – from Ian Edwards

My tribute to Motown is simply a big thank you to the early day artists.  They were the success of the label; if they had flopped you would be sitting at home, (glass in hand?) listening to someone else on the wireless – and so would we!  It was Baby Love that first got me hooked – from Phil in Hanley

How about USA (or GB even) issuing commemorative stamps or coins to celebrate 50years of Motown – from Trevor in Crewe

Just been thinking – maybe to commemorate 50 years we should erect a 50-foot replica of the Torch icon just off the A500 at Tunstall for all to see as they pass through – from Mick.

I would like to see Motown artists on collectors Wedgwood plates; would help Stoke as well! – from Stubbo in Wolverhampton