Frank Wilson

I could hear it playing through the door.

And after the song, the door opened, and a young man, a black man named Frank Wilson, stuck his head out the door and cocked his head at me and said very, very softly, said, Would you come in here, please? And that was literally the moment.

It was like the allegorical moment, if you will, when the door opened for me.

You started writing hit songs at an interesting time in the history of radio.

That's a big sweep.

including rarely played vinyl coming from Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Mary Jane Girls, Marvin Gaye and Frank Wilson.

Also more never released Tamla tracks from Junie Walker and the All Stars, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Elle Van Dyke, The Vows and Gordon Steffs and the Motown Strings.

Tonight's show podcast reminded to you from 10 on the Regency Radio website and app or wherever you get your podcasts.

Almost time for me to sling my hook again for another week.

Really hope you enjoyed the Motown show.

The final session we had Frank Wilson, Do I Love You? Indeed I do.

Which was a massive, massive Motown hit.

They decided on another great pairing of songs, producing another double cider in the way.

On one side, Somebody Somewhere Needs You, written by Motown staff writers Mark Gordon and Frank Wilson.

On the other, Baby Watcher Got For Me, co-written by Detroit legend Edwin Stark.

The single chartered too, picking a bit lower than his debut at number 34 R&B and 55 Pop.

It's one of the defining features of this list, actually.

I noticed it's co-arranged by Frank Wilson, who is legendary where I live, in the north of England, because he made Do I Love You one of the absolute all-time North and South classics ever.

Well, I mean, when they didn't release that, Barry Gordy decided that that's why it is such a rare classic, is because there was only a few copies ever salvaged.

He wanted to get him into production, and he worked alongside Norman Whitfield, the man, you know.

And then in the early 70s, he was producing himself, and he did that girl, You Need to Change Your Mind, by Eddie Kendricks, which is seen as a defining disco record.

So...

Frank Wilson, you know, apart from his Northern Soul history, also has serious disco credentials as well.

Right.

And then Russ Winstanley reaches for another record.

Frank Wilson, Do I Love You? Indeed I Do.

The record starts, and the floor moves.

One more time.