The Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP

Smokey Robinson
Cruisin' - 1979
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Junior Walker & The All Stars - Shake and Fingerpop (1965)

Released as the follow-up single to their classic 'Shotgun'. Sounds very much in a similar vein but still another great recording. Co-written by Junior Walker, the single made 29 on the US Hot 100 & #7 Soul Chart.🎷🎷

Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street (1964)

Declared "The Motown Anthem" by Berry Gordy. Timeless party classic written by Mickey Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter & Marvin Gaye. Many great cover versions but Martha & The Vandellas original remains the definitive IMO.
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The Temptations - Get Ready (1966)

Written by Smokey Robinson, this infectious Temptations classic, featuring Eddie Kendricks on lead vocals, deserved far higher than its #29 peak on the US Hot 100. However, the single did top the Soul Chart & went top 10 in the UK too.

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks of My Tears (1965)

This award-winning classic song was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame & included in the Recording Industry Association of America & The National Endowment for the Arts in its list of the Songs of the Century.

USA No.1 on this day in 1970: Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough youtu.be/SjT_iatXI1w?si… via @YouTube

Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand) (Live on the Bob Hope Special)

Two epic Diana Ross classics live on the Bob Hope´s All-Star Comedy Birthday Party at the Air Force Academy: A USO Salute in 1980 at the Mile High Stadium.❤️
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Diana Ross - Love Hangover (Frankie Knuckles '93 House Remix)

From the house project Diana Extended/The Remixes. Along with lifelong Diana Ross fan, the legendary Frankie Knuckles, featured contributions from David Morales, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Satoshi Tomiie & Maurice Johnson.

Gladys Knight & The Pips - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1967)

Written by Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield, Gladys Knight & The Pips recorded the first hit version of the song before Marvin Gaye's more famous interpretation. With a funky groove, it's classic Motown.

The Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (#SoulTrain 1972)

One of their best - and Motown's - classics! The psychedelic-soul-funk song was written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong & first recorded by The Undisputed Truth in '71. Hit #1 in the US & won 3 Grammy Awards.

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - Stop, Look, Listen To Your Heart (1973)

Classic soul duet by the biggest male & female Motown artists. Originally recorded by The Stylistics, the cover version was recorded for their album of duets, Diana & Marvin. Single in the UK: #25.
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Twenty-nine years ago today! Thank you for marrying me @sarahehopembe. ❤️

On 2nd September 2010, an 89 year old woman died alone in her flat in Torquay, England.

To most people around her, Eileen Nearne appeared to be simply a quiet elderly woman living an unremarkable life.

Then they began going through her belongings.
They found medals. They found wartime documents.
And an extraordinary story began to emerge.

Nearly seven decades earlier, Eileen had been a British secret agent operating behind enemy lines in Nazi occupied France. She was just 23 years old when she was sent into France in 1944 as an agent of Britain's Special Operations Executive.

Her job was incredibly dangerous.
Eileen worked as a clandestine wireless operator, transmitting secret messages between resistance networks in France and London.

Every time she switched on her radio, she risked discovery. German direction finding teams hunted illegal transmitters, and wireless operators could be captured if they remained on air for too long.
Eventually, they found her.

In July 1944, German security forces raided the house from which Eileen was transmitting. She was arrested and interrogated. Her captors wanted to know who she was working for and what she knew.

Eileen refused to reveal the truth. Instead, she maintained a cover story, claiming she was an innocent Frenchwoman who had been sending messages for a businessman.

She was tortured. She still did not give them the information they wanted. Eileen was eventually sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious concentration camp for women, and later transferred to another camp where she endured forced labour.

Then, as Nazi Germany collapsed in 1945, she escaped during a prisoner transfer. After everything she had survived, Eileen made her way through Germany while hiding from enemy forces until she finally reached safety.

She returned home after the war.
And then she largely disappeared from public view.
For decades, many of the people living around her had little idea what the quiet woman in their neighbourhood had once done.

When Eileen died on September 2, 2010, there was initially concern that she might receive a simple council arranged funeral because no close relatives were immediately known.

Then her wartime possessions were discovered.
The forgotten elderly woman had been anything but ordinary.

She had been parachuted into occupied France.
She had transmitted secret messages while the Gestapo hunted people like her.
She had been captured.
She had survived interrogation, imprisonment and a concentration camp.
And she had escaped.

Eileen Nearne had carried one of Britain's most dangerous wartime jobs when she was only 23 years old. Most of the world only learned the full extent of her remarkable story after she was gone.
Today, we remember Eileen Nearne.
1921–2010
R.I.P.

The Supremes - I Hear a Symphony (Live on Hullabaloo in 1965)

Slick, sophisticated, sweetly soulful and "supreme": 21-yr-old Diana Ross delivers a beautiful lead vocal, backed by Florence Ballard & Mary Wilson's warm harmonies peppering the melody. Their sixth #1 hit single! ❤️