The Unfortunate Death Of Shorty Long | Motown Legends Ep56

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[waynethompson]

I remember house partying in the basement and dancing off of Function at the Junction .👍

[KC-gyxw]

Absolutely! I have a beautiful CD of Shorty, such great songs, no wonder Marvin Gaye was always telling people Shorty had the talent..

[michaelmitchell]

Finally someone does Shorty!! Thank you brother 😊!!!

[jduwayne]

Motown had so much talent throughout that building….!

[marvinwhittaker]

Shorty Long!! He stood 5 feet and had that big soulful voice. Sugarpie Desantos, Joe Tex, and James Brown were short statured but still had that big soulful voice. Thank you. That's Sammy Davis Jr. at the beginning of the song "Here Comes The Judge" saying the spoken line.

[billybotts]

My brother thank you for talking about Shorty Long I just started researching about him the past few months, what an amazing entertainer.

[soniatorres]

He had a great voice . First time I hear of him. What a shame because he would have been a star

[randyg]

Function at the Junction was definitely a party song!

[NorthernNige]

You only have to listen to 'I wish you where here', to know what a quality artist he was.

[AlienLegendmovie]

Function at the Junction...was a song one of my high school class mates used to hum everyday.

[colinwilliams]

SHORTY LONG belongs in the ROCK AND ROLL HALL of FAME.

[bamboojenkins]

Here comes the judge! Man you are really upping your game on these videos. Keep up the good work!

[bunnyoneful]

Function at the Junction is one of my top 3 favorite songs of all time.

[charleslee]

Thank you for doing the story of Shorty Long. I think Long would have had more success, particularly with "Function at the Junction" if Motown would have put more money into the marketing. At that time the Tops, Temps, Gaye, and Supremes got the bulk of the budget for marketing. I am not knocking Motown, tough decisions had to be made, and you put money into what makes money. And those four acts were bringing in the bucks.

[teddybear]

You did a very good job with this shorty Long video !!
I really enjoyed it and it was sad that we the fans didn’t get to hear more of him RIH Shorty you deserve it !!

[autumnsmom]

The song "Devil With A Blue Dress" was a song I remember seeing my relatives & neighbors Boppin at parties to. I didn't know his name cause I was a youngin' at the time, but when I heard the music you played, I immediately remembered those songs. He had some nice music. He had a great voice, but as you stated, he didn't get enough shine/recognition. What a tragic death. Thanks for doing his story.

[sandrasanders]

Whiter Shade of Pale was covered by British rock group Poco Harem (featured Steve Winwood) a massive hit.

[terrancebarrett]

I wish they would have paid more attention to him beautiful voice beautiful songs

[yvetteligon]

I never knew he made those songs because this the first I heard of this man ever

[michele]

WBPTV. Thank you for the GREAT video. I have never heard of Shorty Long. Now, I am educated. Keep bringing great videos.