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  RTA5225 (rta5225) 5-Doyen Username: rta5225 Post Number: 381 Registered: 11-2004 |
Hi All: No this isn't about the Marc Gordon with Levert. This is about the former 5th Dimension Manager Marc Gordon. "MARC GORDON PASSES AWAY. The renown manager of The original 5th Dimension circa their heyday of the late '60's through the '70's, Marc Gordon has passed away. He had been ill for a number of years. Gordon, an executive at Motown in the early '60's, departed while discovering The Versatiles, who auditioned but were not signed to the label. He asked the unique and attractive quintet to find a hipper moniker--The 5th Dimension--and connected them with Johnny River's Soul City label and the rest was Grammy, Gold & Platinum history." If I find out anymore information, I'll submit it. Thanx all. | ||
dvdmike (dvdmike) 6-Zenith Username: dvdmike Post Number: 2093 Registered: 4-2004 |
He was married for a time to Florence LaRue. | ||
glencro (glencro) 6-Zenith Username: glencro Post Number: 1103 Registered: 4-2004 |
WOW, I was about to have a heart attack thinking it was Marc Gordon from Levert...not to take away from the passing of this Marc Gordon...but wow. My condolences | ||
RTA5225 (rta5225) 5-Doyen Username: rta5225 Post Number: 383 Registered: 11-2004 |
Yes, he was married to Florence LaRue and they have a child together named Geoffrey. They were married for 12 years I believe. I understand that Mr. Gordon had been ill for quite some time. He did some amazing work with the 5th Dimension. May he rest in peace. | ||
kamasu (kamasu) 6-Zenith Username: kamasu Post Number: 8285 Registered: 3-2005 |
I agree RTA, Marc Gordon was a visionary, He also managed (for a time) Tony Orlando & Dawn and I think the Hues Corporation. May he rest in peace. (Message edited by kamasu on July 02, 2010) | ||
Midnite Johnny (jpatpt) 6-Zenith Username: jpatpt Post Number: 8839 Registered: 4-2004 |
Very sad. He also wrote extensively for Motown.... much for Brenda Holloway. | ||
stephanie (stephanie) 6-Zenith Username: stephanie Post Number: 2968 Registered: 2-2005 |
When I saw this name I knew exactly who he was, this is a tragic lost to the memory of the Fifth Dimension and the industry. RIP Marc, | ||
JBagley (jbagley) 6-Zenith Username: jbagley Post Number: 560 Registered: 7-2006 |
Marc Gordon also managed the late great Al Wilson. | ||
RTA5225 (rta5225) 5-Doyen Username: rta5225 Post Number: 384 Registered: 11-2004 |
Yes, the guy that sang "Show and Tell". | ||
TOPDIVA (york) 3-Pundit Username: york Post Number: 223 Registered: 5-2009 |
A great lost to music and artist management history. | ||
Kev-Lo (7273747576) 6-Zenith Username: 7273747576 Post Number: 3690 Registered: 4-2004 |
Hi this is Kev-Lo R.I.P Marc | ||
Mark Speck (mark_speck) 6-Zenith Username: mark_speck Post Number: 7051 Registered: 4-2004 |
He had an amazing set of ears and a great business acumen...they don't make guys like this anymore, and there sure as hell isn't anyone like him left in the music world. RIP, Marc, and thank you...  Best, Mark | ||
jillfoster (jillfoster) 6-Zenith Username: jillfoster Post Number: 2054 Registered: 1-2006 |
RIP Marc Gordon, a great figure in behind the scenes management of many acts in the 70's. | ||
144man (144man) 5-Doyen Username: 144man Post Number: 409 Registered: 9-2007 |
Most of the early records on the V.I.P. label were produced by Marc Gordon in collaboration with Hal Davis. RIP Marc Gordon | ||
doowopsvoice (doowopsvoice) 4-Laureate Username: doowopsvoice Post Number: 131 Registered: 5-2004 |
In the early stages Marc and Hal Davis were in charge of Motown's Sunset & Vine office in Los Angeles. That is where i first met Hal. | ||
Kevin Goins - KevGo (kevgo) 6-Zenith Username: kevgo Post Number: 6220 Registered: 4-2004 |
Marc also worked for Johnny Rivers' music publishing company as well as Soul City Records (he co-produced Al Wilson's "The Snake"). In the early 1970s, he founded Carousel Records which later became the Rocky Road label (both were distributed by Bell Records). Climax's "Precious & Few" as well as "Show & Tell" by Al Wilson were the label's biggest hit records. Rest well, Mr. Gordon...and thank you for the music. Kevin Goins - KevGo | ||
RTA5225 (rta5225) 5-Doyen Username: rta5225 Post Number: 387 Registered: 11-2004 |
Here's a little more information on Marc Gordon. FIFTH DIMENSION MANAGER AND PRODUCER MARC GORDON DIES. Sadly, Marc Gordon who was the Fifth Dimension singing group's manager during the 60's and 70's has passed away after a lengthy illness. He was married to 5th Dimension singer Florence LaRue in 1969 and they have a son Geoffrey. They later divorced. Florence was able to speak with Marc during his illness. Marc once had his own record label Rocky Road and produced some big hit records including Al Wilson's "Show & Tell" and Climax's "Precious & Few." He was a great asset to The 5th Dimension. He will be missed. | ||
RTA5225 (rta5225) 5-Doyen Username: rta5225 Post Number: 391 Registered: 11-2004 |
Hi All: Below is the information on the services for Marc Gordon. There will also be articles on him in Billboard, Jet and Goldmine magazines. The Celebration of Life Memorial Service for Marc Gordon will be held tomorrow morning, July 9th at 11 AM at Self Realization Center ~~ Lake Shrine 17190 West Sunset Boulevard Pacific Palisades, Ca. | ||
mike s (mike_s) 6-Zenith Username: mike_s Post Number: 1627 Registered: 4-2004 |
He was also involved with Modern/Kent Records in LA and produced (and co-wrote) some great sides for Mary Love, of course, including You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet, I'm In Your Hands and Let Me Know (they could easily have been recorded at Hitsville when no one was looking they had such a Motown sound!). | ||
RTA5225 (rta5225) 5-Doyen Username: rta5225 Post Number: 392 Registered: 11-2004 |
Wow! I never knew that. Thanks Mike! | ||
kamasu (kamasu) 6-Zenith Username: kamasu Post Number: 8321 Registered: 3-2005 |
Marc Gordon & Frank Wilson wrote the Motown soundalike - I'm So Thankful for the Ikettes that was released on Modern. | ||
RTA5225 (rta5225) 5-Doyen Username: rta5225 Post Number: 393 Registered: 11-2004 |
Thanks Kamasu. Where did you guys get this info. from? Gee, I thought I knew everything about Marc Gordon. | ||
Heikki (heikki) 6-Zenith Username: heikki Post Number: 930 Registered: 4-2004 |
Hi! Marc started out in Los Angeles managing Hal davis, who had had numerous single releases on many labels from the late 50s till the early 60s. He and Hal Davis sing background on Alley-Oop. He also worked with Glen Campbell and Gary Paxton. In the 60s he first worked with the Champs (on Challenge in 1960), before he launched his solo career first on Crest (in '61) and then on Capitol in 1962. After that came his work in Motown's West Coast office, the Versatiles (-> the 5th Dimension) and Johnny Rivers. Marc worked with Al Wilson on Johnny Rivers' Soul City label (Do What You Gotta Do, the Snake etc.), on Bell in '70 (Mississippi Woman etc.), on his own Carousel label (in '70 and '71) which was renamed Rocky Road in '72 (the cover of Show And Tell, Touch And Go, the cover of La La Peace Song etc.), on Playboy (I've Got A Feeling etc.) and on Roadshow (Count The Days etc.). Besides Al Wilson, Marc was managing those days the 5th Dimension, Dawn, Thelma Houston and Willie Hutch; later still the Staple Singers, Barbara McNair and Ursula Andress. Al Wilson: "He had all those people, and he was screwing up, so consequently he was kind of blackballed from the industry for about twenty years. Back in the late 70s in music business there was counterfeiting, tax-sheltering and all that stuff going on, and he was in the middle of it." (Soul Express: Al Wilson story). Best regards Heikki | ||
RTA5225 (rta5225) 5-Doyen Username: rta5225 Post Number: 395 Registered: 11-2004 |
Thanx Heikki: That is very interesting information. | ||
John Lester (theboyfromxtown) 6-Zenith Username: theboyfromxtown Post Number: 4435 Registered: 4-2004 |
Marc is a a credited producer on the Supremes Sing Sam Cooke. | ||
Kevin Goins - KevGo (kevgo) 6-Zenith Username: kevgo Post Number: 6232 Registered: 4-2004 |
 Marc Gordon, Marvin Gaye & Hal Davis Kevin Goins - KevGo | ||
RTA5225 (rta5225) 5-Doyen Username: rta5225 Post Number: 403 Registered: 11-2004 |
Thanx for sharing Kevin. Where did you find this? | ||
Kevin Goins - KevGo (kevgo) 6-Zenith Username: kevgo Post Number: 6234 Registered: 4-2004 |
RTA: The photo is inside the booklet of the Motown boxed set from 1992 - "Hitsville USA: The Singles Collection". Kevin Goins - KevGo | ||
RTA5225 (rta5225) 5-Doyen Username: rta5225 Post Number: 405 Registered: 11-2004 |
Thanx Kevin! | ||
dvdmike (dvdmike) 6-Zenith Username: dvdmike Post Number: 2099 Registered: 4-2004 |
Nobody ever seems to know what studio or studios Hal Davis and Marc Gordon used to produce the early L.A. Motown sessions. They produced stuff on Stevie, Brenda Holloway and other Motown artists in the '60s at unnamed L.A. studios. | ||
#1 LC Fan (1_lc_fan) 1-Arriviste Username: 1_lc_fan Post Number: 1 Registered: 8-2010 |
Hi there, I want to make a correction. "Precious & Few" (by Climax) was produced and engineered by Larry Cox in 1972, not Marc Gordon. | ||
mike s (mike_s) 6-Zenith Username: mike_s Post Number: 1643 Registered: 4-2004 |
Mike, around that time Hal Davis and Marc Gordon were involved with other LA musicians such as Ed Cobb, who of course wrote Every Little Bit Hurts and the follow-up, I'll Always Love You. Former member of the Four Preps group, he and Lincoln Mayorga were behind Gloria Jones records like Tainted Love and the immortal Heartbeat, as well as Ketty Lester's sublime Love Letters and I'm A Fool to Love You, not to mention the Piltdown Men (groovy baby!). As for studios, my guess they must have used Gold Star which was hot with Spector stuff in 64. Someone must know for sure,though!! |
