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Besides his work as the session keyboardist on popular Motown hits such as " Bernadette " by The Four Tops , " I Heard It Through The Grapevine " by Marvin Gaye , and " Run Away Child, Running Wild " by The Temptations , Van Dyke performed with a small band as an opening act for several Motown artists, and released instrumental singles and albums himself. Several of Van Dyke's recordings feature him playing keys over the original instrumental tracks for Motown hits; others are complete covers of Motown songs.


RECORDING ARTIST DISCOGRAPHY



Singles

;All Soul ( Motown ) releases:


  • billed as "Earl Van Dyke & the Soul Brothers" (the billed name of the Funk Brothers band was changed by Motown head Berry Gordy , as he disliked the connotation of the word "funk")


  • ---billed as "Earl Van Dyke & the Motown Brass"



ALBUMS

;All Soul ( Motown ) releases:

  • 1965: ''That Motown Sound'' ''(Earl Van Dyke & the Soul Brothers)''

  • 1970:''The Earl of Funk''