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We pick up our coverage of the Motown label in the Spring of 1963, a time when most people (including me) may have presumed that everything they touched ...read more
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When I started this series, I had the expectation that the story of Motown would move along in a linear fashion. That is to say, I expected the story to ...read more
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Our tenth program dedicated to the Motown hit machine finds us at the end of another banner year for the label, a year that featured nearly exponential ...read more
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This is our ninth episode in what appears to be developing into a never-ending series of every single Motown A-side, and it is also very special, because ...read more
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By the Spring of 1962, Berry Gordy Jr. began to enjoy the sweet taste of success. The label’s hits were sporadic, but there were enough to finance his ...read more
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This show represents our first coverage of Motown for the year 1962. The label had come a very long way since its inception in 1959, but it had a lot ...read more
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Tony Bennett is an artist who by rights could have been included in our list of the 250 most influential aspects of the 20th century. His style may be ...read more
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Today, we wrap up Motown’s second year as an independent label by focusing on its releases from the last few months of 1961. The quality of the material ...read more
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This is our fifth show in what promises to seem like a never-ending series of programs dedicated to playing every single Motown A-side from the ‘60s. ...read more
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Episode four in our attempt to play every single Motown A-Side in chronological order is full of superstar artists. Unfortunately, it is not full of hits ...read more
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