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The year 1968 was not Motown’s strongest year, as can be determined by this show. That’s not to say that the music is bad (it isn’t), but only that the ...read more
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The late ’60 were a trying time for the Motor City, and its namesake record label seemed ill equipped to deal with the upheavals that surrounded it. At a ...read more
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Our 40th program dedicated to playing every single Motown 45 RPM ‘A’ side finds us in the Spring of 1968, an era when the label struggled to maintain its ...read more
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The ever-upward arc that could be said to define Motown’s popularity (and the quality of its output) began to level off in 1968.
All over the world, ...read more
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If it’s Friday, it must be time for Motown….
For our 38th episode, covering all Motown singles (and we obviously do mean ALL of them…) we cover the ...read more
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By now, I guess it would be an understatement to say that we’ve covered a considerable amount of Motown material. In some ways, this show is significantly ...read more
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While the ‘Summer of Love’ provided the impetus for cultural change, it also had a profound effect on popular music. Motown was not exactly in the eye of ...read more
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As we continue our in depth coverage of Motown and all its subsidiary labels, we find ourselves smack dab in the middle of 1967, with the ‘Summer of Love’ ...read more
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From just about any perspective, 1967 was a volatile year. Ever since 1962, when Motown first broke on pop radio, a whole new world market opened up for ...read more
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In many ways, 1966 provided the perfect environment for a label like Motown. Pop music was at its peak, and Motown was certainly the country’s most ...read more
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