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Motown: Music, Money, Sex, and Power (Paperback)

mrivera915 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:13:49 +0000

From Publishers Weekly
This useful but often flat history of legendary Motown Records is the first music-related work by Posner, who is best known for his books on the assassinations of John F. Kennedy (Case Closed) and Martin Luther Kin (more…)

Motown Classics: Gold [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

mrivera915 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:13:43 +0000

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Motown: The Early Years (2005)

mrivera915 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:13:34 +0000

Are You Ready For A Brand-New Beat? The gritty urban environment, the burgeoning pride and drive of black Americans, and blues, soul and gospel influences combined to form the music coming out of Detroit in the early 1960s. The sounds (more…)

Standing In The Shadows of Motown (2002)

mrivera915 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:13:22 +0000

Amazon.comStanding in the Shadows of Motown is a must-see film for any fan of the Supremes, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, or any other classic Motown stars. This swinging documentary celebrates the Funk Brothers–the team of studio musi (more…)

YOUTUBE VIDEO: RSG! The Sound Of Motown (1965) #6

mrivera915 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:13:03 +0000

Smokey Robinson and The Miracles sing 'Ooo Baby Baby'. Dusty Springfield duets with Martha Reeves and The Vandellas on 'Wishin And Hopin'. The Temptations sing 'It's Growing'. With the Earl Van Dyke Sextet. From The Ready Steady Go (RSG), Sound Of Motown TV special, recorded at the Rediffusion TV studios in London on 18 March 1965.
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The Complete Motown #1s Box [LIMITED EDITION] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [BOX SET]

mrivera915 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:12:38 +0000

MOTOWN: THE COMPLETE NO. 1′s is a 10-CD box set containing every Motown No. 1, and we mean every – from every U.S. and International chart and from every genre adding up to a staggering 191 tracks that hit the top, plus 10 bonus tracks (more…)

YOUTUBE VIDEO: RSG! The Sound Of Motown (1965) #4

mrivera915 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:12:32 +0000

A live Motown medley with The Supremes (Baby Love), Smokey Robinson and The Miracles (You Really Got A Hold On Me), Stevie Wonder (I Call It Pretty Music…), The Temptations (The Way You Do The Things You Do), Martha Reeves and The Vandellas (Heatwave), Dusty Springfield (You Lost The Sweetest Boy), Smokey Robinson and The Miracles (Ooo Baby Baby). With the Earl Van Dyke Sextet. From the Ready Steady Go (RSG), Sound Of Motown TV special, recorded at the Rediffusion TV studios in London on …
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Motown Anthology [AUDIOBOOK] (Paperback)

mrivera915 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:12:29 +0000

A must-have collection of 68 Motown masterpieces, including: ABC * Ain’t No Mountain High Enough * Ain’t Too Proud to Beg * Baby Love * Dancing in the Street * Easy * For Once in My Life * How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) * I Can’t (more…)

Where Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound (Music in American Life) (Paperback)

mrivera915 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:12:26 +0000

From Publishers Weekly
George, an editor at Billboard and author of The Michael Jackson Story, recounts the story of Motown Records, founded by Berry Gordy in Detroit in 1959 and now located in Hollywood. In the end, the author concludes (more…)

YOUTUBE VIDEO: RSG! The Sound Of Motown (1965) #7

mrivera915 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:12:03 +0000

Stevie Wonder sings 'Kiss Me Baby', with the Earl Van Dyke Sextet, on the Sound Of Motown, 1965 RSG TV special, introduced by Dusty Springfield. And from an earlier 1964 RSG show, Marvin Gaye sings 'How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You' and 'Can I Get A Witness'. Ready Steady Go! from the Wembley (1965) and Kingsway (1964) TV studios of Rediffusion London.
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