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Calling Out Around the World: Motown Turns 50 Feature

What It Was Like

by Diane Leach

[30.Jan.09] :. In the early '80s Detroit, Motown was as unquestionable as air. Who didn't like air?

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Calling Out Around the World: Motown Turns 50 Feature

Dancing in the Street: Our 25 Favorite Motown Singles

by PopMatters Staff

[26.Jan.09] :. From the Four Tops and the Temptations to the Marvelettes and the Velvelettes, we narrow down our favorite singles from the "Sound of Young America" era to 25 indisputable picks.

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Three songs embodied the Four Tops’ raw, boundless Levi Stubbs

by Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[22.Oct.08] :. “She takes off the Four Tops tape and puts it back in its case/When the world falls apart some things stay in place/Levi Stubbs’ tears run down his face.” —Billy Bragg,...

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PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2007 Feature

The Best Re-Issues of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[19.Dec.07] :. From '60s soul to bluegrass and Krautrock to post-punk, PopMatters counts down the year's best re-issued albums.

PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2007

 
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Reflections: Motown in 1967

by Zeth Lundy

[17.Aug.07] :. The latest installment in Hip-O Select's impressive reissue series, The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 7: 1967 collects every A-side and B-side released that year, including planned and deleted singles, as well as alternate and promotional mixes -- 120 tracks in all.

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