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Best Motown Songs: Essential Tracks To Get You Dancing In The Street

The best Motown songs are timeless soul classics that capture everything it means to be in love, to suffer heartbreak – and to want to dance with abandon.

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The Isley Brothers, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, And More Set To Headline Once Upon A Time In LA

Other artists set to perform include The Game, DJ Quik, and more.

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Best Summer Songs Ever: An Essential Summertime Playlist

The best summer songs offer a mix of nostalgia and escapism. Time to sit back and unwind with this essential playlist.

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‘All The Time’: The Temptations Make A Soulful New Mark

The modern-day line-up of the Motown legends burnished their recorded legacy with their first new album in eight years.

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‘Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone’: The Supremes Succeed The Stones

After many previous chart battles with The Beatles, the Motown trio unseated the Stones with 'Love Is Here And Now You're Gone.'

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‘Here Comes The Night’: Here Come Van Morrison And Them

The Irish group's version of a song recently released by Lulu became their second Top 10 hit in quick succession.

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The Rhythm & Blues Legacy: The Secret History Of Rock And Pop

Fifty songs that were part of rhythm and blues heritage but which didn’t fully find a mainstream audience until they were remade.

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Ace Of Bass: Funk Brother And Motown Bedrock James Jamerson

Alongside his fellow Funk Brothers, Jamerson helped weave the very fabric of Tamla Motown’s imposing and infectious sound.

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‘Love Bones’: Part Of Johnnie Taylor’s Soulful Stax Sequence

'Love Bones' hit the R&B chart on December 13, 1969 and became the fifth of eight consecutive top tenners for the Arkansas soul man.

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‘Cold Blooded’: Red Hot Motown Glory For Rick James

Motown’s most dangerous star of the early 1980s was on fire in the summer of 1983, and so were his label.

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The Best Guitar Solos: 100 Hair-Raising Moments

The best guitar solos – from driving riffs to technical displays of mastery – make a song complete and more often than not, transcend the track entirely.