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The Motown label crafted a uniform house sound so instantly identifiable that "Motown" unequivocally became a style unto itself. During the '60s, Berry Gordy, Jr.'s Detroit label became the biggest independent in the music industry, thanks to its smooth, sophisticated blend of R&B and memorable pop melodies. At Motown, the pop side of the equation took on greater importance than ever before, which helped make the records accessible to a wider audience; their velvety elegance helped cement black popular music firmly into mainstream American culture. Motown often utilized the same core session musicians on their records, which helped lay the Motown sound's basic rhythmic foundation of bouncing bass and echoing drums. But their arrangements were frequently lush and elaborate, adding strings, horns, woodwinds, piano, extra percussion, or whatever else might enhance the music's urbane stylishness. This polished pop craftsmanship, when matched with the smoothly soulful vocals of the Motown artist roster, became ubiquitously popular during the early '60s, with songwriters like Smokey Robinson and the team of Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Brian Holland turning out one gem after another with almost assembly-line regularity. When Holland, Dozier and Holland left the label in a dispute over royalties, producer Norman Whitfield became a major figure at Motown, keeping the label in step with the harder, funkier direction much soul music was heading in. In 1970, the Jackson 5 became superstars with a funky bubblegum-soul that began to break away from established Motown formulas, and during the rest of the decade, performers like Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder took greater control of their own music, investing it with their own personalities and helping break up the standardized Motown blueprint. It's that blueprint, which brought artists like the Temptations, Four Tops, and Supremes stardom, that people mean when they describe music as "Motown."

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    DJ Brad's Motown Internet Radio Picks
  • What's Going On performed by Marvin Gaye
  • Papa Was a Rollin' Stone performed by Temptations
  • My Cherie Amour performed by Stevie Wonder
  • Baby Love performed by Siana Ross / Supremes
  • I Want You Back performed by Jackson 5
  • Reach Out I'll Be There performed by Four Tops
  • Dancing in the Street performed by Martha Reeves / Vandellas
  • The Tears of a Clown performed by Smokey Robinson / Miracles
  • My Guy performed by Mary Wells
  • How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) performed by Walker, Junior & the All-Stars / Allstars
  • Ben performed by Michael Jackson
  • My Old Piano performed by Diana Ross
  • 25 Miles performed by Edwin Starr
  • Do You Love Me performed by Contours
  • Behind a Painted Smile performed by Isley Brothers
  • Superfreak performed by Rick James
  • Don't Leave Me This Way performed by Thelma Houston
  • You Are Everything performed by Marvin Gaye / Diana Ross
  • Walk Away from Love performed by David Ruffin
  • With You I'm Born Again performed by Billy Preston / Syreeta
    DJ Chad's Motown Internet Radio Picks
  • Stop in the Name of Love performed by Diana Ross / Supremes
  • Easy performed by Commodores
  • One Day in Your Life performed by Michael Jackson
  • I Heard It Through the Grapevine performed by Marvin Gaye
  • Ain't No Mountain High Enough performed by Diana Ross
  • Yester Me, Yester You, Yesterday performed by Stevie Wonder
  • Treat Her Like a Lady performed by Temptations
  • It's the Same Old Song performed by Four Tops
  • ABC performed by Jackson 5
  • Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where... performed by Diana Ross
  • Going to a Go Go performed by Smokey Robinson / Miracles
  • Jimmy Mack performed by Martha Reeves / Vandellas
  • Shotgun performed by Walker, Junior & the All-Stars / Allstars
  • This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) performed by Isley Brothers
  • River Deep Mountain High performed by Four Tops / Supremes
  • If I Were Your Woman performed by Gladys Knight / Pips
  • You're All I Need to Get By performed by Marvin Gaye / Tammi Terrell
  • What Becomes of the Broken Hearted performed by Jimmy Ruffin
  • Somebody's Watching Me performed by Rockwell / Michael Jackson
  • Im My House performed by Mary Jane Girls
    DJ Otto's Motown Internet Radio Picks
  • Three Times a Lady performed by Commodores
  • Uptight (Everything Is Alright) performed by Stevie Wonder
  • The Tracks of My Tears performed by Smokey Robinson / Miracles
  • Endless Love performed by Diana Ross / Lionel Richie
  • I'll Be There performed by Jackson 5
  • If I Were a Carpenter performed by Four Tops
  • I Want You performed by Marvin Gaye
  • Please Mr. Postman performed by Marvellettes
  • (I'm A) Road Runner performed by Walker, Junior & the All-Stars / Allstars
  • Reflections performed by Diana Ross / Supremes
  • My Girl performed by Smokey Robinson
  • Ain't No Sunshine performed by Jackson 5
  • I Hear a Symphony performed by Isley Brothers
  • It Takes Two performed by Marvin Gaye / Kim Weston
  • (Love Is Like A) Heatwave performed by Martha Reeves / Vandellas
  • Help Me Make It Through the Night performed by Gladys Knight / Pips
  • You Can't Hurry Love performed by Diana Ross / Supremes
  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours performed by Stevie Wonder
  • Don't Look Any Further performed by Dennis Edwards / Siedah Garrett

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