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Motown - Part 1
Berry Gordy, Jr. gives up boxing and assembly-line work and determines to make it as a songwriter, no matter who does or doesn't believe in him.
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The All-Time Top 100 R&B Tunes - Part 3: 21 - 30
Ten more indispensable gems of honesty, beauty and sublime fervor.
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The King Records Story - Part 2
A wave of soulful, rocking talent from Detroit descends on Cincinnati, as does Georgia's James Brown.
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AmericanTeenage Idols 1960 to 1963
Teen idols who made it big in the music world and some who also starred on television or movies.
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Outstanding Songs and Performers in 1963
New and established music artists that made an impact on pop music in 1963.
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Pop Music Hits in the Year 1960
Who made the most impact on the pop and rock music charts for the year 1960.
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The Early Days of Motown in the 1960 Music Scene
The vision and creation of a recording company by Berry Gordy became a reality with Motown Records in the 1960s
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Al Greene
Al Green's been charging the music industry of his listeners with his gospel-edged Southern soul for nearly 30 years. His musical sound is best described as a sinewy, sexy groove.

Detroit and Florence
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Mavis Staples In Concert At Massey Hall
Mavis Staples brought her band, her legacy, her great music and her forever strong and golden voice to a very appreciative audience at Toronto's Massey Hall
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Reverend C.L. Franklin And The Gospel Connection
A look at one of the key figures who gave American music its sublime fervor.
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1960 (Part II: Motown)
This week, we take a look at Motown's beginnings, mainly around 1960. We see how Berry Gordy Jr got his start, founded the company, met Smokey Robinson and gained success.
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Motown - Part 2
Detroit songwriter Berry Gordy takes the entrepreneurial step and makes history.
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The Chess - Motown Connection
How the Chicago-based Chess dynasty helped give birth to Berry Gordy's Detroit-based empire.
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ENSEMBLE, PART II: QUEENS LOGIC
Part II of the look at ensemble films concerns QUEENS LOGIC, which may not be as ambitious as CITY OF HOPE, but is enjoyable on its own terms.
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Etta James
She has one of the most powerful voices in r&b and she's lived the most colorful life in a field brimming with colorful lives.
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November: Thanksgiving, this is no Iraq commentary
Football, and football commentary, hasn't changed a bit in thirty years. What some in the media have to say about homeland security when it says anything at all.
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The All-Time Top 100 R&B Tunes - Part 5: 41 - 50
More classic American music and the stories behind it.
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February 2001 CD Reviews
Review of new CDs by Blessid Union of Souls, Tevin Campbell, Eliza Carthy, Cash Audio, Dave Matthews Band, The Gossip, Jenifer McKitrick, Miss Fortune, Soulfly, Straw Dogs, Jennifer Tefft, Van Zant, The Return of the Rock Volume 2, Sweet November Soundtrack and Valentine Soundtrack.
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