GLORIOUS MOTOWN
A lot of labels have celebrated their 60th birthday in recent years. Not so many, however, have marked it in such glorious fashion as Motown. The television special earlier this year; the Japanese “Motown Did It First” series of CD reissues; the Marvin Gaye postage stamp… and The Complete No. 1’s (Universal), a thoroughly revamped and updating of the decade-old 50th anniversary set of exactly what it says on the box.
Every number one that the label ever scored, whatever the chart, whatever the country, and more than that besides. Chart-topping covers of Motown originals are celebrated with an airing for the original version. We relive with country career of T.G. Sheppard and the Jackson 5’s assault on the Billboard Christmas listings. Everything is here and, if you didn’t know it already,
