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Count 'em down--Top 30 R&B records from 1962.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:15
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Magical music was born in a little bungalow in Detroit, Michigan by an incredible team of visionaries and talented musicians. That music changed th...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 01:35:59
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"The Supreme Diana Ross" is a presentation hosted by Howard Burchette on the history of Diana Ross with the Supremes. They were the greatest female...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
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Before his classic period in the 1970s, “Little” Stevie Wonder was a teenager trying to find his sound. We explore the highs and lows of his first ...

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Marvin Gaye's 1964 album of standards "When I'm Alone I Cry"
Soul singer Marvin Gaye was a reluctant R&B star. Gaye wanted to be a ballad singer, and he recorded the music of the Great American songbook mostl...

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:09
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Music specials host Paul Ingles and a panel of music scholars recall and celebrate the career of Motown music legend Marvin Gaye. This second of 2 ...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXXI Rochester, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Caption: see Mike's film workshop at soulshowmike.org
Join Mike Canton for a feature on the great soundtracks of Shaft, Superfly, Coffy and more. Also, remember Motown hitmaker Barrett Strong through ...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 02:56:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The entire "Juke In The Back" this week features Motown's biggest acts, BEFORE there even was a Motown Records and before those acts were household...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KJZX-Austin, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
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A Merry Funk Christmas from Bootsy Collins, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Isley Brothers, The Commodores, The Temptations, an...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, WHRV, WCBE, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WJAB and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 55:52
  • Purchases: 6
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A musical history of the "Prince of Motown Marvin" Gaye is the subject of this program.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 56:04
  • Purchases: 1
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The "Teen Soul" experience continues with this installment which includes some of the best teenage Soul and R&B acts of the 1960s and 1970s. Our pr...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:24
  • Purchases: 2
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“Teen Soul (The Golden Soul Years)” includes the exciting and historic music of The Jackson 5, The Five Stairsteps, The Osmonds, The Sylvers, Foste...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and WUFT


  • Added: Apr 30, 2020
  • Length: 55:21
  • Purchases: 2
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Teen Soul (Sixty's Soul), This is the story of some of the greatest R&B teenage acts of the 1960s. They emerged from the regions of Detroit, Chicag...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFCF FM, and WUFT


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 3
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Digging into the '60s and '70s Motown catalogue for hits and other gems.

Bought by KSRQ and WEZU


  • Added: Oct 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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The Rhythm of Lennon, McCartney & Harrison

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:01:18
  • Purchases: 1
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The SOUL of Lennon and McCartney is a mix of Funk and Soul interpretations of the compositions of John Lennon, Paul McCartney. This program include...

Bought by WUFT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and WVAS


  • Added: Jan 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:01:01
  • Purchases: 3
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With an $800 loan, Berry Gordy, Jr. started what is arguably the most successful independent record company in history, MOTOWN.

Bought by KSRQ, WMNR, and WEZU


  • Added: Mar 26, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:41
  • Purchases: 3
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This one hour musical program commemorates the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Some of the music is rare and this would a splendid program t...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KUCB, WORT, Spokane Public Radio, WSLR and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:02:29
  • Purchases: 27
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An Afterglow holiday special for all classic soul fans! Some old-school soul versions of Christmas tunes, by Otis Redding, Ray Charles, Darlene Lov...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Radio Catskill, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WVAS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Detroit's Best Songs
In 2016 the Detroit Free Press conducted a survey to identify the 100 best songs ever to come out of Detroit. Here are 34 of them.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jul 31, 2016
  • Length: 01:57:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Coming Attractions!
15 musicals are scheduled to open in the 2016-2017 Broadway season. Of them six are revivals.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2016
  • Length: 01:54:58
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SOUL is a feeling. SOUL is from the root. SOUL is Free. SOUL is Ray Charles. SOUL is James Brown. SOUL is Aretha Franklin. SOUL is Nina Simone. SOU...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WUFT, KISA Digital Studios, KPIP-LP, and WTIP


  • Added: May 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: W. Kamau Bell, San Francisco, CA 12/16/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
W. Kamau Bell talks hidden gems, Bruce Lee’s genius, and how Berry Gordy's THE LAST DRAGON gave him his first meta-moment.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 22:08
Caption: Florence Ballard, Diana Ross, Mary Wilson
Classic recording when they were just "The Supremes"

  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 05:12