Hitsville USA: 50 Years of Heart and Soul
As part of BBC Radio 2's Motown Season, Pete Mitchell unearths rare treasures, re-examines old truths and hears about every side of the label, from the likes of Smokey Robinson and Mary Wilson
Hitsville USA: 50 Years of Heart and Soul - Episode 1
As part of BBC Radio 2's Motown Season, Pete Mitchell plays rare tracks and hears about the label from the likes of Smokey Robinson and Mary Wilson.
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Hitsville USA: 50 Years of Heart and Soul - Just My Imagination: The Sound and The Songs
Writers and artists from the golden age of Motown explain how chart-topping songs were written.
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Hitsville USA: 50 Years of Heart and Soul - My Girls: The Ladies of Motown
Pete Mitchell finds out what life was like on the Motown label for the women who first broke the boundaries of pop. With The Supremes' Mary Wilson.
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Hitsville USA: 50 Years of Heart and Soul - Reach Out and I'll Be There - Those Gone
Remembering those who made the Motown label great and are no longer with us, including producer Norman Whitfield and baritone sax player Mike Terry.
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Hitsville USA: 50 Years of Heart and Soul - Standing in the Shadows: The Secret of Motown
Pete Mitchell talks to Dennis Coffey, Uriel Jones and others about session musicians the Funk Brothers, who were at the heart of the Motown music label.
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Hitsville USA: 50 Years of Heart and Soul - What's Still Going On - The Legacy
This programme looks at what artists such as Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder changed with their work and what it could mean for the future.
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