>The oldest Motown record the black oldie station would play
>(this is before the bar for "old school" was pushed further
>towards 80s/90s music) is "I Want You Back" by the Jackson 5
>(which is from 1969, not 1970, but still).
>
>And to be clear, "classic Motown music" is officially the
>material released before Motown moved all of their operations
>to Los Angeles in June 1972.
>
>White British people are arguably bigger fans of classic
>Motown music than American Black people of the same age, and
>while I "get" it, I don't "GET" it. It's our music.