>>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).

This is from years of observation and waiting/hoping the oldie stations (in Florida and Atlanta) would play some classic Motown. Maybe they're better in your market.

Everything else is far less arguable.

>>
>>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.
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