Out of all the stories I've read/seen about Motown, I love hearing about how they would fight artists about certain songs that eventually became hits. Stevie's version of "For Once In My Life" sat on the shelf for years before they released it, and it became a hit. Marvin Gaye turned in "What's Goin' On?", and Motown didn't know what to do with it. I love hearing about the change, I love watching a company struggle with how to be progressive yet stay true to their roots. Granted we have hindsight on our hands. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when they heard some of this music for the first time not realizing that the world outside of Hitsville was changing faster than they could manufacture the hits.

rant over.

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