They loved Motown music and were determined to be successful performers.

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And finally Quadrophenia, which I always thought would work better if they had used period music throughout (Motown stuff mixed with early Who), rather than the bombastic soundtrack created for the film.

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Amid the wall-to-wall music, the musical presents the Motown roster as a family.

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Their music was the nourishing ocean that Motown's biggest fish swam in.

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Webb got his start in the music business as a staff songwriter for Motown.

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Music will play across the city in a number of different locations, playing jazz, motown, soul and some of Norfolk's freshest young talent as BBC Norfolk Introducing hosts an afternoon of music from local bands at Chapelfield Gardens.

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Large scale manufacturing, union power, a strong middle class and the music that became the soundtrack for American life all can claim roots in Motown.

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We've still got an unbelievable amount of talent in the music world, and so from a culture standpoint, it's no longer the Motown sound, but it's a lot of gritty stuff that's out there right now and we have to accept that because the talent is here.

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