The 1971 Marvin Gaye song Berry Gordy tried to cancel: “Another one of his wild ideas”
How wrong he was.
Motown
The 1983 concert Linda Ronstadt called her best show: “The highest peaks of my career”
Her finest moment on a stage.
The 2010 album Phil Collins wouldn’t have missed for the world: “The most enjoyable record I made”
The album he needed to make.
The genre George Michael felt provided “the best records of all time”
The pure sounds of musical taste.
The Motown songs that George Harrison adored: “All my favourite records on the jukebox”
Music for togetherness.
“Interrupted by a phone call”: The 1968 Motown song The Rolling Stones were recording when Brian Jones died
“I want to play my kind of music”.
‘What’s Goin’ On’ at 55: When Marvin Gaye pulled Motown into the album era
“I wanted them to take a look at what was happening in the world”.
The 1972 album Stevie Wonder’s label never understood: “You’ll cause your own country to fall”
An earth-shattering album…
