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Motown Favorites Flood iTunes

Reuters, May 5, 2004 4:41 pm PDT
Motown is emptying its archives into Apple's iTunes Music Store to mark its 45th anniversary.

The famed label is making available the first 45 singles it issued as well as 45 hard-to-find albums from such superstars as Marvin Gaye , the Supremes and Diana Ross , the Four Tops and Smokey Robinson , among many others.

According to Motown, the "vast majority" of these albums are being made available for digital download for the first time. The promotion will run through May 25 and coincides with the May 17 ABC broadcast of the "Motown 45" TV special.

Among the singles being offered are Barrett Strong's 1959 track "Let's Rock," early Motown hits such as the Miracles' "Shop Around" and Mary Wells' "Bye Bye Baby" and rarities from the Swinging Tigers, Nick & the Jaguars and Gino Parks.

Notable albums include Gaye's "Moods of Marvin Gaye" and his duet release "Take Two" with Kim Weston , the Supremes' "I Hear a Symphony," Robinson & the Miracles' "Greatest Hits From the Beginning" and Stevie Wonder 's "Uptight."

The collection is rounded out by seven rare hits compilations: "Motown Special #1," "Tamla Special #1" and the five-volume "Collection of 16 Big Hits" series.

Reuters/Billboard

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