From just about any perspective, 1967 was a volatile year. Ever since 1962, when Motown first broke on pop radio, a whole new world market opened up for them, and the label grew and grew. 1967, though, posed a few interesting challenges for ‘the little label that could’.

Sociologically, times were changing, and as a result, so was the music. Detroit was in the thick of it, and the Summer riots of 1967 proved just how volatile the sociopolitical environment had become. Motown would survive, but not without some volatility of its own, as the upcoming shows will portray.

Songs included in this program include;

Love’s Gone Bad – The Underdogs

Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone – The Supremes

Pucker Up Buttercup – Jr. Walker & the All Stars

Chantilly Lace – Shorty Long

Till Johnny Comes – Brenda Hollloway

The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

 Jimmy Mack – Martha & the Vandellas

Travlin’ Man – Stevie Wonder

Hey Love - Stevie Wonder

Bernadette – The Four Tops

Gonna Give Her All the Love I’ve Got – Jimmy Ruffin

I Want to Go Back There Again – Chris Clark

It’s So Hard Being a Loser – The Contours