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Michelle Obama Teams Up with Motown to Pick Her Top Songs

April 26, 2019, 8:01 AM by  Allan Lengel

Michelle Obama, a star in her own right, has teamed up with Motown Records to create her own playlist of classic songs titled "Becoming Motown." 

“Every story needs a soundtrack, and Motown has provided so much rhythm to my life,” she says in a posting on the label's website.

You can stream the list on all platforms or listen to it here. A sampling of the 38 songs selected:  

  • Ain't No Mountain High Enough -- Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
  • The Way You Do the Things You Do -- Temptations
  • Dancing in the Street -- Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
  • Please, Mr. Postman -- The Marvelettes
  • Baby Love -- The Supremes
  • It's the Same Old Song -- Four Tops
  • Just My Imagination -- Temptations
  • I Heard It Through the Grapevine -- Gladys Knight & The Pips
  • My Guy -- Mary Wells
  • It Takes Two -- Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
  • I Can't Help Myself -- Four Tops
  • Who's Loving You -- The Jackson Five
  • Beauty is Only Skin Deep -- Temptations 
  • The Tracks of My Tears -- Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 

► See the full list.



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