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.