Motown Records on iTMS

today released the 45 singles ever issued by Motown ("45 Motown 45s") and 45 hard-to-find albums from the Motown archive on the iTunes Music Store to celebrate Motown's 45th Anniversary. Premiering on the Apple iTunes Music Store is an exclusive "store within a store" marking the 45th anniversary of Motown Records. The promotion comes on the heels of the release of MOTOWN #1's on April 20, which has already hit #1 on iTunes. The 45 Motown 45s campaign, which runs through May 25th, precedes the forthcoming launch of MotownSelect.com and the May 17th airing of the "Motown 45" TV special on ABC.

The first 45 Motown 45s range from April 1959's "Let's Rock" from Barrett
Strong to August 1961's "I Am Bound" from The Golden Harmoneers. Included are
the label's first Top 10 hits -- Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)" (#2
R&B/#23 pop), The Miracles' "Shop Around" (Pop #2/R&B #1), and Mary Wells'
"Bye Bye Baby" (Pop #45/R&B #8) and "I Don't Want To Take A Chance" (Pop
#33/R&B #9).



Also heard are the debut Motown singles from such legendary artists as The Supremes, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, and Jimmy Ruffin. Among the more
obscure performers are The Swinging Tigers, Nick & The Jaguars, Popcorn & The
Mohawks, Singin' Sammy Ward, The Satintones, Eugene Remus, and Gino Parks.



The other artists headlining the available albums are Eddie Holland,
Brenda Holloway, the Isley Brothers, Gladys Knight and The Pips, Martha and
The Vandellas, the Marvelettes, The Originals, Jimmy Ruffin, David Ruffin, The
Spinners, Edwin Starr, The Temptations, The Undisputed Truth, Jr. Walker & The
All Stars, and Mary Wells.

by MacNN Staff