Originally Posted by
bradsupremes
The oldies station here in Cleveland used to play a ton of Motown songs that cracked the top 40 in the 90's and early 2000's. Then somewhere around 2004, they started to change their playlists to songs that only made the top 5. Now, they play roughly the same 200 songs. I remember hearing the Four Tops' "You Keep Running Away," the Marvelettes' "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game," the Supremes' "Forever Came Today," and Stevie Wonder's "Yester-You, Yester-Me, Yesterday." Now, they don't play them. Even some songs that cracked the top 10 like "In And Out Of Love" are barely played. It's always "Baby Love," "My Girl," "It's The Same Old Song," "Where Did Our Love Go?"
Last year, they did a Motown 50th Anniversary weekend where they played a lot of the rare Motown singles and unreleased recordings. I listened all weekend because it was probably the only time I would ever hear the Temptations' "That'll Be The Day," the Supremes' "In My Lonely Room," and Martha & the Vandellas' "It's Easy To Fall In Love [[With A Guy Like You)" on the radio.
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