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WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance
I can DEFINITELY relate. I was born in '66 so for the most part, I think you and I had pretty much the same experiences. I have VERY distinct memories of lots of Motown being played at our house. I don't know if my folks had bought some of those "16 BIG HITS" albums or if they were buying many albums by the individual artists, but I recall Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made To Love Her", The Supremes' "Love Child" is another one that I seem to remember was being played a lot. My first record was The Temptations' "Get Ready"/"Fading Away" that I guess I snatched from my folks as my own.
I couldn't have been more than 2 when Stevie's and The Supremes' songs were out and yet it's like you said- I remember them being played in the background to whatever was going on at home. I remember "My Cherie Amour" being played on the radio one day when we were in Arkansas visiting my grandparents. For some reason, it seems the Motown songs are the ones that made the most impression on me as a toddler. I have no recollection of any other 60s hits [[except for one gospel rock tune, "Tell It Like It Is.") When it comes to any other kinds of music outside of Motown, those memories start in the 70s. That to me says a lot about whatever it was Motown was doing.
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