Motown epitomized change in 1972. “Listen to What’s Happening at Motown” the label declared in an advertising spread for Billboard, “You’ll Hear the Times Change” (9 September 1972). Marquee acts like the Jackson Five, the Supremes, and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles adorned the page while Valerie Simpson, Lesley Gore, and Bobby Darin constituted recent signings to the “Motown Family of Labels”.

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