The new release Motown Around the World: The Classic Singles is a 2 disc compilation of classic Motown hits that were made to reach a European audience. They are all chart topping classics with a twist – and that twist is either Italian, German, Spanish or French.
In the 1960’s, a movement was afoot to bring rock and roll to the world. Now, whichever country we’re in, we’re never surprised to hear rock in English come through the speakers in cabs, restaurants and airport bathrooms, but it wasn’t always a given that audiences would accept music that was not in their own languages.