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Detroit has a rich history of music, from Motown to rock and roll, from the Temptations and Supremes to Bob Seger, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas and White Stripes.
The Detroit Free Press compiles a list of Detroit's Top 70 songs as selected by professionals.
Here's the top 25:
1. “What's Going On,” Marvin Gaye
2. “Dancing in the Street,” Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
3. “Seven Nation Army,” the White Stripes
4. “Respect,” Aretha Franklin
5. “My Girl,” the Temptations
6. “Kick Out the Jams,” MC5
7. “Money (That's What I Want),” Barrett Strong
8. “What I Like About You,” the Romantics
9. “Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours,” Stevie Wonder
10. “The Tracks of My Tears,” Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
11. “Ain't No Mountain High Enough,” Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
12. “War,” Edwin Starr
13. “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” the Stooges
14. “Stop! In the Name of Love,” the Supremes
15. “Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler),”Marvin Gaye
16. “Night Moves,” Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
17. “Uptight (Everything's Alright),” Stevie Wonder
18. “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher,” Jackie Wilson
19. “Atomic Dog,” George Clinton
20. “Chain of Fools,” Aretha Franklin
21. “I Heard it Through the Grapevine,” Gladys Knight & the Pips
22. “One Nation Under a Groove,” Funkadelic
23. “Boom Boom,” John Lee Hooker
24. “Lose Yourself,” Eminem
25. “Lonely Teardrops,” Jackie Wilson
See the rest here.
