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• № 001

  My Girl

  THE TEMPTATIONS · 1964

  — In December 1964, in a Detroit studio owned by a former boxer turned mogul, a self-taught songwriter named Smokey Robinson handed a lovesi…

• № 002

  What's Going On

  MARVIN GAYE · 1971

  — In 1971, Marvin Gaye walked into Hitsville U.S.A. and dismantled the Motown hit factory from the inside. "What's Going On" was never suppo…