MOTOWN 50th Anniv Celebration Continues, Vote Your Top 50 Tunes

      MUSIC NEWS- Continuing the celebrate of Motown's 50th Anniversary,  you can now vote to decide which 50 songs from the classic Motown music catalog will be heard on upcoming two-CD “fanthology ” release.  The selections on Motown 50 Fanthology (out via Motown/UMe on September 1, 2009) will be chosen by fans voting for their favorites via the Motown 50 Vote website.   Voting has already started  and ends July 15, so check it out now!

Choose your five fav Motown tunes from a list of over 100 of Motown’s greatest recordings, from the label’s first major hit, 1960’s “Money (That’s What I Want)” by Barrett Stone, through Boyz II Men’s Motown–retro smash “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye To Yesterday,” with such classics as Smokey Robinson & the Miracles’ “The Tears Of A Clown”, the Supremes "Stop in the Name of Love",  The Temptations’ “My Girl”, Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition,” and Rick James’ “Super Freak” in between.  One song is even offered in two versions: “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye and by Gladys Knight & the Pips.  More than 40 artists are represented, including besides those already mentioned Diana Ross, Four Tops, the Commodores, Jackson 5, Mary Wells, the Marvelettes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas and Lionel Richie.

USA fans can vote once, and the first 50 voters will receive a credit on the album and the first 500 voters will receive an “I Voted! Motown 50” collector’s edition bumper sticker.  All voters will be entered in a random drawing for a grand prize—a trip for two to Hitsville, USA, the original Detroit home of Motown, including flight, hotel, admission to the  Motown Museum and tickets to a forthcoming Motown gala event.  The winner will be announced on August 17, 2009.  And, our friends at Motown/UMe have partnered with the People’s Choice Awards to offer fans the opportunity to vote for their favorite Motown artist of all time. Voting in this exclusive category will take place on the official People’s Choice Awards website, PCAVote.com, from June 24 until July 15. The winner, as voted on by the fans, will be featured in the upcoming "fanthology" album and recognized during the 36th Annual People’s Choice Awards in 2010.