It's like a heatwave burning in my heart

We celebrate this week 50 years of Motown Records, the label that launched (predominately) black music into the mainstream - not just in America, but across the world.

Pioneered by no less than Dusty Springfield over here in the UK, the label spawned huge international success for artists such as Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson... And the rest is history!

So here are just three of my own favourites from their huge and extensive back catalogue...

Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go?

Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Heatwave

Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

Classic Motown website

Dusty Springfield and the Motown invasion