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Early Motown Singles Compiled on CD

Rock historian Ed Ward takes us back to the early days of Motown. The first volume of The Complete Motown Singles has just been released on Hip-O Select, with 11 volumes to come.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, July 1, 2005: Interview with Kevin Bacon; Review of the “The complete Motown singles.”
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Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

Actor Kevin Bacon was first recognized in the 1982 film Diner. Since then, he's starred in more than 50 films. His most recent is The Woodsman, which is now out on DVD. He's also inspired the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, in which players try to link another actor with Bacon in as few steps as possible. We rebroadcast an interview from Jan. 18, 2005.

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