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Hitsville USA: The Motown Sound

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Kevin Westley will discuss Motown musicians, including Jackie Wilson, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Mary Wells, The Marvelettes, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, The Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Four Tops and Stevie Wonder, first come, first seated

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Elmont, NY

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