Motown had 90 number one hits on the pop charts. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles were major influences during these times. Motown became a progressive force in society. The social backdrop and the music began to feed off of each other. The most popular songs heard on the radio were from Motown! Motown's music interspersed with 'white' music became color blind to the youth of the time. The teenager, doing what most teenagers did at the time, turned on the radio with every opportunity in order to escape the strife of family and everyday life in Montgomery. It was the site of the Martin Luther King's Selma March. Montgomery was the place of Rosa Parks' brave contribution to desegregation. Picture a white teenager living in riot-torn, segregated, Montgomery, Alabama in 1965. Smokey Robinson concert review, AVA Amphitheatre-Casino Del Sol, Tucson, AZ June 28, 2014
