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Those who have read the posts recounting my two previous trips to Lisboa are probably aware that I am at least mildly infatuated with Portugal’s capital city. Many who know me are also aware that for more than a decade …

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The contest challenge for this series of posts has been to identify one musician and the song references contained in each entry. Although identifying some of the songs might have been a bit tricky and difficult – particularly since the …

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Before we go. Although he was only there for a brief time, Berry Gordy put his experience working at Ford to good use in building Motown. In his autobiography To Be Loved, Gordy wrote, “At the plant, the cars started …