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Speaker 1: I'm Buzznight, the host of the Taking a Walk podcast

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Speaker 1: Music History on Foot, the podcast when we talked to

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Speaker 1: the folks who were making an impact on music. Join

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Speaker 1: us for an episode with Mickey Stevenson, A and R.

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Speaker 1: Man at Motown Records. In the glory years.

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Speaker 2: Our living area was maybe fourteen to fifteen blocks in circumference.

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Speaker 2: You step outside of that line, you got a problem.

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Speaker 2: You only had a certain area to develop in in

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Speaker 2: the first place.

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Speaker 1: Mickey Stevenson responsible for artists like The Supremes, Marvin Gay,

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Speaker 1: the Temptations, the Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, and a host

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Speaker 1: of others.

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Speaker 2: You had to make a decision when you step out

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Speaker 2: the line. No, you could write into a problem, but

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Speaker 2: if you want more information, you got to step outside

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Speaker 2: the line. And not just me, Barry, Gordy, Smoky, I

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Speaker 2: can name a few we all did in our own

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Speaker 2: way did the same thing.

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Speaker 1: Listen to the Taking a Walk Podcast with Mickey Stevenson

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Speaker 1: starting on February the sixth, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

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Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts.