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- ↑ Feels Good To Feel Good (Media notes). Garry Glenn. Hollywood, California: Motown Records. 1987.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ Love In The Fire (Media notes). Bobby King. Hollywood, California: Motown Records. 1984.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ Personal Attention (Media notes). Stacy Lattisaw. Hollywood, California: Motown Records. 1988.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ Dancing on the Ceiling (Media notes). Lionel Richie. Hollywood, California: Motown Records. 1986.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ Captured (Media notes). Rockwell. Hollywood, California: Motown Records. 1985.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ To Be Continued... (Media notes). The Temptations. Hollywood, California: Gordy Records. 1986.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ Tiggi Clay (Media notes). Tiggi Clay. Hollywood, California: Morocco Records. 1984.
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