Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder featured on Barack Obama's summer 2023 playlist

Detroit’s own Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Martha and the Vandellas appear on former President Barack Obama’s summer 2023 playlist, released in a tweet Thursday.

Also logging an entry is the legendary Tina Turner, who died in May of this year.

The annual summer playlist drop never fails to excite the American public and generate discourse on the quality of selections, as well as what’s missing. This year’s list includes rappers Tupac Shakur, Nas, Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj; jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald and John Coltrane; Afrobeat artist Burna Boy; country artist Luke Combs; reggae band Toots and the Maytals; classic rockers Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones, and many more.

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Obama tweeted, “Like I do every year, here are some songs I’ve been listening to this summer—a mix of old and new. Looking forward to hearing what I’ve missed.”

Barack Obama’s Summer 2023 Playlist:

• J Hus and Drake: “Who Told You”

• SZA: “Snooze”

• Pretenders: “I’ll Stand By You”

• Rosalía & Rauw Alejandro: “Vampiros”

• Luke Combs: “Fast Car”

• Tupac, Roger, & Dr. Dre: “California Love”

• Leonard Cohen: “Dance Me to the End of Love" (Live)

• Martha Reeves & the Vandellas: “Nowhere to Run”

• Nobigdyl.: “Parabolic!”

• Jorja Smith: “Try Me”

• Burna Boy, 21 Savage: “Sittin’ on Top of the World”

• Janet Jackson: “Got ’Til It’s Gone”

• La Doña: “Penas con Pan”

• The Bangles: “Walk Like an Egyptian”

• The Beths: “Watching the Credits”

• The War and Treaty: “That’s How Love Is Made”

• The Rolling Stones: “Soul Survivor”

• Aretha Franklin: “Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)”

• John Coltrane: “Blue Train”

• Ice Spice, Nicki Minaj: “Princess Diana”

• Toots and the Maytals: “Funky Kingston”

• The Righteous Brothers: “Unchained Melody”

• Golden Lady: “Stevie Wonder”

• Jackson Browne: “Doctor My Eyes”

• Ayra Starr: “Sability”

• Boygenius: “Not Strong Enough”

• Otis Redding: “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay”

• Bob Dylan: “Everything Is Broken”

• Ella Fitzgerald: “Cry Me a River”

• Yng Lvcas & Peso Pluma: “LA Bebe (Remix)"

• Money Man & Babyface Ray: “Drums”

• Nas: “The World Is Yours”

• Four Tops: “Reach Out I’ll Be There”

• Pearl Jam: “Just Breathe”

• J’calm: “Tempted”

• Kelela: “Contact”

• Marvin Gaye: “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)”

• Ike & Tina Turner: “River Deep/Moutain High”

• Janelle Monáe: “Only Have Eyes 42”

• Ashley McBride: “The Devil I Know”

• Michael Kiwanuka: “Love & Hate”

Contact Free Press arts and culture reporter Duante Beddingfield at dbeddingfield@freepress.com.

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