To honor Black History Month and to celebrate Motown's 50th
anniversary, Verizon's V CAST Music will offer exclusive sets of Motown hits each week. The first will be Motown Icons. Motown for Lovers will be available in line with
Valentine's Day, followed by Motown Number Ones and then the Ladies of
Motown. There is also a contest to win a trip to see the Temptations.
A sampling of the full-track songs coming to V CAST Music during
Black History Month are familiar favorites such as "Shop Around,"
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "I Heard It Through the Grapevine,"
"Please Mr. Postman," "ABC" and "I Second that Emotion."
More full-track songs from artists, including The Supremes, Smokey
Robinson and The Miracles, The Commodores, The Four Tops and The
Temptations from Motown's early years to songs from other hitmakers
such as Boyz II Men and the Jackson 5, will be available for download
and purchase through V CAST Music - either over-the-air or on a desktop
computer.
Use V CAST Song ID and be Entered for a Chance to Win a Trip to See The Temptations
Throughout February, customers who use V CAST Song ID to identify
any Motown recording will be entered for a chance to win a fly-away
trip to see The Temptations in Las Vegas. Participants can also enter
for a chance to win via text messaging or for free online. For more
information about the sweepstakes and to view all the exclusive
content, go to www.verizonwireless.com/blackhistory or
www.vzwrules.com/Motown.
Verizon Wireless customers can also download and purchase ringtones
and ringback tones of exclusive remixes and special edits of Motown
classics. Customers who want callers to hear a great Motown song when
they call, can purchase special Motown-themed ringback tone Jukeboxes
with classic and more recent hits. These exclusive ringback Jukeboxes
will be available as three-, five- and seven-packs of ringbacks.
Customers who subscribe to V CAST Music with Rhapsody, Verizon
Wireless’ online music service that includes a library of more than 5
million songs, can download music to their PCs free of digital rights
management (DRM) software that restricts how and where music can be
played. The music can then be side-loaded on select phones.