The Motown catalog never goes out of style. Those pop and soul songs from the 1960s and 1970s still resonate with modern listeners, despite changes in listening habits, technology and lifestyles, partly because they were honest representations of what the songwriters, singers and studio musicians were living.

“I tell people all the time, The Beatles, Motown and The Beach Boys, you’ll be listening to that music for a long time,” said Arthur “Hakim” Stokes, who sat down recently at Boston Stoker on Second Street to discuss his group Touch and the Motown-themed act’s annual Valentine’s concert at Gilly’s in Dayton on Saturday, Feb. 9.

“Those songs were great, and they were wholesome,” Stokes said. “You didn’t get into the negative things like songs today. They were just beautiful love songs. They were about relationships and life.”

Those topics will take center stage at Gilly’s on Saturday when Stokes and fellow singers Floyd Weatherspoon, Jonathan Rice, Xonerale Freeman and Anthony “Plum” Brown present their 15th annual Valentine’s Day show.

“Gilly’s is probably the best room in Dayton, and it has been that way for years,” Stokes said. “We may visit there two or three times a year, but this Valentine’s Day show is always set in stone. We’ll try to do some more love songs for the ladies that night, but we always try to make the show different every time we’re there.”

One thing that sets Touch apart from many other R&B vocal groups is The Untouchables, its backing band of seasoned Dayton players. The group is comprised of Jesse Partridge (lead guitar), Ralph Aikens (guitar), Jon McConnell (keyboards), Monty Bowman (bass), Hunter Brigham (drums) and Sam Lucas (percussion).

“They do a great job of providing the music to sing to,” Stokes said. “We’re glad to have them with us. I feel blessed to be able to do this and to be able to say we’ve done it for 15 years. We have a very large following here in the Dayton area and that’s for years and years of performing. The group has been blessed to be moving around a lot. We’re in and out of town and in and out of state.

“We’re known as a Motown sound tribute act and that has worked out very well for us,” Stokes said. “That’s because nobody is presenting it like we do. We dress well. We sing well. We move well. That’s what Motown was about and people still appreciate seeing that.”