Motown - Artist by Artist

Motown - Artist by Artist

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Motown - Artist by Artist [Hardcover] Morgan, Pat\n\nProduct Overview\nIn 1959 Berry Gordy Jr., a high school dropout, former boxer and record store\nowner, founded the Motown record label in Detroit. The company name, which\nplayed on the city's proud tradition of car manufacture, was to become\nsynonymous with great music as Gordy took the sound of black America to the\nworld.Starting with Barrett Strong's Money (That's What I Want), Motown racked\nup hit after hit, becoming familiar to UK audiences under the name of Tamla\nMotown and launching the careers of megastars like Diana Ross and The\nSupremes, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations and the\nJackson 5. The 'Motown Sound' was instantly recognisable and unavoidably\ninfectious.As the decades wore on and musician styles changed, Motown moved\nwith the times, launching a myriad of specialist labels and finding new\nartists to push the boundaries. After a 2005 merger with Universal, the hits\nkept coming.M-

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