2, at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Titled “More Than Motown: Detroit’s Impact on All Music,” the program will span multiple genres, with Jordan accompanied by ...
Motown proved the perfect place for a songwriter to work. Berry Gordy, Jr, had worked in Detroit’s motor industry and had wondered if similar principles could be applied to making music.
Berry Gordy's Motown Records defined American pop and soul music during the 1960s, but the label still exists to this day, now owned by Universial Music.
On Desert Island Discs, the former Motown Records boss Berry Gordy selected the one track he couldn't live without, which had been a hit for his label in 1965.
King, who believed in equality of opportunity rather than separate development, had an echo in the way that Motown was marketing Detroit’s music to the world. Motown was not selling out ...