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 ...
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.
Motown was founded in 1959 as Tamla Records, and it acquired the name Motown in April 1960 – the ideal time to launch a record company built on black music. In the early 60s, the music industry ...