-- Tells the stories of notable groups of people of color -- A companion series to the award-winning Black Americans of Achievement biographies From the Supremes, the Jackson Five, and the Four Tops to today's stars, this title discusses the history of the label that has made so many ...
But it’s not one of the Motown legend’s greatest hits they are after. It’s his obscure 1965 floor filler This Love Starved Heart of Mine (Is Killing Me), a track celebrated in northern soul circles but all but buried in the singer’s extensive catalogue. The crowd goes wild. They...
"Hitsville U.S.A." — the nickname of Motown's first headquarters and recording studio in a house in Detroit — famously combined elements of gospel music with jazz and other influences to create "the sound of young America." Today, that original house has transformed into the M...
Since reaching the conference finals in six consecutive seasons, the Pistons have only been to the playoffs three times over the past 15 campaigns and have failed to win a single game. The foundation of the next playoff team in Motown, however, would've been set if Detroit had selected a ...
Posted inEnlightenment Scotland,History of Ideas,Human Rights,Traveling Philosophy / History of Ideas,Written by Amy Cools Introducing: The Transatlantic World of James McCune Smith Hello! I’d like to introduce mynew Substack newsletterdedicated to the transatlantic world of the great American physici...
call letters for 60 years had so little in the way of archived audio and memorabilia, John set out on a mission to locate and preserve as much of WTMA's rich history as he could, and then share it with the rest of the world. This labor-of-love Website is a result of that quest...
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song: Directed by Tom Trbovich. With Jane Fonda, USA for Africa, Dan Aykroyd, Harry Belafonte. In 1984, British and Irish pop stars united for the cause of Ethiopian famine relief as Band Aid. The following year, th
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That union made the Motown benchmark higher than just about anyone else’s, and it took what would previously have been known as race music into the homes of Americans of every creed and hue, and then their counterparts around the world. Those who worked with and for Gordy tell stories ...
Motown 1. A shortening of the nickname "Motor Town," given to Detroit, Michigan, a center of auto manufacturing in the US.We're heading down to Motown for the weekend—want to come? 2. A genre of music featuring elements of rhythm and blues, pop, soul, and gospel popularized by Afric...