Feb 14
Motown Love Songs: Celebrate Valentine’s Day With Classic Tracks From Detroit Record Label
Posted in: Today's ChiliThose Motown crooners still really have a hold on us.
From a little house on Detroit’s Grand Boulevard, Berry Gordy Jr. made Motown Records one of the most influential record labels of all time. His influence helped propel racial integration in the 1960s and pioneered the “Motown Sound” — soul music with high-powered pop beats and classical accoutrements.
Most importantly, he found and nurtured stars like Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson … the list goes on and on. And year after year, until Motown Records decamped for Los Angeles in 1972, “Hitsville U.S.A,” as it was called,” churned out over 100 Top 100 hits.
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