Motown

Motown The Motown Museum in Detroit is truly a motivational part of America’s history; it stood for another way for African American voices to be heard on a much greater scale both national and even world wide. Motown has become America’s pop soul music for anyone and everyone.      The birth of Motown music came to be in a small recording studio aptly named Hitsville, U.S.A. Barry Gordy, who came from a large middle class family had borrowed money in order. The main stage of Motown music

Motown is an American record company, as well as its own musical genre that was started in 1959. The civil rights act was going on the same time. It was act of nonviolent protest dialogues between activists and government authorities. The civil right act ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination of race, color, religion, sex, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement. Motown was founded by Berry Gordy, Jr, a former prizefight

“Motown was about music for all people - white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone” (Berry Gordy Jr.). Motown Records was founded in 1959 in Detroit, Michigan, by a young entrepreneur Berry Gordy Jr., in pursuit for better music and society. With the signing of many culture-changing artists, such as Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight, Motown’s influence in music and society has forever changed the lives of many. After their move to Los Angeles

Motown was, and still is an iconic place that has helped shape music and civil rights in Detroit Michigan in the 1950s. Berry Gordy was born in 1929, and founded his music company in 1959. He was married in 1953, had a family, and started working at Lincoln-Mercury assembly line in 1955, while working he would compose songs. "Through family connections, Gordy encountered singer Jackie Wilson's manager; he ended up co-writing the Wilson hit "Reet Petite," which came out in 1957. Gordy also wrote Wilson's

company named Tamla Records which soon became what is known today as Motown records. The Motown record company is one of the most popular record companies known to date, with several artist and musical sensations under its belt. During the time that Motown was on the rise there were a lot of social and economical issues in America, the civil rights movement for example, played a huge role is some of the music that the artist signed to Motown sang about. Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Stay Together”, Stevie Wonder’s

Rising into the mainstream in the early 1960’s, Motown music gained popularity as it produced a wave of African-American musicians who successfully integrated their music, creating a newly unified musical culture between White and Black Americans. Simultaneously Motown provided musical backing for an extensive battle of cultural change in the USA; the American Civil Rights Movement. Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown Records produced music with the aim to sell to anyone despite their age or colour

“Motown was about music for all people-white and black, blue and green, cops and robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone”. This is a quote from Berry Gordy, the founder of the music empire known as Motown. Berry Gordy was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 28, 1929 to Berry, Sr. and Bertha Gordy. He was the second oldest out of eight children. Both of his parents worked hard, Berry Sr. ran a plastering contracting business and Bertha sold insurance and real house, and in addition

Gaye, a popular American singer, songwriter, and record producer in the 1960s, with developing the “Motown Sound.” (“Motown Sound” was a phrase coined by the Motown record label. The phrase was trademarked and formed the basis of a new genre of music; in fact, the genre was referred to as “Motown” because the Motown record label produced the majority of songs that created the new genre). The Motown Sound is characterized by tambourines, which accented the backbeat, as well as electric bass-guitar

The Impact of the Relationship between Motown and the Civil Rights Movement It was possible to view the sign that was above the Motown Records front windows located in Detroit during the 1960’s. The sign read ‘Hitsville U.S.A. and Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown had placed it there after the company moved to a new location. It was the Grand Blvd 2648 W. and the sign proved that Gordy was indeed a force to be reckoned with as time went by. The Motown Record Company had established itself as a successful

Bailey Frigon Litz American Lit December 7, 2016 Motown Records Influence on society Through the creation of Motown records Berry Gordy changed the barrier between white and black americans and their music. Before Gordy come along to change the standards of american culture whites and blacks had different labels and music. Motown Records is the first record label to successfully market black artists to the white mainstream audience. (Dahl 12-15) Berry Gordy was the first African American to own