Motown: It's Really Got a Hold On Me ; Hit Detroit for a City Break with Soul
Sunday Mirror › January 11, 2009
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OUR guide, Michael, is telling us how Motown founder Berry Gordy Jnr was a boxer but switched to a musical career because it would be less damaging to his looks.
It's good stuff, interesting stuff, and I'm trying to concentrate - but I'm distracted. I can hear Motown music playing in the background and I want to listen to that as well. Then I hear the opening to the Isley Brothers' This Old Heart of Mine. It's one of my favourites and it's all I can do to keep my feet still.See the full content of this document
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Motown: It's Really Got a Hold On Me ; Hit Detroit for a City Break with Soul
I'm at Hitsville USA, the Motown Historical Museum in Detroit, Michigan. That's where, 50 years ago tomorrow - January 12, 1959 - Berry Gordy Jnr secured a loan of EUR800 from his family and the Tamla Motown record label was born.
Gordy had taken the city's nickname, Motor City - from its car- making heritage - changed it to Motor Town and abbreviated it to Motown.In 1972 ...See the full content of this document
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