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Definition of Motown in English: Motownnoun ˈməʊtaʊnˈmoʊˌtaʊn 1trademark mass noun Music released on or reminiscent of the US record label Tamla Motown. The first black-owned record company in the US, Tamla Motown was founded in Detroit in 1959 by Berry Gordy, and was important in popularizing soul music, producing artists such as the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye. 汽车城音乐，底特律黑人音乐（指以商标Tamla Motown发行的或使人联想到该商标的唱片音乐作品，Tamla Motown为美国第一家黑人唱片公司，由贝里·高迪于1959年在底特律创办，在推广爵士灵歌方面起了重要作用，推出了如“至高无上者”演唱组、史帝维·汪德和马文·盖依等艺术家） Example sentencesExamples - Here was someone who knew Motown but was pretty handy on a mandolin; just the sort of versatile musician they knew could sell.
- Her mother and father's love of Motown, Bowie and the Beatles sparked Sally's interest in music as a youngster.
- They draw from Motown and soul, two other elements that only Detroit could handle.
- He was this skinny white bald guy, but he was really moved by blues and Motown and funk.
- I started singing to you to try and calm you down: Beatles, Motown, Mammas and Papas, even Frank Zappa.
- It was the sound of the Beatles and Motown that the youth bought into.
- Though the Motor City's renowned for giving the world techno and Motown, it's a place with a complex musical history.
- We were exposed to a lot of free jazz and we listened to lots of Motown.
- The Super Bowl is being held in Detroit this year - the home of Motown.
- She had this album in the car and it was kind of Motown and it had a song on it which I really liked.
- There were three heats and on each night contestants had to sing songs with the themes of Motown, Elvis, country and western or New York.
- I love all kinds of artists, from Patsy Cline to the Beatles, Motown to Hoobastank.
- There are nods to Motown, the Isley Brothers and the early hip-hop beats favoured by Evelyn in his younger B-boy days.
- Roy Dea, his record producer, had first been bowled over by a demo tape of Stewart singing Motown.
- I just wanted to get back to stuff like Motown and guitar music like Texas and Travis.
- In the 1970s, there was no cinema equivalent of Motown or the long tradition of U.S. Jazz.
- Indeed, much of the album resonates with Gospel, Quincy Jones and Motown.
- I remember being a young girl and embracing the music of Motown.
- That's it, no more Beatles, Motown or Bowie; it makes you hyperactive.
- Detroit is the city of Motown, but the player was singing the blues.
2informal a name for Detroit
Origin1960s: shortening of Motor Town, by association with the car manufacturing industry of Detroit. Definition of Motown in US English: Motownnounˈmōˌtounˈmoʊˌtaʊn 1trademark Music released on or reminiscent of the US record label Tamla Motown. The first black-owned record company in the US, Tamla Motown was founded in Detroit in 1959 by Berry Gordy, and was important in popularizing soul music, producing artists such as the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye. 汽车城音乐，底特律黑人音乐（指以商标Tamla Motown发行的或使人联想到该商标的唱片音乐作品，Tamla Motown为美国第一家黑人唱片公司，由贝里·高迪于1959年在底特律创办，在推广爵士灵歌方面起了重要作用，推出了如“至高无上者”演唱组、史帝维·汪德和马文·盖依等艺术家） Example sentencesExamples - There were three heats and on each night contestants had to sing songs with the themes of Motown, Elvis, country and western or New York.
- Here was someone who knew Motown but was pretty handy on a mandolin; just the sort of versatile musician they knew could sell.
- Though the Motor City's renowned for giving the world techno and Motown, it's a place with a complex musical history.
- He was this skinny white bald guy, but he was really moved by blues and Motown and funk.
- I just wanted to get back to stuff like Motown and guitar music like Texas and Travis.
- Indeed, much of the album resonates with Gospel, Quincy Jones and Motown.
- The Super Bowl is being held in Detroit this year - the home of Motown.
- Roy Dea, his record producer, had first been bowled over by a demo tape of Stewart singing Motown.
- Her mother and father's love of Motown, Bowie and the Beatles sparked Sally's interest in music as a youngster.
- There are nods to Motown, the Isley Brothers and the early hip-hop beats favoured by Evelyn in his younger B-boy days.
- It was the sound of the Beatles and Motown that the youth bought into.
- They draw from Motown and soul, two other elements that only Detroit could handle.
- I remember being a young girl and embracing the music of Motown.
- In the 1970s, there was no cinema equivalent of Motown or the long tradition of U.S. Jazz.
- We were exposed to a lot of free jazz and we listened to lots of Motown.
- I love all kinds of artists, from Patsy Cline to the Beatles, Motown to Hoobastank.
- That's it, no more Beatles, Motown or Bowie; it makes you hyperactive.
- I started singing to you to try and calm you down: Beatles, Motown, Mammas and Papas, even Frank Zappa.
- Detroit is the city of Motown, but the player was singing the blues.
- She had this album in the car and it was kind of Motown and it had a song on it which I really liked.
2informal a name for Detroit
Origin1960s: shortening of Motor Town, by association with the car manufacturing industry of Detroit. |