Motown

Motown also happens to be the name of one of the best-known recording labels in the world.

One of the most explosive performances I've ever witnessed was Jackson sliding across the stage at the Motown twenty-fifth anniversary show.

Her father was a jazz guitarist, and she remembers Motown, Bob Dylan and classical music being played around the house.

Visitors to the Motown Historical Museum in Detroit, Michigan, experience some of the excitement of Motown's early years.

Those with dementia tend to have lowered levels of embarrassment, even when watching themselves sing along to cheesy Motown hits.

He aims to rock the market with a gorgeous $90, 000 plug-in hybrid and a business model that's more Silicon Valley than Motown.

It's in Motown, which is short for "Motor Town, " which is a nickname for Detroit, the Motor City and home of the U. S. auto industry.

listen to club, the R&B, to Motown, to disco. And I, what I did, I combined both elements.

Thoroughly frustrated by the dating scene in Motown, he has decided to move.

This would probably go for every album he recorded and probably pre-dating [Sony] to his Motown days.

It observed Motown's fiftieth anniversary in January with ceremonies at the Motown Historical Museum in Detroit.

The child group made their name in the Midwest, and by 1968 came to the attention of Motown Records.

Robinson also was extremely active at Motown as a songwriter and producer for other acts.

Surprisingly, the event held in the chilly depth of winter at Motown's Cobo Center, is a truly multinational event.

But if the investment flows back to Detroit, maybe Motown will get its groove back.

In Detroit, Motown concentrated on creating a pop-oriented sound that was informed equally by gospel, R&B, and rock & roll.

In nineteen sixty-eight the group signed a recording deal from Motown Records.

Forget about throwing billions more of taxpayer money at Motown.

the track ends up with a feel that is somewhere in between early Motown and New Edition.

Also on this disc Michaels legendary performance on Motown 25, when the world saw the moonwalk for the very first time.

Think of popular music such as jazz, rock 'n' roll, Motown and hip hop.

It's more like Motown, circa 1965.

Would you have bet on Detroit and Motown in '65?

The Jackson Five's first Motown single, I Want You Back, reached number one in America (as would their next three singles) in 1969.

In 1969, he and his family moved to Los Angeles from Gary, Ind. , so that Jackson and his brothers could make a record with Motown.

All the top people at Motown got together to hear a little blind boy who wasn't even ten years old yet.

FROM MOTOWN TO YOUR TOWN,