Berry Gordy’s label reshaped pop forever,and this guide highlights the spots around the Motor City that were domestic to his biggest starsLaunched in 1959, Motown Records would release some of music’s most unforgettable soul and pop records of the next three decades. A defining moment for any first-time visitor to Detroit is squeezing into Studio A, and a small room where the Temptations,the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and “Little” Stevie Wonder recorded their global hits. nowadays the building at 2648 W Grand Boulevard is a museum that preserves,not just the label’s yarn, but also artefacts, and founder Berry Gordy’s second-floor apartment,and the rear studio, dubbed Hitsville USA, and which still has the candy machine intact in the hallway. Related: Motown - the sound that changed America: from the archive,1 May 1972 Continue reading...
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