No, Motown is not where Mariano Rivera lives.
No, Motown is not the birthplace of one of The 3 Stooges.
No, Motown is not a clever name for a lawnmower shop.
Motown, founded in Jan. 1959 was the source of some amazing artists and music. It still exists today. But its first decade or two were really amazing.
1965
from Wiki: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for Gladys Knight & the Pips and released as a single in September 1967; it went to number two in the Billboard chart.....
The Marvin G a ye version was placed on his 1968 album In the Groove, where it gained the attention of radio disc jockeys, and Motown founder Berry Gordy finally agreed to its release as a single in October 1968, when it went to the top of the Billboard Pop Singles chart for seven weeks from December 1968 to January 1969 and became for a time the biggest hit single on the Motown label (Tamla)."
(Pardon the respacing above on Marvin's last name. The Site censor thinks it should be blanked out without the spaces.)
1966
No, Motown is not the birthplace of one of The 3 Stooges.
No, Motown is not a clever name for a lawnmower shop.
Motown, founded in Jan. 1959 was the source of some amazing artists and music. It still exists today. But its first decade or two were really amazing.
1965
from Wiki: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for Gladys Knight & the Pips and released as a single in September 1967; it went to number two in the Billboard chart.....
The Marvin G a ye version was placed on his 1968 album In the Groove, where it gained the attention of radio disc jockeys, and Motown founder Berry Gordy finally agreed to its release as a single in October 1968, when it went to the top of the Billboard Pop Singles chart for seven weeks from December 1968 to January 1969 and became for a time the biggest hit single on the Motown label (Tamla)."
(Pardon the respacing above on Marvin's last name. The Site censor thinks it should be blanked out without the spaces.)
1966