“Can’t Forget the Motor City”: Why Leaving Detroit Ruined Motown Dylan Morris TASP 2005 Mark Clague and Derek Vaillant 5 August 2005 Morris 1 In 1959‚ Berry Gordy‚ Jr.‚ a 30-year-old songwriter and entrepreneur‚ started a record company in Detroit. He called it Tamla Records. The company had an auspicious debut. Within the year‚ it had released a major hit: Barrett Strong’s “Money (That’s What I Want)” climbed to number two on the Billboard Rhythm and Blues charts. In 1960‚ it had its first number
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when the first rock and roll song was produced but it is known that white artists reflected their music from black culture. As the music got airplay‚ it became appealing to all audiences‚ and artists such as Chuck Berry and Little Richard also went mainstream alongside Elvis. Chuck Berry enjoyed his greatest success in the 1950s‚ scoring his biggest rock and roll hit in 1958 with "Sweet Little Sixteen‚" and Little Richard with his top hit "Lucille.” One early Rock and Roll artist‚ Bob Dylan was an
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Rock and Roll ain’t noise pollution Abstract Rock and Roll. Someone mentions it and you instantly have an image in your head. Whether it be the title quoted AC/DC or the King Elvis Presley‚ there is a form of rock for everyone. Rock has made huge changes over the past several decades‚ always being whatever the musician wanted it to be. Some hade described rock as a way of life; a movement. Some have said it is a phase. Still others see it as an icon and culture an the same time. While
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Knots Berry Farm When you first enter the park you are over whelmed by the smell of cinnamon rolls. After you take a few steps into the park the smell of cinnamon is no longer in your nose‚ the smell of fried chicken enters your nose. While you make your way towards Bigfoot rapids the smell of water makes you feel cold and tense. As you continue the journey around the park you smell smoke and think something is on fire‚ but the smoke is from the train ride that is by Splash Mountain. The sight
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hottest music of the moment and Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley were a huge part of it. A clear difference was the Chuck Berry was African American and Elvis Presley was white‚ back in the date racism was one of the biggest concerns in the fifties. In the same way‚ both of the Rock ‘n Roll singers had the same talent their music was amazing. They also have about the same rhythm and they both play the guitar. The truth is that lives of both Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry had both noteworthy similarities and
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Musical Repertoire is a collection of music pieces played by an individual musician or ensemble‚ or composed for a particular instrument or group of instruments‚ voice or choir (Wikipedia). Founded by Berry Gordy Jr‚ Motown is a record company in Detroit‚ Michigan‚ United States that was incorporated on April 14‚ 1960. With a variety of genres incorporated within the record company‚ from 1961 to 1971‚ Motown had 110 top 10 hits. Motown acts were enjoying a widespread popularity among black/white
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personality that would jeprodise their hit single. Manufacturing pop artists is thought to be a 21st century trade. However‚ we can trace certain manufactured stars back as far as the the late 1950’s. Motown‚ the famous funk and soul label‚ founded by Berry Gordy Jr. was one such label that completely manufactured their artists to keep them in tune with the current music climate. Gordy set up compulsary classes that his artists and session musicians had to attend called "Artists Development"‚ an easy
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Well‚ Rock n Roll wouldn’t be here at all if it hadn’t been for one man‚ a man named Chuck Berry. Chuck berry was the one who invented Rock n Roll‚ the person to actually “Rock n Roll”. He invented the music in 1955‚ and started Rock n Roll as black music. It has been mentioned however that Rock n Roll could have started without him‚ but it wouldn’t
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The Supremes‚ The Temptations‚ Stevie Wonder and many others‚ Gordy did his part in the fight for racial equality at a time when King and other civil rights icons were leading the charge nationally. Using an $800 loan from his family‚ songwriter Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records in 1959. The name Motown is a combination of the words "motor" and "town" and is a nickname for Motown’s original home‚ Detroit. Motown would achieve its first pop success with Smokey Robinson and the Miracles’ "Shop
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Smokey Robinson: Writing for the Souls of Others Growing up in a house with “grown folks music‚” my sisters and I have heard many people or groups played loudly‚ (Marvin Gaye‚ Diana Ross and the Supremes‚ Natalie Cole‚ and Smokey Robinson just to name a few) while watching our father sing along‚ swaying back and forth‚ while snapping his fingers‚ closing his eyes‚ and being taken away by the music and it’s lyrics. He would often say to us‚ “You don’t know nothing ‘bout this‚ y’all too young
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