Who invented motown records

Motown Museum is the beating heart of the extraordinary Motown legacy—a destination that brings together people and ideas from different generations, and celebrates the past while simultaneously building a bridge to the future.

To ensure our vast collection maintains public visibility, and to keep things fresh for our guests, Motown Museum changes its main gallery exhibit times per year. Motown Museum transports you into an era of musical magic. Museum programs cultivate creativity and entrepreneurship in budding talent, allowing great art, big ideas and innovation to flourish. From memorable galas and concert performances, to community celebrations and educational programs, we host a range of special events throughout the year.

As an irresistible force of social and cultural change, the legendary Motown portfolio made its mark not just on the music industry, but society at large, with a signature Motown Sound that has become one of the most significant musical accomplishments and stunning success stories of the 20th century.

Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Search uDiscover Music. Vic November 28, at pm.

Paul Okudo November 29, at am. Greg Morris November 28, at pm. The audiences were segregated. The venues had a rope down the middle of the audience separating blacks from whites, but soon the rope was gone and black kids and white kids were dancing together to the same music. It created a bond that echoed throughout the world. If you would like to comment on this story or anything else you have seen on BBC Culture, head over to our Facebook page or message us on Twitter.

And if you liked this story, sign up for the weekly bbc. There's no hyperbole in that statement. See an audio slideshow of five of Motown's best tunes. A former boxer and automobile worker, Berry Gordy was a nascent songwriter when, at the urging of Smokey Robinson, a songwriter ten years younger than Gordy, he decided to establish Motown Records. A year later, "Please Mr. Postman," by The Marvelettes, was the label's first No. It would not be the last. All became part of what would come to be known as the Motown Sound.

It is rumored that Gordy modeled his hit factory after the Detroit car assembly line that he knew so well: Make a good product, then make something similar, and make it quick.