Motown

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Songbook’s Motown Index

Image gallery and slide show:

• Motown artist slide show and gallery, 1960-1966

Landmark in Motown history:

• Motown’s 1962 Motortown Revue
• “Baby Love” and The Supremes in Amsterdam and London, October 1964
• Motortown Revue UK Tour, 1965

Songwriters:

Smokey Robinson

• Smokey Robinson: selected songs written or co-written by, 1960-1967

Holland — Dozier — Holland: songwriting team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland

• Holland-Dozier-Holland index: selected songs, 1963-1966
• Holland-Dozier-Holland: selected songs, 1963
• Holland-Dozier-Holland: selected songs, 1964
• Holland-Dozier-Holland: selected songs, 1965
• Holland-Dozier-Holland: selected songs, 1966

recording artist:

The Supremes:

• “Baby Love” and The Supremes in Amsterdam and London, October 1964

Diana Ross:

• Touch Me in the Morning — 1973
• Do You Know Where You’re Going To (1973)/ Theme From Mahogany (1975)

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External links

Berry Gordy:

• Berry Gordy, Jr. (Wikipedia)
• Berry Gordy, Jr. — Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Motown:

• Motown (Wikipedia)
• Hitsville U.S.A. (Wikipedia)
• Berry Gordy’s Motown Records @ The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll (history-of-rock.com)
  • page 1
  • page 2
  • page 3
• Classic Motown (classic.motown.com)
• Motown, A Brief History of (time.com)
• The Motown Story by Dave Edwards and Mike Callahan
• Motown Museum (motownmuseum.org)

Selected Holland-Dozier-Holland biographies:

• Wikipedia
• Answers.com
• Songwriters Hall of Fame: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland

The Funk Brothers
Cholly Atkins
Maxine Powell

selected Motown recording artists:

The Four Tops
The Marvelettes
Marvin Gaye
Mary Wells
Martha and the Vandellas
The Miracles
Smokey Robinson
Diana Ross
The Supremes
The Temptations
Kim Weston
Tammi Terrell

books:

• Dreamgirl and Supreme Faith: My Life as a Supreme, by Mary Wilson (2000)
• Motown: The Golden Years, by Bill Dahl, with photographs by Weldon A. McDougal III (2001)
• Marvin Gaye, My Brother, by Frankie Gaye (2003)
• Motown: Music, Money, Sex, and Power, by Gerald Posner (2009)
• The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal, by Mark Ribowsky (2009 edition)
• Motown Encyclopedia, by Graham Betts (2014)
• Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound, by Andrea Davis Pinkney (2015)
• The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1: 1920-1963, by Ed Ward (2016)
• Motown: The Sound of Young America, by Adam White and Barney Ales (2016)

documentaries (video):

• Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music – Episode 3 of 6: “The Sound Of Young America”
  • part 1
  • part 2
  • part 3
  • part 4
  • part 5
  • part 6
• Legends: The Motown Invasion (BBC Four TV series episode); airdate: 20 February 2009

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