Motown
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Songbook’s Motown Index
Image gallery and slide show:
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
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:
Diana Ross:
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External links
Berry Gordy:
Motown:
- Motown (Wikipedia)
- Hitsville U.S.A. (Wikipedia)
- Berry Gordy’s Motown Records @ The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll (history-of-rock.com)
- 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”
- Legends: The Motown Invasion (BBC Four TV series episode); airdate: 20 February 2009