Required fields are marked *. What is a music genre? We’re all invited. Full of beans, Michael Jackson and the rest of the boys from Gary, Indiana, break big with their first Tamla single, sounding like a junior Sly And The Family Stone crossed with a teenage Temptations. Stevie’s 1976 tribute to the swing jazz giants who inspired him as a kid is delivered with such joy that it could have been the work of “Sir” Duke Ellington himself – though far funkier. Shockingly, “Ooo Baby Baby” was not a UK hit, though it made US No.16 in 1965. “Brick House”’s curious compliment for a “mighty mighty” female, with lyrics penned by Shirley Hanna-King, wife of the band’s hornsman William King, was a US smash in 1977. Found inside – Page 21Jackson's music genre takes roots in R&B, Motown's music, pop and soul. He had been influenced by the work of contemporary musicians such as Little Richard, ... The best Motown songs are timeless soul classics that capture everything it means to be in love, to suffer heartbreak – and to want to dance with abandon. ... Modern R&B is complete garbage, old R&B/Motown like Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Tammi Terrell, and Marvin Gaye were complete beautiful artists that made completely beautiful songs. 4 on the Billboard R&B chart. Right still lifts the heart. Other artists and producers followed Wexler’s lead. Incredibly passionate music from 1970, with a highly romantic pulse. Motown’s name was rooted in industry and community: a nod to the ‘Motor Town’ nickname of its native city. In addition to its lighter, more pop-oriented artists such as the Supremes, the Motown label produced artists with genuine gospel grit— the Contours (“Do You Love Me” [1962]), Marvin Gaye (“Can I Get a Witness” [1963]), and Stevie Wonder (“Uptight [Everything’s Alright]” [1966]). Your email address will not be published. In Memphis, Tennessee, Stax/Volt Records was built on an unshakable foundation of straight-up soul. Smokey replied to his own song for Mary Wells with this wonderful record, Robert White’s simple but effective guitar figure contrasting beautifully with David Ruffin’s powerful vocal. Ain’t no use sneakin’ around, boy; The Supremes know what you are up to in a song that serves as both a plea for being treated better and as a fierce admonition. Motown Records is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group.It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. And here’s a more rolling groover: a US solo No.1 for the former high tenor of The Temptations. Before “U Can’t Touch This” there was “Super Freak,” a badass hunk-a punk-funk that had Rick James riding high in 1981. Tender yet sprightly, it’s regarded as The Temptations’ theme song. His hoarse voice fronted a slew of hits, including this guttural dance-craze romp (it suits The Pony). So, in 1968, the Motown machine set about creating a song to make the beloved trio totally contemporary. "Echols's love of music, her acumen about popular culture, and her gifts as a leading cultural historian come together in this remarkable book. The book is fascinating, carried along by prose that is as sleek and slinky as its subject. Despite cutting many of his best records during the disco era, Marvin Gaye did not make many actual disco records. “I wanted songs for the whites, blacks, the Jews, Gentiles… I wanted everybody to enjoy my music,” Gordy told The Telegraph newspaper in 2016. Also, when ripping the disks, goes into a single multi-disk album file, so it's incredibly fast and easy to add to a library and just play the music. The Undisputed Truth did it first, in 1972, but The Temptations landed the smash hit the following year with this version full of badass badness. Though she possesses pipes that could blow down buildings, Gladys Knight prefers to use them subtly and, from the get-go at Motown, seemed more adult than her contemporaries. Grace and Tranquility maps a shared journey down natural paths of ease and calm found in stillness and the world’s persistent beauty. The song was so good, Bonnie Pointer gave it a disco refurb for her debut Motown album, later in the 70s. The performers, A&R men, producers, distributors, deejays, studios, and labels that made it all happen take center stage in this first book to document the stunning rise and success of the Windy City as a soul music recording center. Found inside – Page 325Music of African Americans in the West Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje, Eddie S. Meadows ... 29 As a black genre , Motown has been singled out because of its ... The Jackson 5 taping their ABC TV network special, Goin’ Back to Indiana, in LA July 1971 (Courtesy of EMI Archive Trust and Universal Music Group). 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. “Motown is almost more alive as an entity than it ever was before,” argues Adam Spiegel, British producer of Motown the Musical. Holland-Dozier-Holland, who’d practically written The Supremes’ rise to fame, had quit the label, and the group could not afford to slide. Percy Sledge’s supersmooth “When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966), recorded in nearby Sheffield, became the first Southern soul song to reach number one on the pop charts. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from Bruce Willis at the Discogs Marketplace. Diana Ross reminisces about her lean years in Detroit; at home in California, ex-Supreme Mary Wilson fills out the story. 'The Wicked' Wilson Pickett tells his best stories long after the midnight hour in a New York City dressing room. From tumultuous affairs, including one with R&B superstar Jackie Wilson, to a courageous battle with throat cancer that climaxed in her gutsiest performance, this history draws upon years of interviews with Wells’s friends, lovers, and ... Motown reveals how the hopes and dreams of each affected the lives of the others and illustrates why this singular story is a made-in-America Greek tragedy, the rise and fall of a supremely talented yet completely dysfunctional extended ... Gordy sold his ownership in Motown in 1988, to major label MCA and an investment banking firm for $61million – noting that this was less than its full worth; indeed, five years later, Polygram would purchase Motown for $301million. Provides a history of jazz music and documents the careers of a variety of jazz musicians in Detroit from 1920 to 1960. This is the music that bridged the gap between audiences and helped, at the very height of racism in America, to dismantle racial barriers. Documentary film that focuses on the period beginning with the birth of Motown in Detroit in 1958 until its relocation to Los Angeles in the early 1970s. They gained acclaim for helping to change soul in the 70s by adding rock guitar, and did the original version of “Twist And Shout” (later covered by The Beatles on their debut album, Please Please Me). But when a song like this was the result, it was worth arguing over. Music: Investigate the Evolution of American Sound invites kids ages 12 and up to explore the roots of American music genres as they investigate the social, political, and religious influences that inspire musicians. Explore releases from Bruce Willis at Discogs. Sink into his silky gentleness and lose yourself. From the bouncy, catchy acts at Motown to the horn-driven, gritty soul of Stax/Volt, there was an immense amount of diversity within soul. An accessible introduction to the study of popular music, this book takes a schematic approach to a range of popular music genres, and examines them in terms of their antecedents, histories, visual aesthetics, and sociopolitical contexts. Soul became a permanent part of the grammar of American popular culture. Gladys Knight casts an eye over a love she’s lost – and knows she could do better than his woman. Drawn from a decades-long catalogue that’s a gift that keeps giving and giving, the best Motown songs not only defined their era, they remain timeless examples of classic pop. Always bigger in Britain than he was in the US, Ruffin nonetheless made US No.7 with a song that turns on the soul taps until his cup of misery overflows. A handpicked selection of stories from BBC Future, Culture, Capital and Travel, delivered to your inbox every Friday. With Diana’s name now in lights, The Supremes set about tackling the problem of delivering soul in a psychedelic year (1967) – by making a psychedelic soul record. Motown records worldwide name recognition was bigger than any of the recording artist on the label. This book talks about the business principles Berry Gordy used to propel his company to greatness. Sixty years on, Motown’s classic catalogue remains ubiquitous and influential: forming a blueprint for modern soul and pop successes, from girl groups to hit singer-songwriters; sampled on countless hip hop and dance anthems and covered by acts of every genre. Found inside – Page 167... the connotations of both the Brill Building and Motown – the history, music and lyrics – makes these genres apt archival material for queer backward ... She is reveling in her passion-jaded condition, delivering a trophy-grabbing disco masterpiece, showing the likes of Donna Summer and Gloria Gaynor who’s The Boss. and Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions albums), although Detroit’s original Hitsville building remains its spiritual home today, as the Motown Museum. Heaven Was Detroit is a comprehensive collection of essays on the long history of Detroit music by some of America's best-known music writers. While the sentiment was downcast, it resonated with listeners at the time (it nearly reached the top of the Billboard charts) and today (the album from which it was taken, What’s Going On was named the #1 record in the 2020 Rolling Stone list of the best albums of all-time). The ex-wife of Motown executive Berry Gordy, Jr., chronicles the years of her tumultuous marriage, her role at Motown, and the evolution of the company from a family business into a faceless corporation This is the frank, revealing story of the legendary supergroup, told by its founder. There is one genre of music that was big in the 70s that you failed to mention. On 12 January 1959, the music sensation that changed America – and the world beyond it – was set in motion. A wild version supplied a much-needed UK hit for The Fall in 1987. In the 21st Century, passions still run high for classic Motown; the Obamas hosted a star-studded Motown Gala at the White House in 2011, and the former FLOTUS also recently uploaded a ‘Becoming Motown’ playlist to accompany her autobiography. That Berry Gordy turned his independent Detroit-based soul imprint into one of the biggest record labels of all time is achievement enough. Singers such as Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, and Isaac Hayes screamed, shouted, begged, stomped, and cried, harkening back to the blues shouters of the Deep South. Jamila Thomas said, “Music has always inspired me and Motown has not only provided the soundtrack to some of the greatest, and most defining, moments in music … Remembered today as the proper starting place for Lionel Richie’s massive career and a bevy of mellow ballads, Commodores earned their silver star and sleeve braid with paaartay funk, and this master jam, sung by Walter Orange, kept freaks on their feet for years. The style is marked by searing vocal intensity, use of church-rooted call-and-response, and extravagant melisma. Motown would deliver more explicitly political anthems, too: notably Edwin Starr’s fiery 1970 classic War; its songwriters, Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, would also make an evocative statement on The Temptations’ 1970 hit: Ball of Confusion (That’s what the World is Today): “Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration/ Aggravation, humiliation, obligation to our nation”. Smokey Robinson And The Miracles reflect on their amorous error and beg for forgiveness. Music Genres and Corporate Cultures explores the seemingly haphazard workings of the music industry, tracing the uneasy relationship between economics and culture; `entertainment corporations' and the artists they sign. Think we’ve missed any of the best Motown songs? Produced and penned by Holland-Dozier-Holland, this fabulous single was the only big hit for The Elgins, a highly-accomplished vocal outfit. British rock musicians in the 1960s, especially the…. The music of the 70s was mostly Motown with a few exceptions like the Bee Gees. It gave its name to the hugely popular style of soul music that it created. “Got To Give It Up” was an exception, and it showed he could have been the king of the four-to-the-floor style if it had suited him. By this point, the label’s chart domination had waned – but Gordy had forged an empire that was synonymous with soul music, and also transcended it; he’d faced high-profile objections from the likes of politician and civil rights activist Jesse Jackson when he first planned to sell Motown, because it evoked such an indomitable identity, achievement and pride. Motown was never short of material that cast a male singer as uncertain about a relationship, but the 1968 hit “Does Your Mama Know About Me” touches a different nerve, as a once-bitten, twice-shy Taylor wonders whether his ethnicity will see him rejected by his new love’s family. We took a different approach with "soul" music. Wanda Young, in The Marvelettes’ lead singer’s role, had set a “tender trap” for a fella, but love “hit me like a sudden slap,” turning the tables. Yet the music emerged from the same songwriters, musicians, and producers in the recording studios of Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee, and Muscle Shoals, Alabama--what Charles L. Hughes calls the "country-soul triangle. Ow! Music expert Dick Weissman opens with the dawn of American history, then moves to the book's key focus: 20th-century music songs by and about Native Americans, African-Americans, women, Spanish-speaking groups, and more. If in the 1950s Charles was the first to secularize pure gospel songs, that transformation realized its full flowering in the work of Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” who, after six years of notable work on Columbia Records, began her glorious reign in 1967 with her first hits for Atlantic Records—“I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)” and “Respect.” Before Franklin, though, soul music had exploded largely through the work of Southern artists such as James Brown and Southern-oriented labels such as Stax/Volt. One doozy of a catchy tune, penned by Motown backroom legends Holland-Dozier-Holland alongside Canadian singer Richard Dean Taylor. Smokey, as ever, is touching. Its musical themes were instantly relatable (Gordy would also describe the Motown sound as “rats, roaches, soul, guts and love”), and its songs demanded universal audiences. With The Supremes, Berry Gordy hails members of the Motown house band, left, and his Holland-Dozier-Holland hitmakers in 1965, “The ‘Hitsville’ sign over the door let it be known that if you set foot inside you were expected to sing, dance, write, produce, sell or manage,” explained Gordy in his 1994 autobiography, To Be Loved. The Temptations, The Miracles, Stevie Wonder, Martha and the Vandellas and The Supremes at EMI Records in March 1965, for the UK launch of the Tamla Motown label. Marvin wasn’t the first singer to record “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” and wasn’t the first to hit with it, that plaudit going to Gladys Knight And The Pips. The Motown sound, which came of age in the 1960s, must also be considered soul music. But you can still hear a strong current of R&B and an undertow of gospel in this thrilling floor-filler and all-time mod mover. That letter she wanted probably held a 1961 gold record. During the first part of the '60s, soul music remained close to its R&B roots. Obvious, really. Inside stories of the pop-music scenes of the 60s and 70s from one of the fathers of the Motown sound Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). If you’re looking for a perfect example of “The Motown Sound,” you’d be hard-pressed to find a better one than 1963’s “Heatwave.” With doo-wop vocals, a hefty backbeat, and plenty of horns, this is the classic sound of the label. It’s since been one of the songs used in countless TV shows and films to stand in for the 1960s as a decade, ensuring that the song will continue to resonate for generations to come. On its anniversary, the music is celebrated in the book Motown: The Sound of Young America by Adam White with Barney Ales (Thames & Hudson) – filled with rarely seen and previously unpublished photos. What a single. Junior Walker – aka Autry DeWalt Mixon, Jr – was Motown’s leading horn-playing star, guaranteed to kick up a rumpus, yet sensitive, too. If rock and roll, represented by performers such as Elvis Presley, can be seen as a white reading of rhythm and blues, soul is a return to African American music’s roots—gospel and blues. Found insideWhy did rock and roll become white? Jack Hamilton challenges the racial categories that distort standard histories of rock music and the 60s revolution. The result was this arresting story of ghetto love. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Found insideWritten by super fan Maria Sherman for stans and curious parties alike, Larger Than Life is the definitive guide to boy bands, delivered with a mix of serious obsession and tongue-in-cheek humor. Either way, “Dancing In The Street” was an anthem. “Its legacy is very apparent – this is music that’s played at every wedding, and in every shop and restaurant – and there are also millions of young people discovering its songs every day. To varying degrees, the power and personality of the form were absorbed in disco, funk, and hip-hop, styles that owe their existence to soul. But his slower, altogether more spooked version was the one that stuck, no doubt helped along by Jack Ashford’s subtle tambourine. ‘I Want To Know’: Sugar Pie DeSanto Starts Her Soulful Mission, Motown’s Black Forum Label Reissues ‘Black Spirits Festival Of New Black Poets In America’, High Inergy Ring The Motown Bell With ‘You Can’t Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On)’, that plaudit going to Gladys Knight And The Pips, classic titles and under-the-radar favorites, ‘The Woman In Red’: Stevie Wonder Hits The Hollywood Heights, Best Motown Beatles Covers: When Motown Met The Beatles, Diana Ross: Celebrating Motown’s Supreme Talent, Motown’s Tragic Omen: Tammi Terrell Collapses Into Marvin Gaye’s Arms, Rick James’ Deluxe Edition Of 1995 ‘Glow’ Album Makes Its Digital Debut, Migos Bring Their Electric Energy To ‘NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home)’ Series, Lil Yachty Drops Sixth Installation Of ‘Birthday Mix’ Series, Tiwa Savage Recruits Amaarae For New Song, ‘Tales By Moonlight’. By this point, Motown’s global status was certified (see clips of a 1965 “Motown special” on British TV programme Ready, Steady, Go!, presented by Dusty Springfield, for a wonderful shot of its Transatlantic frisson). Found insideIn Soul in Seoul: African American Popular Music and K-pop, Crystal S. Anderson examines the most important and often overlooked aspect of K-pop: the music itself. Looking for more? One of the crowning glories of pop’s 60s revolution, one of the best soul songs of all time, and, for many fans, Motown’s peak. Found inside"A narrative history of the Motown music label covering the historical context, personalities, and ongoing legacy of the "sound of young America.""-- Sixty years ago, Berry Gordy set up the hit factory of Motown. But one step inside Hitsville, USA, the original house where Berry Gordy lived and recorded the Motown hits, and you'll catch the beat and spirit of this booming music era. That keening horn at the start calls you to a 1964 song that is a sure-fire smash hit. Preview, buy, and download music from your favourite artists on iTunes. Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye at a Detroit nightclub in 1964 (Credit: Private Collection from Motown: The Sound of Young America by Adam White with Barney Ales, Thames & Hudson). One of Motown’s best paranoid psychedelic funk songs penned by Norman Whitfield and lyricist Barrett Strong. Found inside – Page 225Motown and Crossover R&B Andrew Flory. Fink (“Goal-Directed Soul?”) have also used this pattern to construct critical arguments about Motown's music. 88. Found insideI Hear a Symphony opens new territory in the study of Motown’s legacy, arguing that the music of Motown was indelibly shaped by the ideals of Detroit’s postwar black middle class; that Motown’s creative personnel participated in an ... Nastay as a busted tooth, slick as an oil spill, this kicks butt. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Found insideThe Story of Northern Soul takes the first ever in-depth look at the culture, the music, the artists and the people frequenting the all-night venues which are synonymous with the British Soul Scene. Walk in her shoes? That was Outlaw Country music. – Sam Armstrong, The Spinners would go off to record more for Atlantic Records, but you can understand why Motown wanted to get in on the ground floor of this talented vocal group. “End Of The Road” spent a quarter of a year at US No.1, and Boyz II Men went on to beat that performance, twice! One of the greatest Motown songs ever. Curtis Mayfield’s Impressions, prime movers of Chicago soul, added their own sense of social consciousness to the soul music movement, notably in “Keep On Pushing” (1964) and “People Get Ready” (1965). In addition to its lighter, more pop-oriented artists such as the Supremes, the Motown label produced artists with genuine gospel grit—the Contours (“Do You Love Me” [1962]), Marvin Gaye (“Can I Get a Witness” [1963]), and Stevie Wonder (“Uptight [Everything’s Alright]” [1966]). In the early 1970s, the corporation also shifted its HQ to LA (and began to produce some of its most innovative classics, including Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On? Forget the hair of the dog. Our definition of soul encompasses several sub-genres that could arguably have their own buckets like funk, Motown, and disco. Blind virtually since birth, Wonder's heightened awareness of sound helped him create vibrant, colorful music teeming with life and ambition. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. A US No.1 in 1977, and still a club classic. Found insideThere is, however, a notable and distinctly non-Motown number that recurs during The Sapphires: namely, the song 'Ngarra Burra Ferra'. Top 20 Girl Groups of All Time. Some emotions remain eternal. Even the Motown production philosophy had a ring to it (“KISS – Keep It Simple, Stupid”); in fact, every detail was fine-tuned, from the songwriting teams such as powerhouse trio Holland-Dozier-Holland (Heat Wave; Where Did Our Love Go; Stop! The music industry is not a naturally harmonious environment; tensions and rivalries bristled from Motown’s earliest breakthroughs and its “assembly line” work ethic was not for the faint-hearted. Here we’ll show you why. With Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, William Stevenson. The other music worlds are not studied and analyzed in musicmap, as their music genres do not apply as popular music. 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