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Motown: The Sound of Young America

by Adam White

Motown’s artists, archives, and history

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Motown’s artists, archives, and history

Adam White’s illustrated history brings together the people and materials behind Motown, from label founder Berry Gordy and executive Barney Ales to artists including the Jackson 5, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, and Smokey Robinson. Archival photographs and objects, alongside images from personal collections, give the book a visual record of the label’s history. Interviews with key figures add first-person perspectives on Motown’s artists and operations. The scope connects the label’s hit-making legacy with its wider place in American popular culture.

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  • A fit for readers interested in Motown artists and the history of the label.
  • Useful for those who enjoy music histories that combine interviews and archival images.
  • Relevant to readers exploring soul, R&B, and American popular culture.

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Motown and the music industrySoul and R&BArchival historyAmerican popular culture

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Book overview

The music of Motown defined an era. From the Jackson 5 and Diana Ross to Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy and his right-hand man, Barney Ales, built the most successful independent record label in the world. Not only did Motown represent the most iconic recording artists of its time and produce countless global hits--it created a cultural institution that redefined pop and gave us the vision of a new America: vibrant, innovative, and racially equal.

This new paperback edition of the first official visual history of the label includes a dazzling array of images, and unprecedented access to the archives of the makers and stars of Motown. Extensive specially commissioned photography of treasures extracted from the Motown archives, as well as the personal collections of Barney Ales and Motown stars, lends new insight into the lives of the legends. Motown also draws on interviews with key players from the label's colorful history, including Motown founder Berry Gordy; Barney Ales; Smokey Robinson; Mary Wilson, founding member of the Supremes; and many more.

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