The Makings of Motown Records
Motown Records began when Berry Gordy threw his boxing gloves down and abandoned his dreams of being a prizefighter in the late 50s. Berry borrowed $800 from his uncle, rearranged his house on Grand Boulevard in downtown Detroit, and started to audition and sign singers and bands under his new Motown Records label. Without the writing team of Holland-Dozier-Holland we would have never heard those great songs. Over 200 hit […]