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MARVIN GAYE Sliding harsh indictments of poverty, violence and pollution into silky R.-and-B. grooves, his album What's Going On was Motown's most important comment on social issues and proof that political pop could be soft and sexy...
...blows. The seventh of nine children, Michael Joseph Jackson’s incredible charisma and talent were readily apparent even at the tender age of five, when he began singing with his brothers as part of the Jackson Five. After several crowd-pleasing shows, they were signed to Motown in 1969, where they began to turn out hit after hit. “I Want You Back”, “ABC” and “I’ll Be There” are among their many successes on Motown...
Every so often, when catchy music, clever marketing and the right timing come together, one record company captures prevailing tastes in a way that enables it to define the musical essence of an era. Motown did so in the 1960s with soul; Def Jam followed in the '80s with rap; and Interscope ruled the mid-'90s by mixing rap and metal...
Detroit: Some people call it Motown. Other people call it Hockeytown. Now, I call it my town...
...Kraft was invited to try his hand at producing an album for his friend, Bruce Willis. Willis, at the time an up-and-coming television star, had been offered a record deal on Motown, and he insisted that Kraft produce...