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Above the front windows of Motown Records' Detroit headquarters was a sign that read "Hitsville U.S.A." Placed there by Motown founder Berry Gordy soon after his company moved into the modest home at 2648 W. Grand Blvd, the sign demonstrated Gordy's blazing - and at the time, unearned - arrogance. Then...
A former boxer and automobile worker, Berry Gordy was a nascent songwriter when, at the urging of Smokey Robinson, a songwriter ten years younger than Gordy, he decided to establish Motown Records. The two had become friends years earlier and Robinson, who was the lead singer of a band called...
While a complete team effort was the recipe for success for the Harvard women’s hockey team last season, the Crimson did have its stars, and perhaps none shined brighter than then-junior Sarah Vaillancourt and then-sophomore goaltender Christina Kessler.Vaillancourt was honored as the best player in...
It’s Friday night at the Cambridge Queen’s Head, and Harvard rock band Start, Go! is warming up on stage. Over the lively buzz of conversation, and with the smell of french fries in the air, the five band members jam on their instruments and...
Running Atlantic Records with Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, 91, launched the pop careers of R&B giants Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin, made a crossover star of Bobby Darin, kept the Drifters a top act through ever-changing personnel and in the '70s signed the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin...