It’s Motown’s World, We All Just Live In It
Motown changed everything, and we wouldn’t have the modern music scene without it! This week we’re diving into the people, the sound, and the factory the made Motown, and make direct connections to today along the way.
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SOURCES
https://www.instagram.com/p/C3to6lsCvjc/
https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/Greatest-Hits-Motown-Initially-Rejected
Motown Encyclopedia – book – Betts, Graham 2014
Motown: The Sound of Young America – book – White, Adam 2019
BET Article – Legacy of Motown – https://www.bet.com/article/emcelr/the-legacy-of-motown-black-music-is-pop-music#:~:text=Much%20like%20how%20Soul%20Train,direct%20influence%20to%20the%20genre
LIFE Magazine – https://www.life.com/arts-entertainment/motown-the-music-that-changed-america/
Jazz & Blues in Detroit- https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/08/detroit-jazz-and-blues?linkId=16163517
Joe Von Battle – https://marshamusic.wordpress.com/page-joe-von-battle-requiem-for-a-record-shop-man/#:~:text=Joe%20Von%20Battle%20was%20the%20first%20to%20record%20the%20voice,labels%20to%20sing%20secular%20music
Dooto Records – https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/before-motown-l-a-s-black-owned-soul-music-empire
History of Black Owned Labels – https://daily.jstor.org/the-history-of-black-owned-record-labels/
The Motown Sound of Money – Fortune article from 1967- https://fortune.com/1967/09/01/the-motown-sound-of-money/#
Mickey Stevenson Documentary – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWg5fqTDW0k
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Guess who’s back
00:46 Guess who’s out
01:20 The Catalyst of Change
04:04 The Factory
05:13 Home Recording
06:19 Songwriters
07:02 LMFAO?
08:08 A&R Perfected
09:18 Choreo
09:54 Context of the 60s
10:52 The Funk Brothers
12:19 Who thinks this is a hit?
13:39 Electric Lady
14:41 The Bizness
16:15 The Results
16:39 Guess who’s back
17:44 Berry’s Favorite Song
18:21 Guess who’s out
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