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Jul 23, 2020 · Smokey Robinson is second to only Berry Gordy in the founding of Motown. A prolific songwriter, he is credited with 4,000 songs and 37 Top 40 hits, including "Tears of a Clown," "Tracks of My ...
Jan 6, 2024 · Martin Luther King Jr. and Berry Gordy were each born in 1929. Both Black men helped shape the 1960s, King with his marches and powerful oratory and Gordy as the founder of the Motown record label.
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Feb 20, 2020 · From left, Berry Gordy and Martin Luther King Jr. hold King’s first Motown album next to Lena Horne and Billy Taylor in Atlanta in 1963. Courtesy Motown Museum By Andrew R. Chow
Jan 15, 2024 · It was perhaps inevitable that The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Motown Records would work together. As the premier figure in the Civil Rights movement of the 60s, Dr. King’s campaign ...
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Nov 28, 2019 · All of us have some exposure to the Motown sound and cannot resist the infectiousness of the songs. Before moving on to a bit of news involving Berry Gordy Jr., here is some biography about the great man and Motown: “Born in 1929 in Detroit, Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records in 1959. The 1960s and '70s saw popular artists who Gordy ...
Aug 28, 2020 · On anniversary of 'I Have a Dream,' Motown releases Martin Luther King's speech as digital single. In August 1963, Billie Jean Brown knew that Martin Luther King Jr. had just delivered a powerful ...
Jun 13, 2023 · On June 23, 1963, 20 years after the deadly race riot that began on Belle Isle, an estimated 125,000 peaceful civil rights demonstrators participated in the Walk to Freedom led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other community leaders. The group marched for nearly a mile down Woodward Avenue to Cobo Arena, where King delivered refrains ...
