May 16, 1960 - Democratic Underground

NightTrain

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Sun May-16-04 01:36 PM
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May 16, 1960

May 16, 1960: The industry newspaper "Billboard" reported that Detroit-based songwriter Berry Gordy Jr. was working on starting his own record label. Eventually, he wound up with three labels (Gordy, Motown, and Tamla), which dominated the charts throughout the decade.

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freetobegay

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Sun May-16-04 01:39 PM
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1. I loved motown!

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wtmusic

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Sun May-16-04 01:46 PM
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2. And the biggest Motown hit of all time?

"I Heard it Through the Grapevine"

Dayum I love that track.

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Trailrider1951

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Sun May-16-04 01:48 PM
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3. Thanks for the nostalgia!

I grew up listening to the Motown sound. The Drifters, Marvin Gaye, the Supremes, the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson,class acts all.

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