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Fakir’s devotion to Detroit and the Motown Museum stemmed in part from longevity. He and the Tops were among the few artists who remained in Detroit when Motown Records headed to Los Angeles in ...
The Motown Museum's new "Motown Mile" exhibit on the Detroit RiverWalk links classic songs with modern music, like this panel with Carl Bean's "I Was Born This Way" and Lady Gaga's "Born This Way."
The Motown piano is an 1877 Steinway & Sons Model D grand piano, used by many musicians including the Funk Brothers studio band, at the Hitsville U.S.A. Studio B from 1967 to 1972. On July 24 2011 Paul McCartney was in Detroit for a performance at Comerica Park, as part of his On the Run Tour; he visited the Motown Museum for a private guided ...
Duke Fakir of the Four Tops in front of the Motown Museum in Detroit on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. With the Four Tops, Fakir was a voice on a vast litany of hits through the decades, including some ...
Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, [ 2][ 3] and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. [ 4] Its name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered ...
Bettye LaVette (born Betty Jo Haskins, January 29, 1946) [1] is an American soul singer who made her first record at sixteen, but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005, when her album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise was released to widespread critical acclaim, and was named on many critics' "Best of 2005" lists.
Thursday’s public viewing will be the first ever at the Motown Museum, which was established in the mid-1980s. The museum is located at 2648 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit.
The group is also listed as the Detroit Spinners and the Motown Spinners, due to their 1960s recordings with the Motown label. These other names were used in the UK to avoid confusion with a British folk group also called the Spinners. [2] On June 30, 1976, they received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [3]