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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."
A hearse sits parked outside during the public viewing for the late Four Tops singer Duke Fakir at the Motown Museum in Detroit on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Tops member Lawrence Payton Jr. — son ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Esther Gordy Edwards (née Gordy; April 25, 1920 – August 24, 2011) [1] was a staff member and associate of her younger brother Berry Gordy 's Motown label during the 1960s. [2] Edwards created the Motown Museum, Hitsville U.S.A., by preserving the label's Detroit studio. She also served as president of the Motown Museum and has been called ...
Duke Fakir, left, with Motown Museum CEO and chairwoman Robin Terry at Detroit's Fox Theatre on June 21, 2022. Provided by the Motown Museum
The Motown Museum in Detroit is undergoing a $65 million expansion. The birthplace of Motown isn't just one of Detroit's most identifiable landmarks — it's one of the most iconic music sites on ...