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Motown classics get paired with modern music in interactive Detroit RiverWalk exhibit. Gannett. Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press. May 20, 2024 at 10:05 PM. Motown's songs haven't just endured as ...
Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press. July 26, 2024 at 7:18 PM. A public viewing for the late Four Tops singer Duke Fakir will be held from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Motown Museum, his family ...
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 ...
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 ...
Website. www.detroithistorical.org. The Detroit Historical Museum is located at 5401 Woodward Avenue in the city's Cultural Center Historic District in Midtown Detroit. It chronicles the history of the Detroit area from cobblestone streets, 19th century stores, the auto assembly line, toy trains, fur trading from the 18th century, and much more.
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
August 6, 1976 [2] The Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts is a 1,731-seat theatre located in the city's theatre district at 350 Madison Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It was built in 1928 as the Wilson Theatre, designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1976, [2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.