The story of Motown

Title The story of Motown
Names Benjaminson, Peter.
Marcus, Greil.
Crisden, Sean, narrator.
Marcus, Greil, author of introduction.
Book Number DB111271
Title Status Active
Medium Digital Book
Annotation "In January 1959 Berry Gordy borrowed $800 from his family and founded the Detroit-based record company that in less than a decade was to become the largest black-owned business in the United States. It also became one of the most productive and influential producers of popular music anywhere in the world. The Story of Motown is the story of Berry Gordy's triumph over powerful, established financial interests, entrenched popular taste, bigotry, and racism. By inventing a sound that appealed to whites as well as blacks, and that was immediately identifiable to an entire generation of listeners, Gordy demonstrated his genius as a producer; by the sheer force of his will, he demonstrated that a black man from the urban ghetto could aspire to and conquer the heights of traditional American business, including the movie business. Unfortunately, while doing all of this, he also found new ways to exploit his talented artists and eventually lost many of them to companies that paid them more. The Story of Motown is the story of the rise and fall of one of the most important cultural touchstones in American history." -- Provided by publisher. -- Commercial audiobook. Contains strong language.
Local Subject Male Narrator - MN
Adult Non-Fiction - AN
Adult Book - ADB
Adult Reading Level - AD
Commercial Audiobook - CAB
Male Author - MA
Short Book - SH
Biography & Autobiography - BIO
Music - 780
History - HST
History, U.S. - 20th Century - HUT
LC Subject Sound recording industry - United States
Record labels - Michigan - Detroit
Nonfiction
Notes ENG
Unrated. NLS/BPD
Contains strong language. ST NLS/BPH
Call Number 781.644 ANF
Language English
Released 2018
Publication Info Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress, 2018
Original Publication Reissue of: Unabridged. Minneapolis, Minn. : Highbridge Audio, c2018. 9781684410972 1684410975
Reissue of: Unabridged. Minneapolis, Minn. : Highbridge Audio, c2018. 9781684410972. 1684410975.
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