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Where Did Our Love Go? The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound

ISBN-13: 9780252074981
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
By Nelson George, Foreword by Quincy Jones
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Local release date: 14/10/2007
Format: Paperback 304 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Music [AV]

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Google Preview: Where Did Our Love Go? chronicles the rise and fall of Motown Records while emphasizing the role of its dynamic founder, Berry Gordy Jr. First published in 1986, this classic work includes a new preface by Nelson George that identifies Motown's influence on young recorders and music mogels of today, including R. Kelly, D'Angelo, Sean Combs, and Russell Simmons. Gordy's uncanny instinct for finding extraordinary talent--whether performers, songwriters, musicians, or producers--yielded popular artists who include the Supremes, the Jackson Five, Smokey Robinson, the Miracles, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, the Four Tops, and Stevie Wonder. Not shy about depicting Gordy's sometimes manipulative and complex relationships with his artists, George reveals the inner workings of the music business and insightful material on the musicians who backed these stars. The large cache of resulting Motown melodies is still alive in commercials, movies, TV programs, and personal Ipods today.''George's reporting is first-rate and there are juicy anecdotes, nuggets of gossip and trivia along with the straight corporate history. . . . This is a book for pop music fans, anyone curious about the recording industry, and fans of Dreamgirls who want to know the true story.''--Philadelphia Daily News; “A can’t-put-down study of Berry Gordy and Motown. This is it, no punches pulled, as important a piece of pop history as has been published.” --New York Daily News; Google Preview content

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