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Motown Sound

Detroit’s pop-soul assembly line

1961· Detroit

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  • SoulDocumented

Member(3)

Produced(1)

  • Berry GordyDocumented

    Ran Motown like a hit factory on an assembly-line model.

Performed on(1)

  • The Funk BrothersWidely cited

    Credited on more #1s than the Beatles, Stones, Beach Boys & Elvis combined.

    Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)

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