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Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip through the Motown Sound

Andrea Davis Pinkney

Rhythm Ride traces Motown's development from the company Berry Gordy began in Detroit in 1959 to a major studio in California. Gordy used an $800 family loan to begin the label and converted a house's garage into a recording studio. The book follows Motown's music and performers, including Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, Smokey Robinson, and the Jackson 5, with photographs.

This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.

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Themes
Economics And Money · History · Music
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Published
September 29, 2015
Pages
176
ISBN-13
9781596439733
Language
English
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