When thinking of Motown, the legendary Detroit label that characterized an entire era, a few names come to mind wonderful memories arise. Diana Ross & the Supremes, the epitome of glamor and glitter, Marvin Gaye with her irresistible sensuality, Stevie Wonder, essentially one-man band, Smokey Robinson with his ease at the waist of hits and, of course, Berry Gordy Jr., the leader in good faith.
Before birth Motown, black music was seen as a foretaste of minorities, as a productmigration of many black South agricultural to the industrial North during the First World War this population shift has created a new demographic group that has developed R & B music in the 1940s. In the mid-50s, black music has found expression in music Soul in the wake of the confluence of R & B, gospel and doo-wop. At this moment in history, got soul associated with the movement for black civil rights through the transformation of black music in a kind of funkystatement.
Moreover, before Motown in the late '40s and early '50s, Detroit was a scene of jazz musicians leading white like Frank Morelli, Leo Osebold and Red Ray. The economic boom of postwar Detroit was favored by creating a variety of job opportunities for jazz musicians, shaping an audience with an interest in supporting jazz and creating a network of business people who interest in restoring the public. Advanced techniques of instrumental musicians and whitesecrets of improvisation seems to leave no room for black artists to enter the magical world of jazz, soul and music industry at large.
The founding of Motown in 1959, meant a change of paradigm of cultural preferences towards integrating black music into white society. Although the auto workers in Detroit were black victims of racial discrimination and extreme racism, their black music has found its way to millions of American households and white crossed the color linean unprecedented manner.
In addition, the music itself changed. Featuring catchy grooves, hand-clapping, body movements impulsive, embellishments, improvisation, and regular interaction between the soloist and choir, Motown capitalized on the dynamic list of local jazz talent, booming nightclubs and places Room labels and independent competitors, making the vision of Gordy Motown to change the course of music in America and around the world, a musical entity known throughout the60's well into the 80s.
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles were among the first Motown artists who topped the charts with their 1960 release Shop 'Around', which also became the label's first million-selling album. Moreover, the extraordinary talent of Robinson to identify tunes that could become Smash Hits and its contribution to other Motown artists like The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, Brenda Holloway, contours, and the Marvelettes' s others, made him almost aarchitect of black music.
Decade after decade, Motown created a model that would be adored for generations to come. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Temptations, The Jackson Five, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Commodores, The Marvelettes, Gladys Knight & The Pips, worked with all passion and eagerness to make the world a new sound and make history. Today, after all these years of musical influences andexperiments, the emergence of a variety of different musical genres yet confluent, the Motown Sound is still fresh. In reality, Motown has shaken the music industry with a current back-to-Back Hits forge the way to the continued dominance of R & breakfast modern music.