62 years ago today: Penny Valentine on Tamla-Motown, Mary Wells, Berry Gordy and the Supremes. Disc, 17 October 1964.
#PennyValentine #Motown #Supremes #BerryGordy #MaryWells @robertrotifer.bsky.social

Hitsville's Next Act: How Motown's Museum Expansion Is Rewriting Detroit's Story

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#Motown #Detroit #MusicHistory #CulturalPreservation #CommunityDevelopment #MotownMuseum #BerryGordy

"I'll Be There" is the first single released from Third Album by #TheJackson5. It was written by #BerryGordy, #HalDavis, Bob West, and #WillieHutch. The song was recorded by The Jackson 5 and released by #MotownRecords on August 28, 1970, as the first single from their Third Album on the same date.

One of Jackie Wilson's early hits, written by Berry Gordy and Roquel "Billy" Davis:

Jackie Wilson: That's Why (I Love You So) (The Ed Sullivan Show, January 21, 1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9POh4ATtuBw

#TuneTuesday #WhyAndBecauseSongs #JackieWilson #BerryGordy #RoquelDavis

"Nowhere to Run" is a 1965 song by #MarthaAndTheVandellas for #BerryGordy's #Motown imprint Gordy Records and is one of the group's #signatureSongs. The song, written and produced by Motown's main production team of #HollandDozierHolland.

The Last Dragon. #classic Go watch it. Don't ask questions. Learn the fundamentals. #peace & #love to all. #art #bluesky #bruceleroy #berrygordy #shonuff