The jacksons family biography interview

ByDaniel Johnson

At the end of the 1950s, a little-known songwriter decided to capitalize on the Black talent he was surrounded by in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan, by forming a record label.

By the end of the 1960s, Berry Gordy's dream of making Black music for a Black and white audience had more than come true. Gordy's record label, Motown, featured some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, such as Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, and many more. Motown helped shape not only Black music but all popular music, with the shock waves of Motown's legacy felt even today. By the decade's end, Gordy would cement the legacy of his company by discovering and producing a musician who would be, arguably, the most important of the latter half of the 20th century and beyond.

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