The Story of Motown

Re-release of the first book ever published in America about the legendary Motown Record Company, with a new foreword by legendary music journalist Greil Marcus!In January 1959 Berry Gordy borrowed $800 from his family and founded the Detroit-based record company that in less than a decade was to become the largest black-owned business in the United States.

It also became one of the most productive and influential producers of popular music anywhere in the world, mainly by combining the best features of black and white American popular music.