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Motown books Can any1 recommend any good Motown sites which have lots of information on Motown and any good Motown books. I read in J Randy Taraborrelli's biography of Michael Jackson he accessed a wide range of information on Motown included session costs, list of all songs recorded at Hitsville USA, press releases, memo's, sales figures, financial information etc. and anything else Motown related.
I was wondering where would this information b found?. I would like 2 know this information as in the future I would like 2 write a study/book about Motown as I am a big fan of the 'Motown Sound' and Motown artists past and present like Stevie, Jackson 5, Smokey, Marvin, Four Tops, Temptations, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Isleys, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Boyz II Men, Johnny Gill and all the other great Motown singers/groups. Thanx in advance!  | |
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If you ever write that book,let me know.I want a copy!  | |
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If some1 assists me with finding the information than I'd very much like 2 write a very detailed book/study about Motown and how and why it's so successful. Most of this can b said 2 b bcuz of the great songs written by Holland-Dozier-Holland, Berry Gordy, Stevie, Smokey and all the other great songwriters who wrote all the Motown hits and ofcourse the artists themselves.
If u wanna copy of the book than u can buy it @ the bookstore like every1 else  | |
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Don't know all of the books but, out of the ones I read, I liked these:
*To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown -An Autobiography by Berry Gordy Where Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound by Nelson George Standing in the Shadows of Motown : The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson by Dr. Licks, Allen Slutsky James Jamerson --- the embodiment of the Motown spirit and groove - he and the other "Funk Brothers" were the 'invisible' musicians whose playing inspired thousands... This was written in 1989, the 2002 documentary of the same name(now on dvd) tells the story of all the "Funk Brothers" Motown: The View from the Bottom by Jack Ashford reminisces from one of Motowns top musicians... Marvin Gaye: What's Going On and the Last Days of the Motown Sound by Ben Edmonds, Ben Edmunds ...actually all about the recording of Marvin's epic "What's Goin On" album... Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye by David Ritz Still the best of the Many Marvin Gaye Biographies... Stevie Wonderby John Swenson The Stevie Wonder Scrapbook by James Haskins [This message was edited Fri Jun 4 7:57:37 2004 by paligap] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Sweet Soul Music by Games Garulnik is an awesome history of soul and does a pretty good job covering Motwon. I highly reccomend this book. a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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Stax said: Sweet Soul Music by Games Garulnik is an awesome history of soul and does a pretty good job covering Motwon. I highly reccomend this book.
James Garulnik a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on | |
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paligap said: Don't know all of the books but, out of the ones I read, I liked these:
*To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown -An Autobiography by Berry Gordy Where Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound by Nelson George Standing in the Shadows of Motown : The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson by Dr. Licks, Allen Slutsky James Jamerson --- the embodiment of the Motown spirit and groove - he and the other "Funk Brothers" were the 'invisible' musicians whose playing inspired thousands... This was written in 1989, the 2002 documentary of the same name(now on dvd) tells the story of all the "Funk Brothers" Motown: The View from the Bottom by Jack Ashford reminisces from one of Motowns top musicians... Marvin Gaye: What's Going On and the Last Days of the Motown Sound by Ben Edmonds, Ben Edmunds ...actually all about the recording of Marvin's epic "What's Goin On" album... Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye by David Ritz Still the best of the Many Marvin Gaye Biographies... Stevie Wonderby John Swenson The Stevie Wonder Scrapbook by James Haskins [This message was edited Fri Jun 4 7:57:37 2004 by paligap] Many Thanks 4 the list of books. I have Berry Gordy's autobiography and its very interesting. J Randy Taraborrelli also wrote a book about Motown in 1986 and was wondering if any1 has read that and if that is worth buying?. [This message was edited Fri Jun 4 17:25:31 2004 by thetimefan] | |
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Does any1 know where I can find financial data, press releases, memo's, newspaper and magazine articles, court documents etc. such as the Jacksons vs. Motown court case in the mid 70's. All this info would b very helpful.
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