A ’60s Detroit Music Moment Revisited: 1965
‘MOTOWN RECORDS, MAN, WHICH IS BIG, REALLY BIG’
FROM THE BACK-PAGES OF THE DETROIT FREE PRESS
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SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1965
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EIGHT DOORS OPEN OFF THE first floor hallway at 2652 W. Grand Boulevard and when they are closed, the tiny passageway grows eerie. You are alone there, but with a distant sound of music — that is part blues, part gospel and a lot of rhythm. (CONTINUES — please read the complete article below) . . . .
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DETROIT FREE PRESS Sunday, March 21, 1965
DETROIT FREE PRESS Sunday, March 21, 1965
DETROIT FREE PRESS Sunday, March 21, 1965
DETROIT FREE PRESS Sunday, March 21, 1965
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DETROIT MAGAZINE (Detroit Free Press) Sunday, March 21, 1965
At the time this Freep article was written, I was working for Burroughs Corporation in their Milwaukee Building at Milwaukee and Third in Detroit’s New Center Area. It was only one block west of the GM Building and a short walk farther east across Woodward Ave. to Hitsville USA at 2652 W. Grand Blvd. I walked past the Motown Records building many times on my lunch hour strolls I didn’t realize at the time what a historical site it was or how famous it would become in the music industry. My cousin was one of a very few music teachers in Michigan certified to teach music to the blind. Stevie Wonder was once a student of hers at Michigan School for the Blind in Lansing so I always followed his career closely. This article brought back a lot of memories of those frequent lunchtime walks past Hitsville USA in the mid-1960s. Thanks for posting it.
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