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a Detroit assembly line that built hits like Ford built cars — relentlessly, perfectly
means Motown is the Detroit-born record label and the polished, soul-pop sound it produced — and, by extension, a nickname for Detroit itself.
from A blend of "motor" and "town," Detroit's old nickname as the Motor City, home of the American auto industry. The songwriter Berry Gordy founded the label there in the late 1950s and coined "Motown" by squeezing "Motor Town" into a single snappy word — fitting for a man who modeled his hit factory on the car assembly lines that surrounded him.
- founding loan
- Berry Gordy started it with an 800-dollar family loan
- charm school
- Artists learned posture and etiquette before going onstage
- hit factory
- 79 of 535 singles hit Billboard top ten
- house band
- The Funk Brothers played on more number-ones than anyone
- motor city
- Name fuses motor and town, honoring Detroit's car plants
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motown record corporation — berry gordy's detroit label founded 1959 that produced the supremes, marvin gaye, and the temptations