February 2020
Motown Tribute
The Guelph Black Heritage Society celebrates Black history month with a tribute to the timeless songs of Motown. Motown Records is an American record label founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered. As an irresistible force of social and cultural change, Berry Gordy’s legendary Motown…
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