The story of Motown Records is a highly charged melodrama encompassing staggering success, vanity, greed, folly, lust, heartbreak, deceit, intrigue, downfall, and death. If adapted for the screen, it would, of course, also have a memorable soundtrack.
Berry Gordy , Jr., founded Motown in 1959 in his home town of Detroit, and his name is virtually synonymous with the first and most successful blackowned record company. Gordy was a rhythm-andblues (R&B) songwriter who wanted an outlet for his...