Motown

Motown The Motown slogans “The Sound of Young America” and “ Hitsville, USA ” were no idle boast in the 1960s and 1970s, when the company was a hit-making factory churning out million-selling, infectious R&B and soul with huge pop crossover appeal. Named after the Motor City, Detroit, its home from 1959 to 1973 (when it moved to Los Angeles), Motown also recorded a small number of blues artists. The only Motown hit (a minor one at that) in a blues vein was 1960’s “Who’s the Fool” by Singin’…