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"Hitsville U.S.A." is the nickname given to Motown's first headquarters and recording studio. The house (formerly a photographers' studio) is located at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit near the New Center area of the city.
The Hitsville U.S.A. Motown building, at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit, Motown's headquarters from 1959 to 1968, which became the Motown Historical Museum in 1985. In 1957, Gordy met Smokey Robinson, who at the time was a local seventeen-year-old singer fronting a vocal harmony group called the Matadors.
- January 12, 1959; 64 years ago
- Universal Music Group
Motown (1960 eingetragen als Motown Record Corporation) ist ein US-amerikanisches Musiklabel, das im Januar 1959 unter dem Namen Tamla Record Company von Berry Gordy Jr. in Detroit, Michigan, gegründet wurde. Außerhalb der USA ist es teilweise auch als Tamla-Motown bekannt.
Motown Recording Studios (oder „Hitsville Recording-Studios“) war der nichtoffizielle Name der Tonstudios des Motown-Konzerns zwischen 1959 und 1973 mit Sitz in Detroit. Da sie organisatorischer Bestandteil des Motown-Konzerns waren und keine eigenständige Firma bildeten, gab es hierfür keinen offiziellen Firmennamen.
Vor 5 Tagen · Founded in 1985 by Esther Gordy Edwards—former Motown Records executive and sister to Motown founder, Berry Gordy—Motown Museum is home to iconic Hitsville U.S.A., Studio A, and an extensive array of Motown artifacts, photographs, apparel and memorabilia.
Motown Museum. Despite the passage of time since Motown Records’ establishment in 1959 by Berry Gordy, tens of thousands of visitors pass through Hitsville U.S.A., home to the Motown Museum, each year.
This museum was the original home of “Hitsville U.S.A.” the nickname given to Motown Records’ first headquarters. The building was purchased by Motown founder Berry Gordy in 1959, and converted into both the record label’s administrative building and recording studio.
