2020 marks the 60th anniversary of Tamla Motown, arguably the greatest
recording label in the history of African American soul music. Detroit
Motor City 1960 and with racial tensions simmering and with only eight
thousand dollars, Berry Gordy, a man with an unshakeable detrmination
and vision moved into a modest building that was to become HITSVILLA USA
from where he and his close inner circle gave the world the unique
Motown sound. The first person Berry Gordy hired at Motown was a white
jewish boy called Al Abrams, who got The Supremes on the cover of a
magazine, as the first black group ever. From the plantations of the
Deep South where African American music was born to Gordy's early
successes with Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder
and Martha Reeves, to his involvement with the Black Mafia and his move
to Los Angeles following the race riots and the departure of his
legendary songwriting team of Holland Dozier Holland. This is the story
of Berry Gordy and Motown who changed the face and sound of African
American soul music forever more.