MUSC 2150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Hank Ballard, Cover Version, Mack Rice
5 Oct 2017
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Not necessarily pushed off the pop charts by the british invasion. Gordy tried many lines of work before he started motown. Many early motown masters were leased to larger record companies. Early music was modeled on already successful records. Booker t and the mg"s as studio band. Teamed with songwriters david porter and isaac hayes. Daughter of the famous reverend c. l. franklin. Conflict between authenticity and obvious desire for sales. Differences between motown and stax can be hard to discern. Stax and atlantic both were run by white owners. While motown was best known in the 1960s for its politely restrained pop music, martha and the. Vandellas represented the more soulful side of the detroit-based label. Lead singer martha reeves (center) was a secretary at motown before being tapped at the last minute to replace mary wells for a recording session. (cid:498)dancing in the street(cid:499) is probably the group"s best-known record, and this.
