On this day in 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. used an $800 loan from his family’s saving fund to form the company which would come to define him and generations of Black music.
A nod to the Motor City, the former Detroit motor factory worker named his dream child Motown Records. A powerhouse label of the 1960s, Motown created the soundtrack that shaped the boomer generation.
Gordy launched some of the greatest music acts of all time like The Supremes, The Miracles, The Temptations and Marvin Gaye.
Motown remained an independent company until 1988. Hitsville U.S.A. is now a museum and a popular Detroit landmark.
All this and more on “Prime.”
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