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Motown Record Corporation

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1959-

Biography

Motown Record Corporation is a recording company founded by Berry Gordy, Jr., in Detroit, Michigan in 1959. It became one of the most successful black-owned businesses and most influential independent record companies in American history.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Symposium records, 2012

 folder
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.10.1.2.19
Scope and Contents

Includes the papers and presentation delivered at the 2012 Symposium "Two Part Harmony: Fashion and Music." The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Jessica Pushor, "Wranglers and Rhinestones; Menswear in Country Music;" Alyssa Perry, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow? Fashion and the Golden Age of Girl Groups;" Anna Yanofsky, "Walking to the Beat: Music on the Runway."

Dates: 2012