Hitsville U.S.A. — Motown Records Building (Artifact Print)
Hitsville U.S.A. — Motown Records Building (Artifact Print)
A crowd gathers on the steps of 2648 W. Grand Blvd — the modest white house that became the center of American popular music. The Hitsville U.S.A. sign hangs above the door, and the people pressed together on the porch suggest something is happening inside that the rest of the world hasn't heard yet.
From this building, Berry Gordy built Motown Records — a label that would define soul, R&B, and pop for a generation. The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations — all recorded here, in a converted garage on a residential street in Detroit. The building still stands. The music never stopped.
This is a documented moment at one of the most consequential addresses in American music history — a place that shaped culture far beyond the city that made it.
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