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Motown Records: Pimps, Prostitutes, the Detroit Mafia and the Sound of Teenage America
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Motown Records: Pimps, Prostitutes, the Detroit Mafia and the Sound of Teenage America
FromDISGRACELAND
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Mar 21, 2023
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Podcast episode
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Motown Records is one of the most successful musical industry endeavors of all time. The music and the megastars Motown produced, like Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, and the Jackson 5, defined a generation. But that success is marred by rumors – rumors that the record label and its innovative owner were controlled by the "black hand" of the white American mob.
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Released:
Mar 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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