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Motown Records: Pimps, Prostitutes, the Detroit Mafia and the Sound of Teenage America

Motown Records: Pimps, Prostitutes, the Detroit Mafia and the Sound of Teenage America

FromDISGRACELAND


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
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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

Titles in the series (100)

Murder, infidelity, suicide, arson, addiction, religious cults, drug trafficking; this podcast explores the alleged true crime antics and criminal connections of musicians we love like Jerry Lee Lewis, the Rolling Stones, XXXTentacion, Cardi B, the Grateful Dead, Tupac, Biggie, Amy Winehouse, Bob Marley and more. Why? Because real rock stars are more like feral, narcissistic animals than functioning members of society and that is precisely what makes them so damn entertaining. If you love true crime and you love music, you will love this award winning podcast. Disgraceland is a scripted, single voice narrative storytelling podcast that melds music, true crime, history and transgressive fiction. Disgraceland is not a journalistic podcast. It is an entertainment podcast inspired by true events. Certain dialogue and scenes are sometimes fictionalized for dramatic purposes as they are in most scripted entertainment mediums based on true events. Sources for each episode are available at disgracelandpod.com.