Name: _________________________
Per: _______
Motown: The Sounds of Integration
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Berry Gordy’s Motown records
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Built one of the ________________________________________ in the history of pop music
Becoming the ___________ and ________________________________________________
in the United States
Founded by ______________________ as Tamla Records in 1959, the company was
incorporated as ____________________________________________ in ___________.
The name, derived from the words ______________and ______________ is also a
______________ for ______________.
Background on Berry Gordon
o A high school drop-out he became a professional ___________ in hopes of becoming
rich quick
o 1950 he was ___________ by the U.S. Army for the ______________________.
o 1953 he opened up the 3-D Record Mart - House of Jazz.
o Too obsessed with his own ______________________, Berry was too ___________
______________________records the neighborhood craved. So in 1955, the store
went ______________________ and was forced to close.
o By ___________ Gordy managed the ______________________and produced their
single "Got a Job" on the End label.
o The small royalty check he received from End, along with similar small royalty
checks for other hits he had co-written, convinced him to form his own label Tamla
Records.
o ______________ Records eventually turned into ___________________________.
The Motown Sound
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Motown played an ___________________ ___________in the ____________________
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o It was the __________________________________________________________
o __________________________________________________________________
o Many achieved crossover success.
In the 1960s, "The Motown Sound", came to be known as a ______________________
music with a distinct _________________________________.
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Name: _________________________
Per: _______
III. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
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R&B and Soul ___________/______________________, record ______________, and
former record ______________________.
Noted for being one of the ____________________________________________________,
second only to Berry Gordy.
Robinson's hits and contributions earned him the title of the "________________________."
As both a _________________________________________ and a ___________________
Robinson recorded thirty-seven Top 40 hits for Motown between 1960 and 1987 including:
o “____________________________________ “(put _________________________)”
o “Shop Around”
Served as the company's VP from 1961 to 1988.
IV. The Supremes
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All from the public housing _________________ in _________________.
Founding members:
o Florence Ballard
o Mary Wilson
o ___________________________________
o Betty McGlown
A female singing group, one of the signature acts on Motown Records during the 1960s.
Founded in Detroit, Michigan in ______________.
Original name: The __________________
They were one of the ________________________________________________________,
with __________ of the group's singles peaking at number ______ on the Billboard Hot 100.
Hits included:
o __________________________________________
o __________________________________________
o __________________________________________
These hits were ______________ and ______________ by Motown's main
______________ and ___________________________, Holland-Dozier-Holland.
The Supremes ________________________________________________________, and
their success made it possible for future African-American R&B and soul musicians to find
mainstream success.
Marvin Gaye
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Was a singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and instrumentalist.
Starting as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late fifties, he ventured
into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960
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Name: _________________________
Per: _______
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Signed with Motown Records.
After a year as a session drummer, ______________________________________________
________________________ during the ______________.
Was as ______________ as talented
o Avoided TV, rarely performed live, and was known to miss scheduled concerts
Mostly worked solo, but had some big hits with ____________________________
o __________________________________________
o __________________________________________
____________________________ Hits:
o ____________________________
o Mercy, Mercy
o What’s Going On
o ____________________________ (became theme for Mods)
o __________________________________________ (_______)
VI. The Four Tops
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Founded in ______________, Michigan
Lead singer Levi Stubbs and Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence
Payton
An vocal quartet, whose repertoire has included ______________, ______________, soul
music, R&B, ______________, adult contemporary
Remained _______________________________________________________.
Hits Songs:
o Ain’t No Woman Like the One I’ve Got
o ________________________________
VII. The Temptations
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__________________ component of Motown machine
Turned into stars when they recorded Smokey Robinson’s The Way You Do The Things You
Do
More hits followed:
o ______________
o ______________
o Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
o The _________________________________________
Classic Lineup: Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks, & David
Ruffin
Became famous for ____________________________ as well as singing.
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Name: _________________________
Per: _______
VIII. The Jackson Five
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A two-time Grammy Award-nominated from ____________________________
Founding group members Jackie, ______________, ______________, Marlon and
______________ Jackson formed the group after changing their name from The Jackson
Brothers, which originally consisted of a trio of the three older brothers.
The band served as the ____________________________ for the solo careers of their lead
singers Jermaine and __________________.
Active from _____________________, the Jacksons played from a repertoire of R&B, soul,
pop and later disco. During their six-year Motown tenure, The Jackson 5 were one of the
______________________________________________________________________.
Significantly, they were the ____________________________________________________
______________ thanks to the successful promotional skills of Motown CEO Berry Gordy.
They left Motown for CBS in 1976, The Jacksons were forced to change their name and
replace Jermaine (who remained at Motown) with younger brother Randy.
Their 1989 album 2300 Jackson Street was recorded without Michael and Marlon. Michael
and Marlon did appear, however, on the title track. The disappointing sales of the album led
to the group's eventual breakup at the end of the year.
Hits include:
o ______________
o ____________________________
IX. Other Motown Performers
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The Marvellettes:
Mary Wells:
Stevie Wonder:
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Martha and the Vandellas:________________________________________
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X. Civil Rights & the Great Society
1. What sweeping Civil Rights legislation was passed in July 1964?
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2. Name at least 3 things the Civil Rights Act established/forbid?
P2
3. Also, in 1964 Congress ratified the 24th Amendment which did what?
P2
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Name: _________________________
Per: _______
4. What happened when African Americans tried to vote in Selma, AL in early 1965?
P3
5. What President proposed greater voting safeguards for African Americans?
P4
6. What song was the anthem of the Civil Rights Movement?
P4
7. What did Lyndon B. Johnson promise?
P5
8. To achieve his dream, describe at least three bills that Lyndon B. Johnson pushed through
congress. (By describing, name the act or organization and what it does).
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X. The Sound of Integration
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What famous speech did Gordy record in 1963?
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10. What did Berry feel was his job in Detroit?
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11. Who did Berry Gordy hire to prep his performers?
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12. How did Maxine Powell describe the singers she trained for Motown?
P2
13. Who did Gordy hire to teach the groups choreography?
P4
14. By the mid-1960s, what had Berry Gordy assembled?
P6
15. What did Berry Gordy want to “kill”?
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