News bulletin – answers

Motown Records celebrates 50 years

questions

1. What did Motown records start 50 years ago? a revolution
2. What 2 things did this ‘revolution’ achieve? crossing colour lines and bringing people across the world together
3. How much did Berry Gordy borrow? $800
4. What did he do with the money? bought a house in Detroit
5. Why did he call the place Hitsville? because he believed hits (successful records) were going to be made there
6. What verb is used here to mean ‘write’? to pen
7. How many songs did Lamont Dozier write? more than 200
8. What did Motown artists sometimes face? racism
9. What are 3 examples of this given by Martha Reeves? segregated audiences, being shot at, denied privileges, not having their pictures on the record covers for fear they wouldn’t sell
10. How was Motown a great accomplishment? musically and socially (integrating black and white fans)