creators
Who Founded Motown?
Berry Gordy
Which group sang the song "my girl"
The Temptations
Soul Music was spearheaded by which popular jazz musician?
Ray Charles
"please Mr postman" I by who ?
the marvellets
who was the god father of soul
James Brown
Who wrote my girl?
Smokey Robinson
Who was the most prolific motown artist of the 70s?
Stevie Wonder
Which soul label, founded in Detroit, was nicknamed “Hitsville U.S.A.”?
Mowtown
“You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” was by who ?
smokey robinson and the miracles
who sung “A Change Is Gonna Come” ?
Sam Cooke
whow as the co founder of mowtown
smokey Robinson
who was the first signed artist to mowton
smokey robinson and the miracles
Who's dancef moves influenced Jagger, Jackson, and Prince?
James Brown
marvin gaye
What year was Atlantic Records Founded?
1974
who made the song R E S P E C T?
Aretha Franklin
how many #1 hits did mowtown have from 1960-1971
110
What three musical genres are combined to create Soul Music?
Doo wop, gospel, and R&B
Which soul singer originally recorded Respect before Aretha Franklin made it famous?
Otis Reddings
producer and VP of Atlantic records ?
Jerry Wexler
who becames teenages and young adults in this time period
baby boomers
longest running Motown song
"I heard it through the grapevine"
4 major cities associated with soul
Detroit, Philadelphia, Memphis & New York City
Which soul artist recorded the album What’s Going On, a groundbreaking concept album about social issues?
Marvin Gaye
What term did Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records help popularize in the late 1940s, replacing the term “race records”?
What is “Rhythm and Blues (R&B)”