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Rhythm ride : a road trip through the Motown sound
- Title
- Rhythm ride : a road trip through the Motown sound / Andrea Davis Pinkney.
- Author
- Pinkney, Andrea Davis
- Publication
- New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2015.
- Supplementary Content
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 16-479 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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Details
- Description
- 166 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "A narrative history of the Motown music label covering the historical context, personalities, and ongoing legacy of the "sound of young America.""--
- Subjects
- Sound recording industry
- Civil rights movements > Michigan > Detroit > Juvenile literature
- Sound recording industry > United States > Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Motown Record Corporation Juvenile literature
- United States
- Black author
- African American musicians > Michigan > Detroit > Juvenile literature
- Popular music > Michigan > Detroit > 1961-1970 > Juvenile literature
- Motown Record Corporation
- Rock music > Michigan > Detroit > 1961-1970 > Juvenile literature
- Soul music > Michigan > Detroit > Juvenile literature
- Genre/Form
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-160) and index.
- Contents
- A greeting from the groove -- Motor City -- Handsome dazzler -- Got a job -- Dreaming big for $800 -- The Motown family -- My mama told me -- Factory rhythm -- The "C" circuit -- Miss Manners -- Cholly's moves -- Dancing in the streets -- Wonder kid -- The funk brothers -- Ugly sightseeing -- Sunshine on a cloudy day -- The sound of young America -- Singing Supreme -- Family drama -- What's going on -- TCB, ABC, 1-2-3-4-5 -- New directions -- The groove goes on.
- Call Number
- Sc E 16-479
- ISBN
- 9781596439733
- 1596439734
- LCCN
- 2014045894
- OCLC
- 892701720
- Author
- Pinkney, Andrea Davis, author.
- Title
- Rhythm ride : a road trip through the Motown sound / Andrea Davis Pinkney.
- Publisher
- New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2015.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-160) and index.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 16-479*LE 16-4642