Robert Louis Stevenson

Sarah Hassan Hussain El hajj March 2G: 12 English1Introduction

thyblackman.com/.../MotownRecordsBerryGordy.jpg Thyblackman.com/MotownRecordsberrygordy.jpg Motown is a record company that was found by a guy called Berry Gordy Jr. and incorporated as the Motown Record Corp oration in Detroit state on April 14, 1960. the name of portmanteau means motor and town and it was a nickname in Detroit but the company was moved to New York city and located there. Motown was in addition the name of Gordy's second label for the record the old name for the company was Tamla Records. Later, Motown played a big role in the racial integration of popular music by its impressive success. In the 1959 Motown records and its soul base were the most successful proponents which became known as the Motown Sounds. Some of the music that where produced by Motown Records are the music genres, soul, rhythm and blues, and finally the most famous music hip-hop. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown

2Background information when did the company start? who owned the company?

http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aah/def-jam-records-1984The Motown Records company was first started in January 12th 1959. it was found and owned by a famous character called Berry Gordy www.guardian.co.uk/music/.../Motown-records-berry-gordy-musical 3Informations About The AuthorWho is he nor she ?

http://www.history-of-rock.com/motown_records.htmwww.history-of-rock.com/gordy.jpg Berry Gordy was an American record producer and also the founder of Motown Records corporation he was born in (November 28, 1929) Berry Gordy was born at Detroit's Harper Hospital. Gordy was the seventh child born to Berry and Bertha Gordy. The Gordy's an ambitious middle-class family with roots in Georgia farming and retailing.. The family moved to Detroit in the 1922 with their first three children. Berry Gordy, Jr., established Motown Records as one of the most important independent labels in the early '60s.www.history-of-rock.com/motown_records.htm 4First music produced

http://fufustew.wordpress.com/2007/08/The first music produced was an R&B hit, peaked at number two on the billboard 100 in 1960. It was Tamla's first million-selling record. On April 14, 1960, Motown and Tamla Records merged into a new company called Motown http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2008/dec/23/motown-50

5The Motown Records The groups and participants of the company

The people who first joined the Motown Records where, the Jackson 5, Diana Ross, Stevey Wonder, and Michael Jackson. These where the first people who joined the company. classic.motown.com/ 6The present days of Motown Records. To know that Motown Records started the grand sound artists like Saadiq, Robin Thick, John Legend and Solange (AKA Beyonce Jr.) are mimicking, has to create a sense of nostalgia and delight. What the Motown sound meant over four decades ago, now in 2008, that same sentiment is being echoed and cherished in an industry which has been obsessed with quantity versus quality for so long.(www.examiner.com/.../modern-day-music-trends-reflect-motown-sound) 7Conclusion

http://musicalbox.bloginky.com/2009/11/29/motown-50-50/Motown Records was one of the most famous and well known recording companies back then in the united states of America and until this day it remained famous. In addition, it associated with a group of the greatest African American artists such as Michael Jackson , Diana Ross, and Stevey Wonder. I wish I had the opportunity to be there with all those brilliant characters just for a day. 8Work Cited"The Musical Box." Motown 50-50. Web. 03 Mar. 2012. ."Fufu Stew." August. Web. 03 Mar. 2012. .

Robert Louis Stevenson traveled around the world, writing about his adventures along the way. He became famous for "Treasure Island" (1882). He also wrote: "Kidnapped: (1886), "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1886), "The Black Arrow" (1888), "Master of Ballantrae" (1889), "The Wrong Box" (1889), and "Weir of Hermiston" (1896), which was unfinished at his death.(classiclit.about.com/cs/profileswriters/p/aatp_rlstevensn.htm)

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