Rhythm ride
Subtitle: a road trip through the Motown sound
By: Andrea Davis Pinkney
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781596439733
Subjects: Soul music; Popular music; Motown Record Corporation; Sound recording industry; History and criticism; Juvenile literature; African American musicians; History
Description: "A narrative history of the Motown music label covering the historical context, personalities, and ongoing legacy of the 'sound of young America'"--
Notes: "Timeline": pages 133-138.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-160), discography (pages 139-145), filmography (pages 146), and index.
Table of contents: title: A greeting from the groove; title: Motor City; title: Handsome dazzler; title: Got a job; title: Dreaming big for eight hundred dollars; title: The Motown family; title: My mama told me; title: Factory rhythm; title: The C circuit; title: Miss Manners; title: Cholly's moves; title: Dancing in the street; title: Wonder kid; title: The Funk Brothers; title: Ugly sightseeing; title: Sunshine on a cloudy day; title: The sound of young America; title: Singing Supreme; title: Family drama; title: What's going on; title: TCB, ABC, 1-2-3-4-5; title: New directions; title: The groove goes on.