Worlds View Point in Present Time

Motown’s records were addictive. Gospel-inflected vocals draped over infectious, energetic beats, and most often telling stories of good folks having good times, about love gone bad, or hiding away some unrequited love. Throughout the 1950s and the early 1960s, the music industry was sharply divided along racial lines.

Jazz, blues, R&B, soul and other so-called "black music" was played solely on "black" radio stations. But Gordy would change all that. Now-day’s people listen to all kind of music from all kinds of people. Berry Gordy is the one who made this happen! This has impacted the world and has changed their point of view on racial inequality on music. There are way more African American musicians today than there were ever.

Motown had the kind of music that people rent parties and backyard barbecues for. Eventually, after a lot of events behind the scenes, stridently white spaces such as, The Ed Sullivan Show, which started looking in on it. Then later on the sound shifted. Too much was going on in the label’s neighborhood.

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