RHYTHM RIDE: A ROAD TRIP THROUGH THE MOTOWN SOUND

Andrea Davis Pinkney

ISBN 10: 1596439734 / ISBN 13: 9781596439733

Published by Roaring Brook Press, New York, 2015

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Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.; 176 pages.

Seller Inventory # 312592

Bibliographic Details

• Title: RHYTHM RIDE: A ROAD TRIP THROUGH THE MOTOWN SOUND
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1596439734
• ISBN 13: 9781596439733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography and Memoirs
  • Music
  • Other

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Synopsis

From award-winning author Andrea Davis Pinkney comes the story of the music that defined a generation and a movement that changed the world.

Berry Gordy began Motown in 1959 with an $800 loan from his family. He converted the garage of a residential house into a studio and recruited teenagers from the neighborhood-like Smokey Robinson, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Diana Ross-to sing for his new label. Meanwhile, the country was on the brink of a cultural revolution, and one of the most powerful agents of change in the following decade would be this group of young black performers from urban Detroit. From Berry Gordy and his remarkable vision to the Civil Rights movement, from the behind-the-scenes musicians, choreographers, and song writers to the most famous recording artists of the century, Andrea Davis Pinkney takes readers on a Rhythm Ride through the story of Motown.

About the Author

Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of more than 30 books for children and young adults, many of them illustrated by her husband Brian Pinkney. She was named one of the "25 Most Influential Black Women in Business" by The Network Journal, and is among "The 25 Most Influential People in Our Children's Lives" cited by Children's Health Magazine. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.