Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan

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historic building music museum recording studio

Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit, Michigan is the famed Motown Records studio and birthplace of the classic Motown sound that shaped American popular music.

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Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit 1
Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan canonical 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building ⓘ
music museum ⓘ
recording studio ⓘ
associatedWith The Four Tops ⓘ
surface form: Four Tops

Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ
Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ⓘ
surface form: The Miracles

The Supremes ⓘ
The Temptations ⓘ
city Detroit ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance shaped American popular music ⓘ
symbol of African American musical achievement ⓘ
foundedBy Berry Gordy ⓘ
genreAssociatedWith Motown ⓘ
R&B ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
hasExhibit Berry Gordy’s apartment ⓘ
Studio A ⓘ
heritageDesignation listed on the National Register of Historic Places (district) ⓘ
locatedIn Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
neighborhood New Center ⓘ
surface form: New Center area
nickname Hitsville U.S.A. ⓘ
notableFor birthplace of the Motown sound ⓘ
classic Motown recordings of the 1960s ⓘ
openingDate 1959 ⓘ
operator Motown Museum ⓘ
ownedBy Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records (historically)
partOf Motown Museum ⓘ
surface form: Motown Historic District

Motown Museum ⓘ
recordLabelAssociatedWith Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records

Motown ⓘ
surface form: Tamla Records
state Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan
streetAddress 2648 West Grand Boulevard ⓘ
timePeriodOfGreatestActivity 1960s ⓘ
early 1970s ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedAs Motown Records headquarters ⓘ
Motown Studio A ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records recording studio

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Berry Gordy → headquarteredAt → Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
Tribute to Uncle Ray → recordingLocation → Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit