Hitsville U.S.A.

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building music history site recording studio tourist attraction

Hitsville U.S.A. is the nickname for the original Detroit house and recording studio where Motown Records was founded and many of its classic hits were created.

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Hitsville U.S.A. studio 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf building ⓘ
music history site ⓘ
recording studio ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
associatedWith The Funk Brothers ⓘ
surface form: Funk Brothers

Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ
Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Motown Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown sound

Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
Tamla Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Four Tops ⓘ
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ⓘ
surface form: The Miracles

The Supremes ⓘ
The Temptations ⓘ
city Detroit ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance birthplace of the Motown sound ⓘ
major center of African American popular music ⓘ
currentUse Motown Museum ⓘ
surface form: Motown Museum exhibit building
foundedBy Berry Gordy ⓘ
function artist development center ⓘ
recording of Motown hit singles ⓘ
songwriting and production facility ⓘ
genreAssociated R&B ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
heritageDesignation historic site of American popular music ⓘ
inceptionAsMotownHQ 1959 ⓘ
locatedIn Detroit ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
neighborhood New Center area of Detroit ⓘ
nicknameFor Motown headquarters building in Detroit ⓘ
notableFeature Motown Museum gift shop and exhibits ⓘ
Studio A recording room ⓘ
control room for Motown recordings ⓘ
ownedBy Berry Gordy ⓘ
partOf Motown Museum ⓘ
state Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan
streetAddress 2648 West Grand Boulevard ⓘ
timePeriodOfUseAsStudio 1960s ⓘ
early 1970s ⓘ
late 1950s ⓘ
usedAs Motown Records headquarters ⓘ
administrative offices for Motown ⓘ
recording studio ⓘ
residence for Berry Gordy and his family ⓘ

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Motown Museum → alsoKnownAs → Hitsville U.S.A. ⓘ
Studio A → partOf → Hitsville U.S.A. ⓘ
For Once in My Life → recordedAt → Hitsville U.S.A. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hitsville U.S.A. studio
Up-Tight → recordedAt → Hitsville U.S.A. ⓘ
Uptight (Everything's Alright) → recordedAt → Hitsville U.S.A. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hitsville U.S.A. studio