The Delfonics Releases The Delfonics
The Delfonics releases the album The Delfonics.
The Delfonics
Album by The Delfonics, first released 1970.
Soul Train Enters National Syndication
Don Cornelius brings Black music, dance, fashion, and style to a national weekly television audience.
Woodstock Opens in Bethel
A three-day festival becomes a defining symbol of 1960s counterculture and mass music gathering.
Berry Gordy Founds Motown
A Detroit record company begins building one of popular music’s most influential creative systems.
The Motown Sound
A songwriting, production, performance, and artist-development approach that moved Detroit soul into worldwide popular culture.
Hitsville U.S.A.
The Detroit house and studio complex that became Motown’s first headquarters and creative center.
Detroit, Michigan
A major center of Black musical innovation and the home city of Motown.
Don Cornelius
Creator and longtime host of Soul Train, a nationally visible platform for Black music, dance, fashion, and style.
Berry Gordy
Songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur who founded Motown and developed an influential artist-and-song production system.