American popular music changed forever fifty years ago when Berry Gordy,Junior started a record company in Detroit,Michigan.

VOA: special.2009.05.11

Berry Gordy,Junior started the Motown Record Corporation in Detroit in nineteen fifty-nine.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

Berry Gordy finally sold the company in nineteen eighty-eight.

VOA: special.2009.05.11