"Motown was truly a phenonmenon. At one time, Motown Record Corporation had 450 employees, average age 23. There were more women Vice Presidents at Motown than at any other company. We operated what later became the largest independent rpm record manufacturing business out of eight neighborhood houses on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan. All that time, we knew we were making music but we had no idea we were making history."
        Esther Edwards (Founder, Motown Historical Museum and former Motown, Executive Vice President)

There were many many talented young artists, musicians, song writers, producers, engineers and staffers who contributed to the Motown Sound. They came to Hitsville because they loved making music. Hitsville became known as a hit factory. It was open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, cranking out hit after hit record from 1959 until 1972.

"My own dream for a hit factory was shaped by principles I learned on the Lincoln-Mercury assembly line. At the plant, cars started out as just a frame, pulled along on conveyor belts until they emerged at the end of the line - brand spanking new cars rolling off the line. I wanted the same concept for my company, only with artists and songs and records. I wanted a place where a kid off the street could walk in one door an unknown and come out another a recording artist…a star!”
        Berry Gordy, (Founder, Motown Record Corporation)

The Contours	The Four Tops	The Funk Brothers	Marvin Gaye
The Jackson 5	Martha & The Vandellas	Rare Earth	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Diana Ross & The Supremes	TheTemptations	Stevie Wonder

More Motown Legends to come!