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Motown|ˈməʊtaʊn|
[Shortening of Motor Town, nickname for Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A., an important car-manufacturing city.]
Music of a type made popular by Black musicians and singers from Detroit. Also attrib. Cf. Tamla Motown.
1970Melody Maker 11 July 19/7 Some of their songs are extremely unusual, for example ‘Jesus Buddha Moses Gauranga’ which starts with a bit of 2001 string sound and contains one line which is pure Motown. 1971New Yorker 25 Sept. 127 The set included several songs from each of the Band's three albums..and two Motown oldies. |