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One highlight of Detroit's musical history was the success of Motown Records during the 1960s and early 1970s, which was founded in Detroit by Berry Gordy Jr. Popular recording acts including Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Diana Ross & the Supremes come from Detroit. During the late 1960s, Aretha Franklin, a singer-songwriter from Detroit ...
Even before Motown, Detroit had an active R&B and soul community. In 1955, the influential soul singer Little Willie John made his debut, and throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Detroit-based R&B label Fortune Records enjoyed success with Nolan Strong & The Diablos and their hit songs "The Wind", "Mind Over Matter", and "The Way You Dog Me ...
Detroit played a major role in the civil rights movement of the 1960s; the Model Cities Program was a key component of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. Begun in 1966, it operated five-year-long experiments in 150 cities to develop new anti-poverty programs and alternative forms of municipal government.
Detroit was a center of the 1960s rock scene, with such legendary bands as The Amboy Dukes (featuring guitarist Ted Nugent), The Bob Seger System, ? and the Mysterians, the MC5, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels ("Devil With a Blue Dress On"), and Tommy James and the Shondells ("Crimson and Clover").
Many Detroit African Americans served in the American Civil War (1861-1865). The 102nd Regiment United States Colored Troops of Michigan and Illinois was recruited in large part in Detroit. [13] Blacks in Detroit had to face rising tensions from ethnic whites before and after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in January
1956 - Electric streetcar service discontinued on Detroit's last line along Woodward Avenue. [25] 1958 Wayne State University's McGregor Memorial Conference Center built. [17] [26] The Spirit of Detroit statue is dedicated. [27] 1959 - Pavilion Apartments built in Lafayette Park. 1960 Motown Records in business. [14] Cobo Hall convention center ...
The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer is a Detroit native himself. He felt particularly inspired due to the cultural resonance of the popular "this the Motor City" Chrysler commercial during the 2011 Super Bowl. [1] Once in a Great City focuses on the city's socio-economic success during an about 18-month period from late 1962 to early 1964. He ...
Pages in category "1960s in Detroit" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Devil's Night; M.