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Farewell My Summer Love
Farewell My Summer Love: 1984 Motown compilation of nine unreleased Michael Jackson songs recorded in 1973, remixed with 1980s overdubs; title single hit US no. 38, album reached UK no. 9.
Hitsville U.S.A.
Hitsville U.S.A. is the Detroit house at 2648 West Grand Boulevard, bought by Berry Gordy Jr. in 1959 with an $800 family loan, that housed Motown Records' Studio A until 1972 and is now the Motown Museum.
Motown
Motown (originally Tamla Records), founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in Detroit on January 12, 1959 with an $800 family loan, is the record label behind the Motown Sound, 110 top ten hits from 1961 to 1971, Hitsville U.S.A., and artists from the Supremes to Stevie Wonder; now a Universal Music Group label.
The Funk Brothers
The Funk Brothers were Motown Records' Detroit house band, 1959-1972, also called the Soul Brothers, playing on more No. 1 hits than Elvis, the Beatles, the Stones and the Beach Boys combined, uncredited until 1971.