The acclaimed best selling story of Tamla Motown records
- the most successful independent record label in the world. Now acknowledged by critics in both the US & Europe as the definitive account of the rise & fall of the Motown Sound. It covers the careers of all the great Motown artists
- The Supremes Marin Gaye The Temptations Stevie Wonder Smokey Robinson & The Miracles The Four Top THe Jackson Five & many more. It tells the story behind all their hits & how the company was run on factory like principles by Berry Gordy who as a result became the richest black American in history. it paints a portrait of gullible artists signing away their rights & eventually falling out with Gordy over monetary matters & that many of the back room boys at Motown
- the writers & the musicians who played on the records
- got a pittance for their efforts.