That legendary Motown sound started in a little house on West Grand
Boulevard. That house, now, known as Hitsville, holds a Motown museum
depicting the history and the rise of the record label. The museum has
been renovate as part of Motown's 50-year anniversary.
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The museum, at 2648 W. Grand Blvd., is in the modest frame house
Berry Gordy Jr. bought in 1959 to house the talent pool with which he
launched Motown, changing the course of popular music. When Motown
moved west to Los Angeles in 1972, his sister, Motown executive Esther
Gordy Edwards, kept what became known as the "Hitsville" house running.
In 1985, it officially became a museum.
Over the past month,
the museum's gift shop underwent a more intensive makeover than the
rest of the museum, with new shelving, modern track lighting and fresh
white paint, and new merchandise designed to appeal to younger people,
as well as Motown's longtime fanbase.
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