Motown finally honored at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Motown makes it to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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“When you have no ‘Big Picture,’ you have no perspective. No perspective, you can’t see anything in its historical place. And that’s our fundamental job, to put things in historical perspective.”

So noted Howard Kramer, director of curatorial affairs for the Rock ’n’ roll Hall of Fame and Museum, during a recent interview about the museum’s latest exhibit. “MOTOWN: The Sound of Young America Turns 50.” “The people who created the music of Motown were directly influenced by the same people who created the rock ’n’ roll of that era,” Kramer said. “They were fans of Chuck Berry, The Coasters and Little Richard. So were the Who, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. It’s all part of the same thing.”

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