Date of Review:

02/10/1991

Published Work:

Reviewer:

Anita M. Samuels

Source:

The New York Times

Review Excerpt:

At the age of 30, with $800 borrowed from his parents, [Berry] Gordy started Hitsville, USA. The company was soon renamed Motown; [Smokey] Robinson’s group was renamed the Miracles—and the rest, of course, is music history, a history well told by the journalist Ben Fong-Torres.

Link to Full Review:

In Short: Fiction: Hitsville, USA