“Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest group of all was The Beatles.” StuffGrowing UpGrowingGroupsListeningMotown Author:Eddie Murphy
“One of my strongest memories is my father playing bongos in the living room in Detroit listening to Motown radio. He was this skinny white bald guy, but he was really moved by blues and Motown and funk.” GuyFatherMemoriesWhiteRoomsListeningMovedRadioStrongestSkinnyLiving RoomDetroitFunkMotownBongos Author:Sufjan Stevens
“There are many influences in my music, not only blues. R&B, Motown, gospel, old timey, jazz, even classical are all part of what I do. I started with classical, then country, then blues, and after that I started listening heavily to Motown and gospel. My earliest efforts as a songwriter were soul. Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Wilson Pickett, Gladys Knight, James Brown, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye and Fontella Bass are just a few of the names that come to mind as the God's of soul and Motown.” MindSoulCountryNamesEffortInfluenceListeningJazzBrownSongwritersKnightsBassFranklinWilsonOld TimeMarvinMotown Author:Rory Block
“I grew up listening to a lot of that stuff, Motown and Stooges. But also early rock-and-roll like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley. I feel like as I grew older, I've been working with different musicians, people that have are constantly showing me different things.” PeopleDifferentListeningMusicianJerryChuckMotownStooges Author:Alex Winston
“I'm not really up on what's new. I'm still listening to Run DMC twenty-five years later. In the same way that the baby-boomers in America were forcing '60s music and Motown down our throats, now people of my generation are forcing Tears For Fears and old Hip Hop upon others.” PeopleRunningTearsListeningHip HopMotown Author:Colson Whitehead
“I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom.” ListeningGrewMomGrew UpMy MomMotownOldies Author:Ryan Lochte
“With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening to the Jackson Five, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Supremes and Diana Ross' solo stuff. I just loved it.” StuffFiveListeningGrewGrew UpSupremeTemptationErasSoloGrandparentFranklinDianaMotown Author:Jordin Sparks