Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Book Overview

From award-winning author Andrea Davis Pinkney comes the story of the music that defined a generation and a movement that changed the world. Berry Gordy began Motown in 1959 with an $800 loan from his family. He converted the garage of a residential house into a studio and recruited teenagers from the neighborhood-like Smokey Robinson, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Diana Ross-to sing for his new label. Meanwhile, the country was on the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596439734
• ISBN13: 9781596439733
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.3" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9