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Where does Motown origiate from?

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∙ 13y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Motown is a derived/contrived word created by Berry Gordy,Jr.

Since Detroit was called The Motor City because of the cars that were made there. Berry coined it MOTOWN and thus created a name for his record company. Though other names were experimented, this is the one that 'stuck'.

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