Bibliograph

Detroit 67, the year that changed soul, Stuart Cosgrove

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Detroit 67, the year that changed soul, Stuart Cosgrove

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Detroit 67

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Stuart Cosgrove

Sub title

the year that changed soul

Summary

First in the award-winning soul music trilogy-featuring Motown artists Diana Ross and the Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and others. Detroit 67 is "a dramatic account of twelve remarkable months in the Motor City" during the year that changed everything (Sunday Mail). It takes you on a turbulent journey through the drama and chaos that ripped through the city in 1967 and tore it apart in personal, political, and interracial disputes. It is the story of Motown, the breakup of the Supremes, and the damaging clashes at the heart of the most successful African American music label ever. Set against a backdrop of urban riots, escalating war in Vietnam, and police corruption, the book weaves its way through a year when soul music came of age and the underground counterculture flourished. LSD arrived in the city with hallucinogenic power, and local guitar band MC5-self-styled holy barbarians of rock-went to war with mainstream America. A summer of street-level rebellion turned Detroit into one of the most notorious cities on earth, known for its unique creativity, its unpredictability, and self-lacerating crime rates

Target audience

adult

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