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Anyone from the Greater Detroit Area remember this

I read a recent tread called "IT'S A SOUL THANG" and boy did that bring back some memorie's for me growing up wright in the thick of the "Motown Sound".Every December at the "FOX THEATER" in Detroit,they held what was called the "MOTOWN REVIEW",it was held on a Friday and Saturday,for 2 weeken'd straight."Little Stevie Wonder",Temptations,Smokey,they were all there.Doe's anyone else remember this? What about "WCHB" AM 1440,best soul station in Detroit,then.Remember "White's Record's",on West Grand Blvd.and Ferry?What fond memorie's!! Hope you enjoyed this,I am currently living in Iowa.Thanks!!! Ron...
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jbhiller
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I am from Detroit but only a young 45 years old. I heard about the Motown Review from my dad and a friend's mom who was a Detroit police officer.  I always daydreamed thinking about how cool that would have been if I were 10-15 years older.  I had nostalgia for something that I couldn't be nostalgic about because I wasn't there!  Great post!

@jdyell , wasn't 12th and Clairmont the epicenter of the 68 riots?  There was a lot going on in that neighborhood.  It's depicted in detail in Detroit 1968--the movie from a couple years back.
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Born and raised in Detroit. Been in the bay area for a lifetime. I remember the Motown Review. I didn't attend many. I remember seeing Jackie Wilson as an adolescent. A memorable show indeed. What an artist he was and taken far too soon. White flight was in full force when I graduated high school (Mumford). One of the Miracles of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles moved in 2 doors down from my house. 
Dinah Washington and her husband , the famous football player, "Night Train" Lane, moved in on the corner of my block. Detoit was , like so many others, a city of institutionalized segregation.
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Oh man, Detroit used to be THE place! The Grandy Ballroom, remember that? I was too young to participate in all the happenings but it was quite a time. I spent a six year hitch in the Michigan National Guard and my Staff Sargent was a former limo driver in Detroit. He used to drive all the names mentioned above to clubs all around the Detroit area. This guy had more stories than anyone I have ever known. Jackie Wilson said......
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I grew up Downriver from Detroit. But, I am a rocker... Bob Seger etc.

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My friend and myself were the only white people at "several"motown reviews.Everyone was there for 1 reason,and race did not matter.
Yeah, I remember those, and I agree with your comment. The best one I can (semi) recall was seeing the Ike and Tina Turner Revue - great stuff. Though most of my time was spent going to rock concerts at the Grande, Olympia, Cobo, Masonic, various ice arenas in Detriot and Windsor ... wow. I saw so many terrific performers.

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