Music of Detroit her graduation, Teairra Marí has enjoyed a successful career, including her hit single "Make Her Feel Good" in 2005. One of the highlights of Detroit's musical history was the success of Motown Records during the 1960s and early 1970s. The label was founded in the late 1950s was founded by auto plant worker Berry Gordy, and was originally known as Tamla Records. As Motown, it became home to some of the most popular recording acts in the world, including Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves
Standing in the Shadows of Motown Standing in the Shadows of Motown Standing in the Shadows of Motown is a 2002 documentary film directed by Paul Justman that recounts the story of The Funk Brothers, the uncredited and largely unheralded studio musicians who were the house band that Berry Gordy hand-picked in 1959. The Funk Brothers recorded and performed on Motowns' recordings from 1959 to 1972. The film was inspired by the 1989 book "Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life and Music of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson", a bass guitar instruction book by Allan Slutsky, which features the bass lines of James Jamerson. The