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Author Pinkney, Andrea Davis, author.

Title Rhythm ride : a road trip through the Motown sound / Andrea Davis Pinkney.

Publication Info. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2015.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 781.6 PINKNEY    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J781.644 PIN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J 781.644 PINKNEY    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J781.64 P    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 781.64 PIN    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 781.644 PINKNEY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 781.644 PINKNEY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J781.644 PIN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J781.64 PINKNEY    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department  Juv. 781.644 P655R    Check Shelf

Edition 1st edition.
Description 166 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary "A narrative history of the Motown music label covering the historical context, personalities, and ongoing legacy of the "sound of young America.""-- Provided by publisher.
Contents A greeting from the groove -- Motor City -- Handsome dazzler -- Got a job -- Dreaming big for eight hundred dollars -- The Motown family -- My mama told me -- Factory rhythm -- The "C" circuit -- Miss Manners -- Cholly's moves -- Dancing in the street -- Wonder kid -- The funk brothers -- Ugly sightseeing -- Sunshine on a cloudy day -- The sound of young America -- Singing Supreme -- Family drama -- What's going on -- TCB, ABC, 1-2-3-4-5 -- New directions -- The groove goes on.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-160) and index.
Subject Motown Record Corporation -- Juvenile literature.
Sound recording industry -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
African American musicians -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Juvenile literature.
Popular music -- Michigan -- Detroit -- 1961-1970 -- Juvenile literature.
Rock music -- Michigan -- Detroit -- 1961-1970 -- Juvenile literature.
Soul music -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Juvenile literature.
Motown Record Corporation. (OCoLC)fst00598013
African American musicians. (OCoLC)fst00799273
Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
Popular music. (OCoLC)fst01071422
Rock music. (OCoLC)fst01099204
Soul music. (OCoLC)fst01126930
Sound recording industry. (OCoLC)fst01127019
Michigan -- Detroit. (OCoLC)fst01205010
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1961-1970
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN 9781596439733 (hardback)
1596439734 (hardback)
9781596439740 (e-book)
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