Motown: Music, Money, Sex, and Power - Hardcover

Posner, Gerald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375500626 ISBN 13: 9780375500626

Publisher: Random House Inc, 2002

Synopsis

A sometimes troubling, behind-the-scenes history of the legendary music label offers close-up profiles of the artists, many from Detroit's inner-city projects, who achieved fame--Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wond, and Smokey Robinson, among others--detailing their rise to success, the inability of many to handle stardom, their conflicts, and more. 50,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

The book that answers the questions about the Motown nobody knows . . .

- Is there any truth to the rumor that the Mafia grabbed control of Motown after Berry Gordy ran afoul of violent loan sharks?
- Which Motown diva was almost run down by a station wagon after a blowout with a rival?
- How did Hollywood and the film industry sink Motown's film business after the tremendous promise of Lady Sings the Blues?
- What famous star hid from Gordy that he was the father of her first child?
- What was the secret scheme one former executive says the company developed to steal millions of dollars in "suitcases of cash" from artists and songwriters?
- Which Motown star had a violent fight with Gordy on the day JFK was assassinated?
- Was the death of the Temptations' Paul Williams by a single gunshot a suicide, as ruled by coroners, or a murder to silence him, as suspected by some colleagues?

From the Hardcover edition.

About the Author:

Gerald Posner, a former Wall Street lawyer, is an award-winning author of seven books on subjects ranging from Nazi war criminals, to assassinations, to the lives and careers of politicians. A regular investigative contributor to NBC's Today show and panelist on the History Channel's HistoryCENTER, he lives in Manhattan and Miami with his wife, author Trisha Posner. More information is available at www.posner.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375500626
• ISBN 13: 9780375500626
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 350