Motown Sound

The Motown Sound is a style of soul music with distinctive characteristics, including the use of tambourine along with drums, bass instrumentation, a distinctive melodical and chord structure, and a "call and response" singing style originating in gospel music. Among the most important architects of The Motown Sound were the members of Motown's in-house team of songwriters and record producers, including Motown founder Berry Gordy, William "Smokey" Robinson, Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong, and the team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Edward Holland, Jr., collectively known as Holland-Dozier-Holland. Also instrumental to the sound was the work of Motown's in-house band, The Funk Brothers, who performed the instrumentation on nearly every Motown hit from 1959 to 1971.

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Soul music - Tambourine - Drums - Bass - Melodical - Chord - Gospel music - Songwriter - Record producer - Berry Gordy - William "Smokey" Robinson - Norman Whitfield - Barrett Strong - Brian Holland - Lamont Dozier - Edward Holland, Jr. - Holland-Dozier-Holland - The Funk Brothers - 1959 - 1971

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