NELSON GEORGE Where Did Our Love Go?: The Rise & Fall Of The Motown Sound (2003 UK 280-page softback book, acknowledged by critics in both the US & Europe as the definitive account of the rise & fall of the Motown Sound. It covers the careersof all the great Motown artists - The Supremes, Marin Gaye, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Four Top, THe Jackson Five & more. It tells the story behind all their hits & how the company was run on factory like principles by Berry Gordy who, as a result, became the richest black American in history. it paints a portrait of gullible artists signing away their rights &, eventually, falling out with Gordy over monetary matters & that many of the back room boys at Motown - the writers & the musicians who played on the records - got a pittance for their efforts. Quite a read!)
