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Celebrating Motown Records: 50 Years and going strong

Queen of Soul serenades music label founder at 50th celebration

Berry Gordy Jr. hugs Aretha Franklin on Saturday at the Motown 50 Golden Gala Live it Again Weekend at the Detroit Marriott in the Renaissance Center. Kid Rock and the Rev. Jesse Jackson also attended the event. (KIMBERLY P. MITCHELL/Detroit Free Press)



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DETROIT, ( HollyHoodUSA. ) – Get ready to celebrate Motown’s 50th anniversary during the weekend of November 20-21, 2009. The Motown Museum is hosting Motown’s 50 Golden Gala at the Detroit Marriott Hotel Renaissance Center to pay tribute to Motown founder, Berry Gordy, Jr., the entire Motown family and its legendary music.



Themed Live it Again! the legendary Temptations are the Gala’s featured performers. Stevie Wonder will give a… Continue

The hits just keep on coming, as far as the 50th anniversary of Motown celebration is concerned.

Just three days after announcing that the half-century commemoration would include a Motown Party on Nov. 20 for the community, Motown museum officials confirmed today that the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, will perform at the next night's $350-a-ticket gala, which founder Berry Gordy has confirmed he will attend and where Stevie Wonder and the… Continue