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DETROIT — Monday marked the day 50 years ago that Berry Gordy Jr. secured an $800 loan to start Motown Records — the company that soon would spin out chart-topping hits by the Temptations, Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Supremes, Jackson 5, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and many others.
Alumni on hand for Monday’s celebration included Abdul “Duke” Fakir — the lone surviving original member of the Four Tops — members of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, and many composers and arrangers.
Monday was declared “Motown Day” in Detroit and Michigan. The Associated Press
