These were not just professionals at work. They were masters of their craft. 👏

Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" rhythm tracks were definitely recorded at Studio A. I know because I was the recording engineer (Nathaniel "Nate" Jennings) that recorded all the original rhythm tracks there.

I've been a HUGE Motown fan my entire life. I'm now 66, and visiting The Hitsville House in Detroit is on my bucket list!

No autotune, no computers or software, no sampling.. just raw live talent. Yes there are great singers these days too but it was mostly inspired by Motown and the musicians were real.

Even in 2021, the Motown sounds are valuable to me, just like in the 1960s. It doesn't get better than this.

Fantastic!!!! I cried through the the whole thing. Thank God I lived through the time when Motown was in detroit.it was the backdrop to our lives And the finished painting was a masterpiece. Thanks Berry Gordy. It would have been a lesser life for millions if not for you.from a fan for life 🤠 bill feilhauer

This was quite simply one of the most important rooms of all time anywhere in the world

“The Sound Of Young America”, never to be duplicated, will live on for many generations to come.

There will never be another sound like this again in our life time!!

This is a high point of American history. What memories and what a legacy!

THERE NEEDS TO BE A MOVIE ON THIS.

I don't need to go back, I never left. Still love it today as much as I did back in the 60's.

This had me in tears! I was a product of a Motown recording engineer!

Going into Hitsville gave me Goose bumps All that talent All that History and creativity from Everyone was creeping out of the walls ..It was Amazing ....Thank you Everyone past and present ....Hitsville the sound of young America ..👍

The Motown Sound was untouchable in the heyday!! The combination of talent, the singers, musicians, writers, producers, brought forth a unique and undeniable groove that crossed color lines, economic lines and brought a country together, if only for the duration of it’s songs!! Yes, Motown lived up to it’s name!! “Hitsville USA!!” And it’s trademark slogan, “The Sound Of Young America!!” The world will never see it’s like again!!!

Thank you Motown, thanks for the wonderful memories! I will always treasure.

Mowtown the only sounds that never loose their magical soulful gifted music ...absolutely the best grew up in this era as a child listening to these sounds...well done Berry Gordy for your talent in finding very gifted musicians and making them known to Us 💖

Video shows what we had and what we lost. Motown has a spectacular legacy that will never be equalled.

Thank you for this trip, down memory lane. And you two did a beautiful job, telling Motown's history. Berry Gordy's dad must have seen that musical genius in him, to transform their home into Motown. And he sure put his money on a winning ticket with that. I can't think of one artist, that came out of Motown that I didn't love. I grew up, in the 60s, when Motown had it's sharpest, and finest performers. This music brought so much life, into my life. Because of this music, back then there was more black unity, black pride, and love and beauty was in the air. I was never into blues songs, couldn't understand why some loved it, but now I do understand how they feel. Because now, when I hear the 60s Motown songs, I get a real sadness in me, because of the happy memories they bring up, and make me miss those days, I also get sadness, because most of those fine artist have died, but mostly because the love that was in the air back then, and it flowed so freely, you can hardly find it nowadays. You only get it in bits and pieces now, but still you cherish that. To help overcome that sadness, I do research on those artist, and learn a little more about music, because I truly believe all those artist were placed in our path, to learn something from, and they wasn't just entertaining. I just thank God for this music industry, that helped me grow up better during what could have been a turbulent time. All praises and glory, goes to God.✌🏽❤🙏🏻🌷🌲🎵🕺🏾💃🏾

FANTASTIC video !! My wife Lynn and I took the 10 hour drive and stood in this room 2 years ago. Just as he said, It is mind boggling to stand there and imagine what was going on there 50 years ago where all those great Motown songs were created and recorded.

R&B. ♥️♥️♥️Thank you mr Gordy♥️♥️♥️

Can you imagine living in a apt. Above the recording studio during those times listening to all the music oozing out of that room ??? UNBELIEVEABLE! !!

What a fascinating documentary on an American ICON. I grew up to MOTOWN in high school. My radio was tuned to the big 89 WLS in Chicago and WVON 1450 on your radio dial listening to Herb Kent the Cool Gent who would always have MOTOWN artists to interview on his show. The MOTOWN sound was very unique and absorbed by millions of baby boomers around the world. It was a mixture of jazz, big band, rock 'n roll, and classical all rolled into one. GOD bless all the rhythm 'n blues artists who have left us and are still with us to this day.

Amazing to see all of the greats & giants that came through Motown!!!

I still listen to my motown sounds. I grew up with this sound. None better than. Detroits motown sounds.

The funk brothers wrote a lot of the Motown songs they were so talented.

Motown rocks 🎸

We need more of these I really enjoyed wish I could of been there

❤ I'm going to say this I am I have never been so proud to be a black Afro-American woman but when it comes down to Motown and Berry Gordy and all of that outstanding 1959 was a great year the year I was born you're my parents got married in the year 1959 Motown what I tell you what a beautiful thing it is I never forget I don't feel like family to me and my family they are a family because of their unique sound and the reggae song and the way they carry themselves All Over America just makes me so proud and so happy I would say so myself sure you're right Mr Barry Gordy Jr

Brilliant 60's music.

Barry Gordy is a prime example of the American Dream...he took nothing but an idea and turned it into a legacy.

The Funkbrothers without them Motown wouldn't have been so successful....

AWESOME & EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY!!! SO MANY MEMORIES LISTENING TO THESE SONGS I REMEMBER SITTING IN THE TREE IN OUR BACKYARD, AND HEARING "NO WHERE TO RUN NO WHERE TO HIDE". THE MUSIC WAS EVERYWHERE, IT TOOK MY MIND OFF ALL THE MADNESS GOING ON AROUND ME. I WAS BORN IN 1956, AND THOSE WERE SOME TRYING TIMES. I WAS BORN IN ORANGE NEW JERSEY BUT WE WERE LIVING IN NEWARK, IT WAS CALLED THE NECK /IRONBOUND SECTION. I HAD MY OWN RADIO & I LISTENED TO MUSIC AS MUCH AS I COULD. I'M THANKFUL I SURVIVED THOSE TIMES. THE MUSIC MADE IT ALMOST MAGICAL /THE MOTOWN SOUND WAS FANTASTIC, STILL LISTEN & LOVE THIS MUSIC TODAY JANUARY 2020.💃💓🎼🎼🎶🎵🎤

The musicians were in a class by themselves they’ll never be another sound like the motel sound

I have noticed that the Supremes liked using the piano as a place to put their things - sheet music, cups, pocketbook. And there are several images of Flo and Mary sitting on top of the piano. Studio A looks quite small, but must have been cozy. I would love to hear and see Mary Wilson give a tour of Hitsville.

Soundtrack to the best part of my life and now many years later, I listen to it when thing dont go to well during the day and everything is wonderful again. Thank you Marvin, Diana, Levi, Eddie, Michael, Gladys, and of course Stevie... never gets old, never gets boring. Thanks Detroit, the UK Loved and embraced Motown in the North of the country and we never forget it will never stop playing it, and never stop listening in awe to the magic.......

This is the Motown sound I grew up with in Detroit. Thanks for the memories

God bless the funk brothers!!!!!

It was a fantastic era, never to be heard again. But we have the memories

?That damn David Ruffin was a beast! The Temptations make it look so effortlessly .That early Motown when everybody was hungry and talented as hell. And work was fun.You can tell how some artist can get so caught up they would consider selling their souls. Fame can steer you from The Creator. We must always put him first and allow him to be the guiding force.Fame can be a all together different thing than what we bargained for.

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. THE SOUNDTRACKS TO LIFE ORIGINATED HERE THE CHANGE IN THE SOUND OF BLACK MUSIC FOREVER

You guys REALLY broke it down from a musician's standpoint/ Excellent!

watching Florence sing. wow

Florence was one beautiful young lady !!!

There will never be a Motown or Motown sound 👌👍

Great memories of a major time in the lives of millions of people across the globe - Keep The Faith - from the UK

MY TIME I remember the first hit in 1959 "MONEY THATS WHAT I WANT" BARRETT STRONG.

Molded my life from a teen to today , thanks so , so , much all of you wonderful people !

MOTOWN Motown was a inspiration for me as a young man back in the 60's the respect ,the style all helped me navigate through life that song gladys knight sang if I were your woman got me through some tough times all great music that Motown sound can't say enough

The Motown Sound=Number One In The World !

I want too see a rare never before seen footage of Michael Jackson recording his great solo recordings of Got to be There, Ben...even Jermaine and Jackie

I've always loved that pickup that benny does on drums 🥁

Every time I read some type of documentary of the Hitsville USA Museum I'm still in complete on how they turn a regular life-size residential house into an actual recording studio!!

Don’t even try to compare these “modern “ no talents to the Motown greats!

Motown, the bread and butter of my youth.

Man, I can't wait to get out that way again. I hope they are giving tours. What historical and magical place.

Once I heard Motown, I never left! 👍👍

Still one of the best record labels ever. I was able to get inside of their office in Hollywood CA. Could feel the far out vibes

i would like to know and see morer about tammi terrell

WOW INCREDIBLY AWESOME AWESOME DOCUMENTARY THANK YOU DO MUCH FOR THE MEMORIES.

Thanks so much!this is where the sound track of my life happened!!!🤗

It’s like every time I hear David sing. I try to sing like him. He’s forever my top 1 singer

I visited the Museum 3 times already and it's a must do, by anyone who loves music, especially motown, a must do. People come from all over the world to visit this museum one time it was agroup from New Zealand London

Going back to Motown Recording Studio is a legacy that no other record company , can steel the natural talent that young black artists contributed Globally! Bernard Hendricks

I love it. This is a place I would like to one day visit to experience the Motown sound.

This Video is Great and Soooo informative! I don't understand how I've missed seeing and viewing it over the years!

What a beautiful video. Thank you.

I still have about 200+ '60s UK Tamla Motown 45s dating from 1962, plus later 1970s releases and albums of course. I was also lucky enough to see many of the artists perform when they toured the UK and even met some of them, including Marvin Gaye, Jr. Walker, Martha Reeves etc. Golden memories. Motown led me to a love of Soul music in general that remains with me to this day... (I actually bought another old Temptations 45 just two days ago.) :-)

Thank you very much for this invaluable history production ! From Philly.

Better than Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and The Beatles, The Greatest musical contribution ever made on American Soil came from Detroit and it was called Motown!

Sing David!! The voice, THE MAN, THE LEGEND, THE ONLY DAVID RUFFIN.

Love this!! ❤️

'What's going on' wasn't recorded at Hitsville but at United Sound. The piano that was in the Snakepit is in Berry Gordy's mansion in LA - the one referred to in the piece came from Golden World quite recently.

Wow! The Motown Museum...These eyes viewed the.. Kings Palace that my ears listened to all my life. Wow.. those Arrangements in the early years were the Components to its Greatness....As I recall as a youngster...in the early sixties... No Black or White Label could rival the Modulations , Transitions ,Fills Breaks, Intros, Putrid, and the famous. $$$ on the Money ...Diana Ross. Far-out... Wow.. Thanks . to all. I can stop Pondering... about... Where It All Came From... ..I am gonna Rest In Peace ..tonite..

I'm surprised at how close the drums come to the original Motown Sound. The playing is slightly different, but extremely close. Great job to all!

This was amazing!!

Since you speak of the “ sound “ what about George Bohanon, Bobbye Hall, Beans Bowles, Maurice Davis, Paul Riser, Herbie Williams, Don White, BB, Norris Patterson, Issa Abramaleem,, Dorthy Ashby, What I’m saying is there are musicians still alive that need to be spoken to. There were arrangers that shaped the sound and horns that played the sound. What about Wild Bill Moore ? Eli Fountain ? So many more unsung masters of their instruments. They helped to shape the “ Sound “ . Their names should be spoken…….

just magic. ive been to motown. you can feel the ghostly magical memeries of the past of all that awesome talent that passed thru motown studios

I LOVE * MOTOWN RECORDS* WONDERFUL. IN SEARCH OF *MOTOWN* ALL MY LIFE. NOW I SEE WHAT WHERE WHEN AND HOW. THANKS A MILLION FOR SHARING THIS !!!! 01/28/2022

I copy everything Jamerson did on my fender p- bass.love all of it. Grew up on it in 1960 in Philly. The classic 5 tempts are my guys

Just saw this. “Right on” and thank you Motown!

Im 27 yo in grand rapids michigan i love motown music ill visit the motown era soon in detroit!!!

OMG...Ian sounds like his day job is at the funeral home next door to the Motown Museum.

Thank u for anything about Motown and Berry Gordy

I just thumbed up for the 1,000 like. Surprised it wasn't more, great video.

Great documentary!!!

skip ., elisse , ken , thanks for this upload , the song at the 12:30 mark I have never heard before. amazing , incredible , and oputstanding . !

I like to hear the history of three ladies who sang background vocals for Motown

Going to Detroit in a couple of months, barring any Covid related issues, and between visits to all the automotive heritage museums, the Fisher Building, Belle Isle Aquarium and some good food in Hamtramck, I will make a stop to see Hitsville USA

Wow! What a trip, down memory lane! I felt like I was 101 motown college! This video is mind boggling to see him n when it all began! EXCELLENT Coverage

Great production. So gratified you all did this historical account; if you hadn't someone later on would have done a false, and misleading presentation of the Motown Records' history.

Fabulous The Motown Sound ++++++

I dearly dearly love this! I was born in Detroit in 1948, and no matter where I live, Detroit is me and I'm part of Motown. I grew up with Motown and listening to WCHB and WKNR - Its so funny, I'm also a Beatles gal to this day - but the British lads ALL wanted to sound like MOTOWN (The Beatles covered "Please Mr. Postman"( The Marvelettes) and many others - the Motown studio was our Abbey Road - God Bless.

how did they records all those artist in one room? wow I think no one slept.

The Temptations and David Ruffin, in particuilar, were the coolest people on the planet.

The Hitsville U.S.A. house should be declared ..Holy Ground..

Wow i really really enjoy this😎👍🎸

The Funk Brothers Bass Player Jamie Jamerson was a Jazz Musician that influenced Rock Musicians on playing in step while providing the Groove & Bottom. Listen to his Genius on "Stop in the name of Love." Most of The Funk Brothers played Jazz.

When she mentioned Joe Hunter, they flashed a photo of R&B singer Ivory Joe Hunter, who never worked with Motown.

thanks michelle , excellent explanation on some of the fotgotten history of motown ....thanks again just finished a terrific book on jackie wilson ..." jackie wilson , the black king of rock and roll " several early career connections to motown ........not just as a native of the motor city ......