When Motown Came to Britain
Release Date: 2023-01-01
Overview: In 1965, some of Motown’s brightest new stars, including The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Martha and the Vandellas, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, arrived in London for a tour that would change the face of British music history. At that time, pop music fans in the UK were unlikely to hear black music on mainstream radio, and names like Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson still meant nothing to most British people, but thousands of miles away from where these exciting new sounds were being recorded in Detroit, a small group of dedicated British music fans had stumbled across the songs and began championing its artists.
Rating: 6.5 / 10
Cast
Vicki Wickham
as Self (archive footage)
Shelly Berger
as Self (archive footage)
Dave Godin
as Self (archive footage)
Claudette Robinson
as Self (archive footage)
Crew
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Kate Siney - Director
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Kate Siney - Producer
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Mark Robinson - Executive Producer
Reviews
Although I like a lot of the Motown acts that developed, I am not a fan of most of the early stuff, but rather the more polished music that came out later in mid- to late-sixties. If you are more of a...