The white-and-blue house at 2648 West Grand Boulevard that Berry Gordy bought in 1959 for USD 23,000, turned into a label, and where 11-year-old Michael Jackson recorded "I Want You Back". The exact address, the 90-minute tour, and how to combine it with Chicago or Toronto on an American music roadtrip.
The white-and-blue house at 2648 West Grand Boulevard that Berry Gordy bought in 1959 for USD 23,000, turned into a label, and where 11-year-old Michael Jackson recorded "I Want You Back". The exact address, the 90-minute tour, and how to combine it with Chicago or Toronto on an American music roadtrip.
*Motown Museum / Hitsville USA*: 2648 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit MI. Admission USD 18, mandatory 90-minute guided tour, book 2 weeks ahead (sells out fast June through August)
*Studio A*: the room where the Jackson 5 recorded "I Want You Back" (Oct 1969, MJ age 11), "ABC", "The Love You Save", "I'll Be There" (1970-71). Original Steinway piano still in place
*United Sound Systems Recording Studios*: 5840 Second Avenue. Where MJ came back to record solo material, and where George Clinton made Funkadelic
*Where to sleep*: The Foundation Hotel (downtown, historic fire department building, USD 280-380/night) or Shinola Hotel (boutique, USD 320-450)
*Combine*: Chicago 5 hours by car (Chess Records, home of the blues), Toronto 4 hours via Windsor-Detroit Tunnel (complete global city)
The white-and-blue house at 2648 West Grand Boulevard that Berry Gordy bought in 1959 for USD 23,000, turned into a label, and where 11-year-old Michael Jackson recorded "I Want You Back". The exact address, the 90-minute tour, and how to combine it with Chicago or Toronto on an American music roadtrip.
