Adam White is the author of Motown: The Sound of Young America, with Barney Ales, and has written about music, the music industry and Motown for more than 40 years. Check his Motown blog here. Adam is a former editor-in-chief of Billboard, and co-author (with Fred Bronson) of The Billboard Book Of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. His work has been Grammy-nominated, he has written for the Library of Congress, and his voice has been sampled by Public Enemy. Motown: The Sound of Young America has been published in seven languages, and is available in hardback and paperback.
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