Provides the melody line, chords, and lyrics for seventy-two Motown hits from such artists as Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, the Jackson 5, and the Supremes.

(Paperback Songs). Features 72 Motown classics: ABC * Ain't No Mountain High Enough * Baby Love * Ben * Come See About Me * Dancing in the Street * Do You Love Me * Easy * For Once in My Life * Heatwave * Higher Ground * I Can't Help Myself * I Hear a Symphony * I Heard It Through the Grapevine * I Second That Emotion * I'll Be There * Jimmy Mack * Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology) * My Cherie Amour * My Girl * Ooo Baby Baby * Stop! In the Name of Love * Three Times a Lady * War * Where Did Our Love Go * more! Melody lines, chords and lyrics, plus a section of guitar chord diagrams.

Now in paperback, the definitive visual history of Motown, the Detroit-based record company that became a music powerhouse. The music of Motown defined an era. From the Jackson 5 and Diana Ross to Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy and his right-hand man, Barney Ales, built the most successful independent record label in the world. Not only did Motown represent the most iconic recording artists of its time and produce countless global hits—it created a cultural institution that redefined pop and gave us the vision of a new America: vibrant, innovative, and racially equal. This new paperback edition of the first official visual history of the label includes a dazzling array of images, and unprecedented access to the archives of the makers and stars of Motown. Extensive specially commissioned photography of treasures extracted from the Motown archives, as well as the personal collections of Barney Ales and Motown stars, lends new insight into the lives of the legends. Motown also draws on interviews with key players from the label’s colorful history, including Motown founder Berry Gordy; Barney Ales; Smokey Robinson; Mary Wilson, founding member of the Supremes; and many more.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). One of our most popular songbooks ever is now available as a 5th Edition with 69 top holiday favorites, including: Auld Lang Syne * Blue Christmas * The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) * Coventry Carol * Frosty the Snow Man * Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer * Grown-Up Christmas List * Happy Holiday * A Holly Jolly Christmas * I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus * I'll Be Home for Christmas * It Came Upon the Midnight Clear * It's Beginning to Look like Christmas * Jingle-Bell Rock * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! * O Holy Night * Pretty Paper * Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer * Silver Bells * We Need a Little Christmas * What Child Is This? * You're All I Want for Christmas * and more!

(Guitar Book). Bassist James Jamerson was the embodiment of the Motown spirit and groove the invisible entity whose playing inspired thousands. His tumultuous life and musical brilliance are explored in depth through hundreds of interviews, 49 transcribed musical scores, two hours of recorded all-star performances, and more than 50 rarely seen photos in this stellar tribute to behind-the-scenes Motown. Features a 120-minute CD! Allan Slutsky's 2002 documentary of the same name is the winner of the New York Film Critics "Best Documentary of the Year" award!

"In 1959 songwriter Berry Gordy Jr ... founded the Motown record label in Detroit. The company name ... became synonymous with great music as Gordy took the sound of black America to the world. Starting with Barrett Strong's