Motown™
noun /ˈməʊtaʊn/
/ˈməʊtaʊn/
[uncountable]- a style of music popular in the 1960s and 1970s, produced by an African American music company based in Detroit
摩城音乐（流行于 20 世纪 60 和 70 年代，由本部在底特律的一家黑人唱片公司发行） CultureMotown is a type of African American soul music. Motown Records, established in 1959, became famous for this type of music, sometimes called the ‘Motown sound’. Its recording stars included The Supremes and Stevie Wonder.词源1960s: shortening of Motor Town, by association with the car manufacturing industry of Detroit (USA).