{"id":11561,"date":"2014-11-06T15:04:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T15:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/?product=groovesville-usa-the-detroit-soul-and-rb-index"},"modified":"2024-04-04T18:45:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T18:45:55","slug":"groovesville-usa-the-detroit-soul-and-rb-index","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/catalog\/groovesville-usa-the-detroit-soul-and-rb-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Groovesville USA: The Detroit Soul and R&#038;B Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit\u2019s soul and R&amp;B scene was not just about Motown. Berry Gordy\u2019s company may have cast a mighty shadow over the city, but there were hundreds of singers, musicians, producers and songwriters who gave the giant a run for its money. Their story has remained a footnote in Detroit\u2019s music history until now, with the publication of Keith Rylatt\u2019s Groovesville USA.<\/p>\n<p>This 320-page paperback is packed with a depth of information Motor City freaks can only dream about. As well as a history of the development of black music in Detroit there is an exhaustive A-Z of the city\u2019s artists and musicians, and an equally detailed A-Z of the area\u2019s myriad labels and record companies. The book is beautifully designed with rarely seen artists\u2019 photographs, press ads, radio station flyers, newspaper clippings, and record labels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit\u2019s soul and R&amp;B scene was not just about Motown. Berry Gordy\u2019s company may have cast a mighty shadow over the city, but there were hundreds of singers, musicians, producers and songwriters who gave the giant a run for its money. Their story has remained a footnote in Detroit\u2019s music history until now, with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[146],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-11561","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-jazz-blues-roots","first","outofstock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/11561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=11561"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=11561"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=11561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}