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Hitsville U.S.A.

About Hitsville U.S.A.

"Hitsville U.S.A." is the nickname given to Motown's first headquarters and recording studio. The house (formerly a photographers' studio) is located at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit near the New Center area of the city. Motown founder Berry Gordy bought the house in 1959.

Gordy converted the house to use it as the record label's administrative building and recording studio. After finding mainstream success from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, Gordy moved the label to Los Angeles and established the Hitsville West studio working in television and film production as well as music production.

Today, the "Hitsville U.S.A." property operates as the Motown Museum, which is dedicated to the legacy of the record label's artists and music. The museum occupies the original house and an adjacent former residence.

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  1. Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit01DetroitBlob4000 at English Wikipedia Later versions were uploaded by FuriousFreddy at en.wikipedia. · Public domain
  2. Hitsville U.S.A. Studio A control room02Studio A control roomGlobal Reactions · CC BY 2.0
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  4. Motown Historical Museum04Motown Historical MuseumDig Downtown Detroit · CC BY 2.0
  5. Hammond B3 - Hitsville U.S.A. Studio A05Hammond B3 - Hitsville U.S.A. Studio AGlobal Reactions · CC BY 2.0
  6. Marvin Gaye played this piano *shreeks like a little girl* - Hitsville U.S.A. Studio A06Marvin Gaye played this piano *shreeks like a little girl* - Hitsville U.S.A. Studio AGlobal Reactions · CC BY 2.0

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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 1.2 miles of Hitsville U.S.A.; the closest, Detroit Children's Museum, is about a mile away.