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Many of Motown's greatest hits were written at a little house on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit, the house known as Hitsville USA.

Hitsville USA was Motown's first headquarters until Berry Gordy moved the label to Los Angeles 30 years ago this week. Later, 2648 West Grand Boulevard became The Motown Museum, drawing visitors from around the world.

Hour Detroit Magazine's Jim McFarlin, who recently wrote about the museum's anniversary, says, "It is a monument. To many people it is like Mecca."

The museum has stayed in the family over the years. Current CEO Robin¹ Terry is the granddaughter of museum founder² Esther Gordy Edwards.

Robin says her grandmother was inspired to create the museum after many visitors came to the building simply wanting a peek³ inside Studio A.

Studio A is still a part of the museum and tours allow visitors to stand in the exact spots of the legends who recorded there.

"There's nothing traditional about it. We sing, we dance, we clap. It's an experience," Terry says of visits to the museum.

McFarlin endorses⁴ this, saying, "They really put you in the footsteps of the artist as you go through the tour and you must be prepared to sing."

The museum has drawn⁵ many famous faces and music legends throughout the years, including Michael Jackson. He became one of the museum's first big contributors and the fedora and glove he gave the museum are still on display.

But Motown was more than just a place to see famous faces, it was a place to come together as a community.

"Most of the Motown artists came from within a five-mile radius⁶ of the Hitsville house," Terry says.

Now, according to McFarlin, the museum attendance is made up of 75% tourists.

Terry is looking to bring back the community feel, saying "It had a magnetic effect in the community for those who are creative and wanted to make music, and I think it's important in terms of our programming that we continue to foster creativity in the Detroit community."

This month the museum is hosting a spoken-word series every Friday from 8 to 10 p.m. The series is in honor of Motown's Black Forum⁷ label, the spoken-word label that included recordings⁸ of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Langston Hughes, Stokely Carmichael, and Elaine Brown.

"Creating more programming like that, to give Detroiters a reason to come back to Hitsville and to continue to create and build on that phenomenal legacy⁹ that exists there, that's really what the future of the museum has to be about," Terry says.

1 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

2 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

3 peek   

vi.偷看，窥视；n.偷偷的一看，一瞥

参考例句：

• Larry takes a peek out of the window.赖瑞往窗外偷看了一下。
• Cover your eyes and don't peek.捂上眼睛，别偷看。

4 endorses   

v.赞同( endorse的第三人称单数 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• There isn't one country in the Middle East that now endorses the Eisenhower Doctrine. 但至今没有一个中东国家认可它。 来自辞典例句
• Whether any of this truly endorses Dr Patel's hypothesis is moot. 这些视频能否真正证明帕特的假设成立还是个未知数。 来自互联网

5 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

6 radius   

n.半径，半径范围；有效航程，范围，界限

参考例句：

• He has visited every shop within a radius of two miles.周围两英里以内的店铺他都去过。
• We are measuring the radius of the circle.我们正在测量圆的半径。

7 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

8 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

9 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。