Anyone from the Greater Detroit Area remember this


I read a recent tread called "IT'S A SOUL THANG" and boy did that bring back some memorie's for me growing up wright in the thick of the "Motown Sound".Every December at the "FOX THEATER" in Detroit,they held what was called the "MOTOWN REVIEW",it was held on a Friday and Saturday,for 2 weeken'd straight."Little Stevie Wonder",Temptations,Smokey,they were all there.Doe's anyone else remember this? What about "WCHB" AM 1440,best soul station in Detroit,then.Remember "White's Record's",on West Grand Blvd.and Ferry?What fond memorie's!! Hope you enjoyed this,I am currently living in Iowa.Thanks!!! Ron...
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Born and raised in Detroit. Been in the bay area for a lifetime. I remember the Motown Review. I didn't attend many. I remember seeing Jackie Wilson as an adolescent. A memorable show indeed. What an artist he was and taken far too soon. White flight was in full force when I graduated high school (Mumford). One of the Miracles of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles moved in 2 doors down from my house. 
Dinah Washington and her husband , the famous football player, "Night Train" Lane, moved in on the corner of my block. Detoit was , like so many others, a city of institutionalized segregation.