Fact #187449
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The Rayber Corporation, formed by Berry Gordy Jr of Motown Records, buys The Graystone Ballroom in Canfield, Detroit, Michigan, USA. The ballroom, purchased for $125,000 from the University of Michigan, is to be transformed into a top-class nightclub.Full article:
Bettye LaVette (soul vocalist) : A girlfriend told me about the Graystone Ballroom,” soul singer Bettye LaVette wrote in her “Mama warned me to stay away from the Graystone, which, of course, made it more enticing. … I pushed up my bedroom window, crawled out, took those three little steps, and hit the sidewalk running. They were all there: Otis Williams and the Distants, who would soon become the Temptations. The great David Ruffin, who would soon lead the Temptations. The Miracles with green-eyed Smokey. Mary Wells, who was singing Smokey’s songs.
(Source : Bettye LaVette's autobiography, A Woman Like Me.)
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(Source : Bettye LaVette's autobiography, A Woman Like Me.)