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1959 Motown Boy Becomes a
Motown Man
Al was Detroit Motown Family Grit;
Not Hollywood
Motown Family Glitz!
This book is Al's follow-up book to his Hype & Sou!: Behind the Scenes At Motown. It tells more Motown music history from Al's
1959 Teenage Boy hire perspective to his becoming Motown's Man as Motown's
Press Officer.
As Motown's Press Officer, Al had the ultimate view of where
the Motown music secrets were hidden for both the record label and its
artists.
Written before his untimely death,
Motown Press officer, Al Abrams, tells the hard and painful truth behind his
time at Motown. He tells of a medal of valor that a guy awarded to himself who
had fabricated the military story for his own personal hero press. Al, also,
reveals in detail why his Motown Memoir was not released after leaving Motown.
Al Abrams became Motown's first employee
at the age of eighteen years old. He impressed Berry
and Raynoma when he took a record Berry
handed him and got it played on the radio.
Al became Motown's only Go-To-Guy when he became Motown's
innovative, courageous, caring, daring
and effective International Press Officer.
He was privy to all the Motown family
secrets from behind stage doors. He had to know everything from the
inside to the outside to protect Motown,
Berry and all the Motown artists
and workers.
As the Civil Rights Movement marched
across America
and young boys were putting on military uniforms and being sent to the Vietnam
War, Al, single-handedly, created a global publicity campaign for a Black owned
record label.
Selling a Black owned music company's
records and promoting its artists was challenging. Al maneuvered around the
color obstacles and
the white owned entertainment venues,
radio stations and publications to help Motown crossover the white-black
demarcation music lines.
Integration and not Segregation on the
dance floor and in concert halls is the pathway Al created for Motown.
Al believed in the motto he
created to sell Motown ...
Motown: The Sound of Young America.
His book tells the miracle of Motown
from his personal perspective and his insider knowledge that began for him as a
teenager.
Al Abrams, a music press
legend, tells it from
HYPE AND SOU! To HIGH ON
SOU!
Contents
Forewords 5
Dedication 17
1 Glass Gladiator 23
2 Motown Man of Valor - Your Brother in Arms 47
3 Stolen Valor - D-Day Torpedo - Bury the
Manuscript 71
4 Unpublished Motown Memoirs 1968/1969 &
Abrams Interview 79
5 Script for a Record Label Television Series 118
6 Why Motown Black & White? 142
7 The
Final Turntable Spin 155
