Motown founded
1959 · Event
Berry Gordy's Detroit label creates a crossover sound that carries Black American music into the pop mainstream.
On these timelines: Master, Arts and Thoughts, USA
Around 1959
- The Beatles (1960)
- Events of 1968 (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Korean War (1950)
- Pop music: the 1950s (1950)
- Pop music: the 1960s (1960)
- People's Republic of China founded (1949)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Hey Jude (The Beatles) (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)