-When the Supremes first auditioned for Berry Gordy, they were told no and that they need more experience. Later on, they were Motown's most popular girl-group.
-Mick Jagger was a misogynist!
-Martha Reeves was at first just a secretary, until one day she filled in for Mary Wells at the studio and that was when her career began.
-"Dancing" was a code word for sex, but also it meant protesting. This was because of all the civil rights demonstrations that were happening around that time.
-The Beatles were enormous fans of girl-groups and covered many songs by them!
-Motown women wore beehives, dinner gloves, and similar sequined dress as their other group members.
-Smokey Robinson wrote songs for both female and male groups. It was interesting how he was able to grasp both opposite sides of emotion so well when it came to writing.
-Motown's first number one song was "Please Mr. Postman" by the Marvelettes!
-The Who were a band which represented the extreme male energy in rock music. They would smash instruments, act aggressively and Keith Moon (drummer) would produced such an intense, loud sound with his drums. Therefore, more men than women were fans of the Who.
-In Britain, music expressed the problems with class discrimination. While in America, music dealt with the issue of race and trying to bring different colors together.
There you go, some entertaining facts from Fever!
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