want" & "shop around" by smokey robinson and the miracles become the first motown record to sell one million copies. singers like little stevie wonder, diana ross and the supremes, the tempations and the four tops were just a few of the artists who would arrive at hitsville - talented but sometimes unpolished - and emerge a motown superstar. "you love 'em and they've been such a big part of your lives, the tempatations." otis williams of the the temptations says his group joined motown after a chance meeting with gordy in the men's room. "once we came over to motown and you could just feel the magic. the special kind of difference that motown had in comparison to the other labels in and around detroit." "it was just wonderful being there." "i think motown was subtely a force for social change but not they just made great music. an