I'm Dorothy Simpson, the Proprie
Dorothy Simpson Dorothy I’m Dorothy Simpson, the proprie- today. He doesn’t look like it. Yeah. tor of Simpson’s Record Shop, But he had one, what was that? located on Six Mile, here in Detroit. «Mama told me to shop around.» We’ve been in the business since Yes, «Shop Around,» and some of 1966. I decided during that period the Supremes, and Aretha Frank- of time that I wanted to get into a lin. «Precious Lord,» one of the business, and that this would be very frst that I really remember something that my children and I her singing. I played that at home could work comfort- ably. That I could teach them the busi- ness, and it would be a good feld for us to get into. We thought that that would be a good thing for us to do and that’s what we did. And it just hap- pened to be 1966. We decided Decem- ber 3rd, 1966 was 3 gonna be our open- ing day, and that’s what we did. some, a little before I came into The original shop was around the the business. corner on Joseph Complex, at I’ve seen Smokey Robinson. I’ve 14034 Joseph Complex, near Six seen Stevie Wonder, The Mile. And about 1993 or so, we Dramatics. So many good artists moved to this particular area. The have come through town. B.B. original store was just me, my hus- King, Bobby Bland. Some of them band, and my children. I had six I saw them at the Fox, or I’ve seen children.
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