the meaning of "old Motown acts"

[kjc0123]

What is the meaning of "old Motown acts" in the following sentences?

Canyon had been on the Mississippi River, in Tunica County, since the mid-nineties, arriving in the second wave of construction and surviving the first shakeout. It had ten floors, four hundred rooms, eighty thousand square feet of gaming opportunities, and had been very successful with old Motown acts.

[Xollob]

Motown is the nickname for Detroit, Michigan (short for "Motor Town" due to the automobile industry). In this context it refers to the legendary Motown Record Company, or Tamla Motown, founded by Berry Gordy in 1959. "Old Motown acts" will refer to artists or groups from the 50s, 60s and 70s such as Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Temptations or The Four Tops.
See the Wikipedia article for more info.

[Peter Pedant]

yeah,

Hi kay- jay

Some things go out of fashion and dont sell, and others go out of fashion but people like me will still go out and attend shows with artistes who were hits when we were young rather than listen to the complete c*ap which is popular now. The venues themselves, as we turn up in our quiffed hair styles, elvis boots and so on, are about as battered as the fans and the cars we arrive in.