Motown

[Laramie]

Saw this online and am stumped.

What historical moment does this describe?

"Five to three was enough for these gunslangers [sic] to take down Motown."

[Suspence]

Initial thought was sports. I looked and Detroit never lost 5-3 in a World Series (back when then played best of 9).
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[Laramie]

I thought sports as well, but focused on football since 5-3 would be a rather unusual score.

[Suspence]

I can only find one game that ended 5-3, and Motown wasn't involved:

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_scores_find.cgi?pts_win=5&pts_lose=3

I thought of baseball because I knew they played best of 9 for only a few years and a really long time ago, so "5 to 3" would throw most people off of that scent.
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[Suspence]

How about the surrender of Ft. Detroit, August 16, 1812. I don't see anything that yells out "5-3" but I only took a cursory glance. It seems that one of the key strategies was making the Americans believe there were more enemies that there actually were, so maybe it's worth looking into.
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[Sentran]

Since it's Motown, I don't suppose it could be referring to when New Edition broke up and Bell Biv Devoe arose? Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie Devoe were 3 of the 5 members of New Edition.
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[Sentran]

Wait a sec, who did the song MoTownPhilly? Boyz II Men, right?
(time out for a bit of research)
Ah, there's another link. Michael Bivins was also in Boyz II Men.
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[Zag]

Do they have any relationship to these guys?
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Gunslangers/a/albums.htm