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Motown was the most successful soul music label, with a net worth of $61 million. Between 1960 and 1969, Motown had 79 songs reach the top-ten of the Billboard Hot 100. In March 1965, Berry Gordy and Dave Godin agreed to license the Tamla Motown label name for future UK releases through EMI Records Limited.
The Motown piano is an 1877 Steinway & Sons Model D grand piano, used by many musicians including the Funk Brothers studio band, at the Hitsville U.S.A. Studio B from 1967 to 1972. On July 24, 2011, Paul McCartney was in Detroit for a performance at Comerica Park , as part of his On the Run Tour ; he visited the Motown Museum for a private ...
Girls' Generation an example of a girl group.. A girl group is a music act featuring two or more female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of whom were influenced by doo-wop and which flourished in the late 1950s and early 1960s between the ...
Motown Choreographer Avery 21st century Motown AZ: 21st century Motown B.G.O.T.I. 1980s/1990s BGOTI Babyface: 21st century Motown Erykah Badu: 1980s/1990s Motown Bankroll Freddie: 21st century Motown J. J. Barnes: 1960s Ric-Tic Records Drake Bell: 21st century Motown Yummy Bingham: 21st century Motown Will Biondo: 21st century Motown Black ...
The group signed to Motown in late 1962 and started recording in January 1963. They recorded at the Hitsville USA studio and "There He Goes" and "That's The Reason Why", produced by William Stevenson, was released as a single via the IPG Records label (Independent Producers Group). [4] The recordings included a young Stevie Wonder playing ...
"That's Why I Love You So Much" Sherri Taylor & Singin' Sammy Ward: Motown M-1004 United States January 1961 "I've Got a Notion" "We Really Love Each Other" Henry Lumpkin: Motown M-1005 United States "Don't Feel Sorry for Me" "Heart" Jimmy Ruffin: Miracle MIR-1 United States February 1961 "Don't Let Him Shop Around" " A New Girl" Debbie Dean ...
Esther Gordy Edwards (née Gordy; April 25, 1920 – August 24, 2011) [1] was a staff member and associate of her younger brother Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 1960s. [2] Edwards created the Motown Museum, Hitsville U.S.A., by preserving the label's Detroit studio. She also served as president of the Motown Museum and has been called ...
In 1968, her single "Why Am I Lovin' You" was released on Motown's V.I.P. label. The song has since become a Northern Soul favorite and popular in the U.K. Dean also recorded several tracks that remained unreleased at the time, but have since been released on various "unreleased" Motown compilations.