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In America it arguably spelled the end of instrumental surf music, vocal girl groups and (for a time) the teen idols, that had dominated the American charts in the late 1950s and 1960s. [22] It dented the careers of established R&B acts like Fats Domino and Chubby Checker and even temporarily derailed the chart success of surviving rock and ...
Note: Edyth Wayne was a pseudonym used by Holland, Dozier and Holland for contractual reasons after they left Motown. "Mind, Body and Soul" The Flaming Ember: 26 - - Written by "Edyth Wayne" and Ronald Dunbar "Crumbs Off the Table" The Glass House: 59 7 - Written by "Edyth Wayne" and Ronald Dunbar 1972: Laura Lee, #40 R&B "Girls, It Ain't Easy"
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.
Garage rock was a form of amateurish rock music, particularly prevalent in North America in the mid-1960s and so called because of the perception that it was rehearsed in a suburban family garage. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Garage rock songs revolved around the traumas of high school life, with songs about "lying girls" being particularly common. [ 23 ]
The company emerged as the leading producer (or "assembly line," a reference to its motor-town origins) of black popular music by the early 1960s and marketed its products as "The Motown Sound" or "The Sound of Young America"—which combined elements of soul, funk, disco and R&B. [85] Notable Motown acts include the Four Tops, the Temptations ...
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: Motown M-1007 United States "Ain't It Baby" " The Only One I Love ...
Norman Jesse Whitfield (May 12, 1940 – September 16, 2008) was an American songwriter, composer, and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s. [1] He has been credited as one of the creators of the Motown Sound and of the late-1960s subgenre of psychedelic soul. [1]
After 1971, Starr's career began to falter, and, citing Motown's reliance on formulas, he departed the label in the mid-1970s. Edwin Starr re-recorded the song in 1992 produced by Simon Harris. Later in his career, after moving to the United Kingdom, Starr re-recorded several of his hits with British band Utah Saints. Starr's new version of ...