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Joe Stubbs was born six years after his brother Levi. The two grew up together in Detroit, Michigan, United States.As a teenager, Stubbs joined the R&B group The Falcons in 1957 and led them on several of their early hits, among them the million-seller, "You're So Fine" (1959), and "The Teacher" (1960).
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.
Earl Van Dyke (July 8, 1930 – September 18, 1992) [1] was an American soul musician, most notable as the main keyboardist for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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 Coffey 21st century Motown Blinky: 1960s ...
When Polygram Records bought Motown for $301 million in 1993, Busby was retained as president. [8] By 1990, the label had five songs reach number one on the R&B charts. [6] Busby was appointed head of the black music division at DreamWorks Records in 1998. [9] He left DreamWorks in 2001. He was named president of Def Soul Classics in 2004.
The latest batch of architectural renderings shows a revamped look for the 40,000-square-foot building rising behind Hitsville, U.S.A., in Detroit.
Motown is currently under the Interscope Capitol Labels Group, [38] which it has been a part of since 2014 following another UMG disbandment of the Island Def Jam Music Group. [39] Therefore, reissues of releases under the Universal Records, Universal Republic or Universal Motown names will be handled by Republic and Motown respectively on ...
William "Kedar" Massenburg (born 1963) is an American record producer and record label executive, who was the president of Motown Records from 1997 to 2004. [3] Massenburg is best known for bringing Erykah Badu to fame. [4] He trademarked the term "neo soul." [5] Massenburg is the founder, president and CEO of Kedar Entertainment. [6]