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Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, [2][3] and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. [4] Its name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered.
The Funk Brothers were a group of Detroit -based session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972. Its members are considered among the most successful groups of studio musicians in music history. Among their hits are "My Girl", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine ...
The group is also listed as the Detroit Spinners and the Motown Spinners, due to their 1960s recordings with the Motown label. These other names were used in the UK to avoid confusion with a British folk group also called the Spinners. [2] On June 30, 1976, they received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [3]
The Dramatics are an American soul music vocal group, formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1964.They are best known for their 1970s hit songs "In the Rain" and "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get", both of which were Top 10 Pop hits, [1] as well as their later 1993 collaboration "Doggy Dogg World" with Snoop Dogg, a top 20 hit on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40.
September 16, 2024 at 10:18 AM. (Photo: Motown Museum) DETROIT (FOX 2) - New renderings show what the inside of the Motown Museum will look like after a massive project to expand the musical ...
116 mins. Country. United States. Language. English. Standing in the Shadows of Motown is a 2002 American documentary film directed by Paul Justman that recounts the story of the Funk Brothers, the uncredited and largely unheralded studio musicians who were the house band that Berry Gordy hand-picked in 1959.
Harold Bonhart. The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet from Detroit, Michigan. They were one of the most commercially successful American pop music groups of the 1960s and helped propel the Motown label to international fame. The group's repertoire has included aspects of soul, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, doo-wop, jazz, and show tunes.
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 guided ...