Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
July 1960 "Yes, No, Maybe So" "You Knows What to Do" Barrett Strong: Tamla T-54029 United States August 1960 "Custer's Last Man" "Shimmy Gully" Popcorn and the Mohawks: Motown M-1002 United States "Who Wouldn't Love a Man Like That" "You Made a Fool Out of Me" Mable John: Tamla T-54031 United States "Whirlwind" "I'm Gonna Cry (If You Quit Me)"
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959–1971 is a 1992 four-CD collection of Motown hits, during Motown's golden age when the songs were recorded at its original Detroit studio. [1] The selections on this compilation were transferred from the original single mixes, which were mixed for AM radio play and 45 RPM singles.
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 Andantes were an American female session group for the Motown record label during the 1960s. Composed of Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps, [1] the group sang background vocals on numerous Motown recordings, [2] including songs by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, the Four Tops, Jimmy Ruffin, Edwin Starr, the Supremes, the Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye ...
The song was originally recorded by Barrett Strong and released on Tamla in August 1959. [6] Anna Records was operated by Gwen Gordy, Anna Gordy and Roquel "Billy" Davis. Gwen and Anna's brother Berry Gordy had just established his Tamla label (soon Motown would follow) and licensed the song to the Anna label in 1960, which was distributed ...
The Miracles (also known as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles from 1965 to 1972) were an American vocal group that was the first successful recording act for Berry Gordy 's Motown Records, and one of the most important and most influential groups in the history of pop, soul, R&B and rock and roll music. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] The group's international ...
Four Tops. 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 Supremes. The Supremes were an American girl group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Founded as the Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and the most successful American vocal band, with 12 number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.