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Motown Chris Clark: 1960s V. I. P. Records Tom Clay: 1970s MoWest Records: Angela Clemmons: 1980s/1990s Motown Desiree Coleman: 1980s/1990s Motown Commodores: 1970s MoWest and Motown The Contours: 1960s Gordy Records: Caroline Crawford: 1960s Motown Crystal Mansion 1970s Rare Earth Bobby Darin: 1970s Motown Dazz Band: 1980s/1990s Motown Dean ...
The Motortown Revue was the name given to the package concert tours of Motown artists in the 1960s. Early tours featured Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Mary Wells, The Marvelettes, Barrett Strong, and The Contours as headlining acts, and gave then-second-tier acts such as Marvin Gaye, Martha & The Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight & the Pips and The ...
Los Angeles was an alternate recording center for Motown artists beginning in the mid-1960s, utilizing a different set of musicians. Hit tracks recorded in L.A. include the Miracles ' " More Love ", many of Brenda Holloway 's songs, and all the early hits of the Jackson 5 .
The Four Tops are an American vocal group formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1953 as the Four Aims.They were one of the most commercially successful American pop music groups of the 1960s and helped propel Motown Records to international fame.
The style created by the Motown musicians was a major influence on several non-Motown artists of the mid-1960s, such as Dusty Springfield and the Foundations. In the United Kingdom, the Motown sound became the basis of the northern soul movement. Smokey Robinson said the Motown sound had little to do with Detroit:
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (né Gay; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) [1] was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of successes, which earned him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul".
Eddie's brother Brian Holland was a Motown staff songwriter who also tasted success in 1961, being a co-composer of the Marvelettes' US No. 1 "Please Mr. Postman". [1] Dozier had been a recording artist for several labels in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the Anna label (owned by Berry Gordy's sister) and Motown subsidiary Mel-o-dy.
Pages in category "Motown artists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 323 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.