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Mer fra Various Artists Motown Records Page Other Tamla artists were Mable John, Barrett Strong , Martha Reeves and the Vandella's , the Four Tops , the Velvelettes , the Elgins , R Dean Taylor , the Supremes , Jimmy Ruffin , Jnr Walker and the Allstars , Chris Clark , the Monitors, the Spinners , the Jackson Five , Edwin Starr , Syreeta Wright , Brenda Holloway , Barbara McNair, Kim Weston , Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers , Diana Ross , Eddie Kendricks , the Undisputed Truth , Jermaine Jackson , Stevie Wonder , Mary Jane Girls , the Dazz Band , the Contours and (on the Motown label) Mary Wells . The label's first Tamla release was Marv Johnson's 'Come to Me' in 1959. Its first chart hit was Barrett Strong's 'Money (That's What I Want)', released the same year, which made it to number 2 on the Billboard R & B charts. That year, the Miracles ' 'Shop Around' gave the company its first major U.S.

hit, followed in 1961 by their first number 1, the Marvelettes 'Please Mr Postman'. Berry then coined the phrase 'The Sound Of Young America' to describe Motown's output. holland-dozier-holland By the mid-1960s, the label, with the help of songwriters and producers such as Smokey Robinson , A & R chief William "Mickey" Stevenson, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier , and Norman Whitfield , became a major force in the music industry. norman whitfield By 1964, Motown were enjoying regular hits via the Supremes and the Four Tops , whilst Mary Wells ' 'My Guy' helped promote the label oversea's. In 1966, Motown enrolled newer artists such as the Isley Brothers and Gladys Knight And The Pips from rival labels, opening a Hollywood office to double its promotional capabilities, and purchasing the Golden World and Ric-Tic group of R & B companies. The mid-70's proved to be Motown's least successful period for over a decade.

the donovan building In 1968, Berry Gordy purchased the Donovan building on the corner of Woodward Avenue and Interstate 75, and relocated Motown's Detroit offices to L.A. By the early Seventies the company had loosened its production rules, allowing some of its longtime artists the chances to write and produce more of their own material. This resulted in the recordings of some of the most successful and critically acclaimed albums of that era. These releases included Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On' (1971) and 'Let's Get it On' (1973), and Stevie Wonder's 'Music of My Mind' (1971), 'Talking Book' (1972), Innervisions (1973), 'Fulfillingness First Finale (1974) and 'Songs In The Key Of Life' (1976).

By 1975, the label had lost the Holland, Dozier , Holland songwriting team (with Lamont Dozier pursuing a successful solo career), but had recruited the likes of the Commodores , Teena Marie , DeBarge , Boyz II Men, New Edition and Rick James to the label's ranks. By the mid-1980s, Motown was losing money, and Berry Gordy sold his ownership in Motown to Music Corporation of America (MCA) and Boston Ventures in June 1988 for $61 million. Several further executives were appointed by MCA to run the company, beginning with Berry Gordy's immediate successor, Jheryl Busby. Busby became disillusioned with with MCA, alleging that the company did not give Motown's product adequate attention or promotion. By 1994, Busby was replaced by Andre Harrell, the entrepreneur behind Uptown Records. Harrell served as Motown's CEO for just under two years, leaving the company after following poor publicity. Danny Goldberg, who ran PolyGram's Mercury Records group, assumed control of Motown, and George Jackson served as president.

The Donovan building, once purchased in 1968, was later demolished in January 2006 to provide parking spaces for Super Bowl XL. The same year, Gordy purchased Golden World Records, and its recording studio became 'Studio B' to Hitsville's 'Studio A'. Jhery Busby passed away in 2007. From 1961 to 1971, Motown achieved 110 top 10 hits and celebrated it's fiftieth birthday in 2009. The Tamla Motown Appreciation Society The Tamla Motown Appreciation Society (by Robert Nicholls) TMAS badge courtesy of Alvaro Rubio Sometime in 1964 I joined Dave Godin’s Tamla Motown Appreciation Society (TMAS) of the UK although I have long since lost my TMAS membership card and other insignia. The membership badge was a white pin-on disc imprinted with “Tamla Motown Appreciation Society” in large red letters with the phrase “Swinger & Friend” in a semicircle around the top.

Apparently these badges are now collectors’ items because by 1965 there were no more than 300 members of TMAS. An early soul fan, Dave Godin (d. 15 October 2004) founded the TMAS and was the president. When I was a member in 1964 and 1965, I would receive regular updates on the Motor City and reports of TMAS activities through the mail. Periodically Godin would issue a magazine containing text and B&W photographs which had a bright cover and, printed in the pre-computer era, was composed of colorful geometric shapes. Occasionally we would be invited to social events at Dave Godin’s house in Bexleyheath, for example, I remember meeting Smokey Robinson’s wife, Claudette, who was an original member of the Miracles. She was not very tall but was cordial and charming. I found Dave Godin to be soft spoken and a rather unlikely looking R&B fan. Although not a Mod, he was neat and slim with a beard and spectacles and a rather mournful looking face.

During 1964, he organized an important get-together for TMAS members to meet Catherine Anderson and Gladys Horton of the Marvelettes who were in Britain on a promotional tour. While music played in the background we chatted with these lovely, well-spoken ladies in their beehive hairstyles, ate from a buffet table, and met other TMAS members. Dave Godin Dave Godin interacted with the Tamla Motown headquarters in Hitsville USA on our behalf, specifically with Margaret Phelps who was President of the Hitsville International Fan Club. Impressed by Dave Godin’s enthusiasm, Berry Gordy invited him to the USA in 1964 to meet Motown artists and Margaret Phelps helped to organize Godin’s trip. This was a major event and was reported on in detail in the TMAS newsletter including photos of Godin with various Tamla Motown stars (reproduced as the “Detroit Report” in Paolo Hewitt’s The Sharper Word, 2009). During his visit, Motown made a 45 rpm record for TMAS which we subsequently received. On this “Hitsville U.S.A.

- Greetings To Tamla Motown Appreciation Society” disc, a musical background which begins and ends with the foot-tapping “Where Did Our Love Go,” and includes “Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying,” “Can I Get a Witness,” “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” “Quicksand,” “Do you Love Me (Now That I Can Dance,” “Love Me All the Way,” and others, as a setting to a greeting from Margaret Phelps who introduces Berry Gordy Jr., followed by Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Marvelettes, Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Contours, Eddie Holland, Kim Weston, and Diana Ross and the Supremes (Diana Ross calls herself “Diane”). I don’t know if I still have the original disc in storage, but I taped it onto a cassette. This item of memorabilia has subsequently been made generally available as an MP3 sound file for downloading. The greetings text is reproduced below. Dave Godin & Motown artists As a result of Dave Godin’s US trip, Motown brought the Tamla Motown Review to the UK on a major tour in 1964.

Featuring their headline acts, this was the high point of my TMAS membership. We attended the show at the concert hall in Finsbury Park that later became the Rainbow Theatre. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, (Little) Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and the Supremes performed, accompanied by the Earl Van Dyke Sextet. I have read recently that the tour, which surely was ahead of its time, had a disappointing audience turnout, however I think the Finsbury Park venue was well attended, but we (the TM Appreciation Society) were sitting in the front rows and I didn’t turn around to look at the audience much. At the end of the show we festooned the artists with flowers. During that period a TV spectacular was taped for later broadcast which I attended as part of the studio audience, and got to chat a little with some of the artists and obtain a few autographs. Melvin Franklin the bass singer with the Temptations impressed me with his sociability.

The Temptations performed some of their early hits, they did not have many at that time and were promoting “Girl, Why You Wanna Make Me Blue?" with Eddie Kendricks singing lead. I loved Martha Reeves, she had a kind heart and more soul than most. She and the Vandellas performed “Heat Wave” and were publicizing “Nowhere to Run.” Diana Ross, of course was stunning looking and was friendly and not at all aloof. The Supremes were promoting “Stop in the Name of Love” with its legendary dance routine. Stevie Wonder was just fourteen in 1964 and was still known as Little Stevie Wonder, his latest release was “Kiss Me Baby.” Somewhere around I have the Tamla Motown show program but I can’t find it. It contains autographs and dedications from Diana Ross, Martha Reeves, Melvin of the Temptations, Stevie Wonder (Stevie's attendant guided his hand when he wrote his autograph), and others. It eats me up that I cannot currently lay my hands on it. Rob at RSG Motown Special I have recently been able to view the RSG Motown specials that were broadcast in 1965.

It is a moving reminder of those days and not all the performances involved lip-synching either, for e.g., “Shake” by the Supremes and “Mickey’s Monkey” by the Miracles were sung live. How good it is to see the Supremes and the Miracles doing the Jerk at the end of the Mickey’s Monkey sequence. In the autumn of 1966, Dave Godin and his friend Robert Blackmore started the Soul City record shop, which was based first at Deptford in Southeast London, then at Monmouth Street in the West End. Godin came to be referred to as the “Godfather of R&B in the UK,” he coined the phrases “Deep Soul,” and gave birth to the phrase “Northern Soul.” (Rob appears on the screen 1.27 in - as the camera moves away from Smokey and the Miracles singing Shop Around) Text of TMAS Greetings Disc A-side: Margaret Phelps: Hi Tamla Motown fans and especially members of the Tamla Motown Appreciation Society, this is Margaret Phelps of the Hitsville USA fan club. Since we have been receiving many letters from you asking for information about our president, Mr.

Berry Gordy, Jr., we thought we’d like to take this opportunity to have you meet him, well here he is: Berry Gordy, Jr.: Thank you Margaret, greetings to all of you swingers and friends, this is Berry Gordy, Jr. It was a real pleasure meeting Dave and getting first hand information about the music scene over there. We over here really appreciate the sincere effort you’re making to publicize and promote our artists in Great Britain and throughout the world. I hope that one day I may have the opportunity of meeting each of you personally. Thanks a lot. Smokey Robinson: Hi there swingers and friends, this is Smokey Robinson of the Miracles extending our greetings to all the Tamla Motown fans in England. We’re looking forward to coming over and seeing you very soon. Stevie Wonder: Hi this is Stevie Wonder and I’d like to thank all of my fans for buying my records in Great Britain and I’d enjoy being there very much, and I’d like to thank very definitely al of my fan members in the TMAS and I’d like to say until I come over there, I just wanna have everybody to keep on saying, Yeah!

Marvin Gaye: Hello this is Marvin Gaye speaking and I’d like to say a special thanks to all of Great Britain and especially to the Tamla Motown Appreciation Society for voting me no. 2 in their poll for top artist of the year. It’s certainly appreciated. I’d like to also say that we’ll be seeing you all very very soon when we arrive there in England. Thank you so much. Gladys Horton: Hi this is Gladys of the Marvelletes. It was such a pleasure meeting Dave today and we hope to meet all of you over in Great Britain soon. Melvin Franklin: Hi this is Melvin Franklin and I’m speaking for all the Temptations and all the rest of the people here at Hitsville USA, and we want to say we’re grateful and very happy at all the enthusiasm that you people in Britain have been giving us and we’re looking forward to coming over and seeing you very soon. It’s a pleasure to meet Dave and if all the rest of you are as friendly as he, we just can’t wait to get there. B-side: Martha Reeves: Hi this is Martha of Martha and the Vandellas.

I’d like to tell all of the Tamla Motown swingers and friends that I appreciate the card to the highest. It’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever received. It was a little early but I appreciate it because it was one of the first, and I’ll enjoy my birthday and think of each and everyone of you. Dave has been wonderful and I really appreciate meeting him and I hope to see you all soon. Bye bye. Contours: Hi this is Billy Gordon speaking for the Contours we want to thank all of you swingers and friends of Tamla Motown for helping to make our record “Do You Love Me” a big hit in Great Britain. Keep on swinging, we hope to see you soon. Eddie Holland: Hello swingers and friends this is Eddie Holland telling you to keep swinging and we hope that one day each and every one you will be able to visit us here at Hitsville USA. Kim Weston: Hi there this is Kim Weston I would like to say hello to all of the Tamla Motown fans and I would like to say that I’m glad you enjoyed “Love Me All the Way” and I hope very soon I will be over there to see you.

Dave has been wonderful to everybody and we have enjoyed him since he has been over here and I’m sure that we will enjoy everyone else. Bye. Supremes [in unison]: Hi Dave, we’re the Supremes, [solo] I’m Diane, I’m Florence, and I’m Mary. We miss you very much and in our book you are a very swinging fella. Robert Nicholls This work is the copyright of Robert Nicholls, Ph.D. The views expressed are purely those of the author and are not attributable to any other person or institution I know Rob would love to hear any feedback on this article. You can discuss it with him in the forum here or I will pass on any messages to him using the contact address . You can also read Rob's memoirs of being a mod in 60's London - the first part of his story can be found here ) Music Motown Motown Records, Inc., also known as Tamla-Motown , is a record label originally based out of Detroit, Michigan ("Motor City"), where it achieved widespread international success, also called Hitsville, became one of the most successful black-owned businesses and one of the most influential independent record companies in American history.

The company gave its name to the hugely popular style of soul music that it created. Motown played an important role in the racial integration of popular music as the first record label owned by an African American and primarily featuring African American artists to regularly achieve crossover success and have a widespread, lasting effect on the music industry and society in general. Incorporated on January 12, 1959 by Berry Gordy, Jr. as Tamla Records, Motown has, over the course of its history, owned or distributed releases from more than 45 subsidiaries in varying genres, although it is most famous for its releases in the musical genres of R&B, pop, and soul music. Among Tamla's early artists were Mabel John, Mary Wells, and Barrett Strong. Tamla's first release was Marv Johnson's "Come to Me" in 1959. The label's first hit was Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)" (1959), which made it to #2 on the Billboard R&B charts; its first #1 R&B hit was "Shop Around" by the Miracles in 1960.

"Shop Around" peaked at number-two on the Billboard Hot 100, and was Motown's first million-selling record. Also in 1960, Gordy launched Motown Records as a sister label. Because of the "Motown" name's association with "Motor City" Detroit, the blanket record company under which both Motown Records and Tamla Records operated was incorporated as "Motown Record Corporation". In the 1960s, Motown and its soul-based subsidiaries were the most successful proponents of what came to be known as The Motown Sound, a style of soul music with distinctive characteristics, including the use of tambourine along with drums, bass instrumentation, a distinctive melodically and chord structure, and a call and response singing style originating in gospel music. In the 1960s Motown had 110 Top 10 hits and artists such as Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Jackson 5, and Gladys Knight & the Pips were all recording and turning out hits for Motown Records.

Motown performers History - Classic Motown History Store Berry Gordy Receives $800 Loan Berry Gordy Jr. launches Tamla Records with an $800 loan from the Gordy family savings fund, and releases Marv Johnson’s “Come To Me.” Read more Birth Of The Motortown Revue The “Gordy Star Attractions Show” makes its debut, featuring the Miracles, Marv Johnson and Mable John, among others. Read more Home Of The Hits On West Grand Blvd. Berry Gordy buys a two-story house at 2648 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, and puts up a sign to signal his intentions: Hitsville U.S.A. Read more 'Bad Girl' Makes Good With Chess The Miracles’ “Bad Girl,” written by Berry Gordy and William “Smokey” Robinson, is released under license to Chess Records. Read more Money (That's What I Want) First released on Tamla Records, Barrett Strong’s “Money (That’s What I Want)” is a hit when nationally distributed by Anna Records.

Read more Mary Wells' Debut Single "Bye Bye Baby" is the debut Motown single by 17-year-old Mary Wells, who wrote the song herself. Read more Marvin Gaye signs to Motown After singing with the Moonglows, Marvin Gaye moves to Detroit and, through group leader Harvey Fuqua’s contacts, joins Motown. Read more The Miracles' First National Hit The Miracles’ first national hit, “Shop Around” is released, after Berry Gordy summons the Miracles to the studio at 3 a.m. to re-record the song. Read more The Supremes Sign To Motown The Supremes sign to Motown, with their first 45 on the Tamla label, “I Want A Guy,” released in March. Read more Motown Sign Little Stevie Wonder Berry Gordy signs Little Stevie Wonder after an impressive audition at Hitsville by the 11-year-old, playing several instruments. Read more The Temptations' Debut Single “Oh Mother Of Mine,” the Temptations’ debut for Motown Records, is issued on the company’s Miracle label. Read more Motown's First No. 1 Motown ends the year with its first No.

1 on the pop charts: “Please Mr. Postman” by the Marvelettes. Read more First Holland/Dozier/ Holland Teamwork Motown issues “Dearest One” by Lamont Dozier, his first song written with Eddie and Brian Holland. Read more First Top 20 Single For Gordy Label The Gordy label gains its first Top 20 success with “Do You Love Me” by the Contours. Read more The Motortown Revue Begins The first “Motortown Revue” package tour of more than two dozen cities begins in Washington, DC. Read more Marvin Gaye Enters The Charts Marvin Gaye has his first Top 50 pop hit with “Stubborn Kind Of Fellow.” Read more Holland/Dozier/ Holland Chart Success The Marvelettes’ “Locking Up My Heart” is released to become an early chart success for the Holland/Dozier/Holland team. Read more The Four Tops Sign To Motown The Four Tops sign to Motown, and begin recording in Studio A at Hitsville. Read more The 12 Year Old Genius Little Stevie Wonder’s The 12 Year Old Genius Recorded Live is Motown’s first No.

1 album, as “Fingertips – Pt. 2” tops the Hot 100. Read more Motown Signs U.K. License Deal Motown kicks off its new U.K. license deal with EMI Records with the release of Martha & the Vandellas’ “Heat Wave”. Read more Motown launches Soul label Motown launches its Soul label with Shorty Long’s “Devil With The Blue Dress” whilst Jimmy Ruffin and Jr. Walker & The All Stars join the roster. Read more My Guy Tops The Beatles “My Guy” by Mary Wells becomes Motown’s fourth No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the company's first major U.K. hit. Read more The Supremes' Chart Success The Supremes begin their run of five consecutive No. 1 hits with “Where Did Our Love Go”. Read more Smokey Pens My Girl The Temptations get together with Smokey Robinson at Hitsville’s Studio A to record a new song, “My Girl.” Read more Tamla Motown U.K.

Tour The Tamla Motown label is launched in the U.K., while Martha & the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, the Miracles and the Supremes begin touring England, Scotland and Wales. Read more Motown's 10th No. 1 The Four Tops achieve Motown Records’ tenth No. 1 with “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch).” Read more The Supremes' debut at Copacabana The Supremes make their triumphant debut at New York’s Copacabana nightclub. Read more Brenda opens for the Beatles Brenda Holloway opens for the Beatles at the group’s historic concert at Shea Stadium, New York. Read more Temptin' Temptations hits the charts Temptin’ Temptations is the first of the group’s two Top 20 albums this year; the second is Gettin’ Ready. Read more Marvin Gaye At The Copa The latest Motown star to play New York’s Copacabana is Marvin Gaye. Read more The Four Tops Hit No.1 The Four Tops’ “Reach Out I’ll Be There” is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Read more The Temptations Enter the Top 10, Again Motown takes its thirteenth Top 10 pop hit of the year with the Temptations’ “(I Know) I’m Losing You.” Read more Stevie's Back On Track Motown releases Stevie Wonder’s “I Was Made To Love Her” to become his biggest hit since “Fingertips – Pt. 2.” Read more Presenting Diana Ross & The Supremes “Reflections” is the first release to feature new billing for Motown’s prime attraction: Diana Ross & the Supremes. Read more Motown's Chart Triumph Motown takes ten of Billboard’s top 100 best-selling albums, including Diana Ross & the Supremes’ Greatest Hits at No. 1. Read more I Heard It Through The Grapevine Gladys Knight & the Pips’ “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” is No. 1 on the R&B best-sellers and No. 2 on the pop charts. Read more First Motown No.1 Album in the U.K. The Four Tops’ Greatest Hits takes the top slot in the U.K. from the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Read more Motown HQ Moves Motown Record Corp. officially opens its new Detroit headquarters in downtown’s Woodward Avenue, moved from West Grand Boulevard. Read more The Jackson 5 Audition, Dennis Edwards Joins The Temps The Jackson 5 audition for Motown, and the Temptations gain a new lead singer. Read more Motown Take Half the Top 10 Motown takes half the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, including the Top 3 with Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross & the Supremes. Read more Marvin Sits On The Top Spot America’s No. 1 single this entire month is “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye. Read more Motown earns its first Grammy® award with the Temptations’ “Cloud Nine.” Read more The Jackson 5 Are Unveiled Motown throws a launch party in Los Angeles for the Jackson 5, and unveils its new rock label, Rare Earth, in Detroit. Read more Diana To Leave The Supremes Billboard reports Motown’s announcement that Diana Ross will leave the Supremes for a solo career, with Jean Terrell to join the “new” Supremes.

Read more Diana Ross & the Supremes play their final show together at the Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas. Read more The Jackson 5 Are On A Roll With “I Want You Back,” the Jackson 5 score the first of four consecutive No. 1 hits this year. Read more Tamla Motown Invades the U.K. Charts Tamla-Motown takes a quarter of the U.K. Top 20 with hits by Edwin Starr, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Diana Ross and Jimmy Ruffin. Read more Motown's Seventh No.1 Of The Year Motown triumphs with its seventh No.1 of the year on the Billboard Hot 100 with Smokey Robinson & the Miracles’ “The Tears Of A Clown.” Read more Motown Wins Its 2nd Grammy® Motown wins its second-ever Grammy® award, for Dr. Martin Luther King’s album, Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam. Read more What's Going On One of Motown’s greatest music milestones, Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On album, is released.

Read more MoWest Scores A Chart Hit Motown's new L.A.-based label, MoWest, has its first chart entry with Tom Clay's "What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John". Read more The Jackson 5 Become TV Stars Motown’s latest TV stars are the Jackson 5, front and center in their own special, Goin’ Back To Indiana, and a cartoon series, The Jackson 5ive. Read more The Commodores' Debut The Commodores’ debut Motown single, “The Zoo (The Human Zoo),” is released on the MoWest label. Read more Marvin Performs What's Going On Marvin Gaye performs What’s Going On in its entirety at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Read more Stevie Opens for The Rolling Stones Stevie Wonder kicks off a 50-date itinerary opening for the Rolling Stones, and the Jackson 5 begin a nationwide summer tour in New York. Read more Smokey's Final Performance With The Miracles Smokey Robinson & the Miracles play their final concerts together in Washington, D.C. Read more The Temptations Take 3 Grammy® Awards Motown’s 30th No.

1 hit, “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone” by the Temptations, takes three Grammy® awards. Read more Diana's First Solo No.1 Album Diana Ross scores her first solo No. 1 album with the soundtrack from Lady Sings The Blues, in which she plays the late jazz singer, Billie Holiday. Read more Stevie Wonder Releases Innervisions Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions album is released, three days before the musician is involved in a traumatic auto accident in North Carolina. Read more Marvin's First No. 1 in 4 Years “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye is his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 since “I Heard It Through The Grapevine.” Read more Stevie Wonder Wins 5 Grammys® Stevie Wonder is honoured with five Grammy® awards, including Album of the Year for Innervisions, and two for “Superstition.” Read more 'Diana Ross Month' Motown declares this to be “Diana Ross Month,” with her new album, Live At Caesar’s Palace, at its centerpiece. Read more Jimmy Ruffin Returns To U.K.

Top 10 Jimmy Ruffin’s 1966 smash, “What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted,” is a U.K. Top 10 hit for the second time. Read more Fulfillingness' First Finale Hits No.1 Motown is No. 1 on the album charts once more, with Stevie Wonder’s Fulfillingness’ First Finale. Read more Stevie Cleans Up At The Grammys® Stevie Wonder makes a second consecutive sweep of the Grammy® awards, this time with Fulfillingness’ First Finale. Read more A Quiet Storm Smokey Robinson’s third solo album, A Quiet Storm, is released, later to inspire an entire music radio format. Read more The Commodores Enter The Top 20 “Slippery When Wet” becomes the Commodores’ first Top 20 success on the Billboard Hot 100 as the group’s popularity grows. Read more Mahogany Opens In New York Diana Ross’ second feature film, Mahogany, directed by Berry Gordy, opens in New York. Read more Motown Embraces Disco Disco rules. Among the winners are the Miracles ("Love Machine") and Diana Ross ("Love Hangover"), both with No.

1 hits. Read more The Supremes' Final Top 40 Hit The Supremes enjoy their final Top 40 hit on the pop charts with “I’m Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking.” Read more Marvin Sells Out Royal Albert Hall Marvin Gaye performs his first-ever concerts in the U.K., selling out London’s Royal Albert Hall and adding a show at the London Palladium. Read more Stevie's Songs In The Key Of Life Tops The Charts Stevie Wonder’s Songs in The Key of Life begins a 14-week run at the top of the Billboard album charts. Read more Stevie's Fifth No.1 Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish” becomes his fifth No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Motown’s 40th. Read more Thelma Houston Sets A Motown First “Don’t Leave Me This Way” by Thelma Houston is the first Motown single to reach No. 1 on the pop, R&B and dance charts. Read more Marvin's Live At The London Palladium Climbs The Charts Marvin’s Live At The London Palladium climbs into the Top 3 of the album charts as “Got To Give It Up” heads for No. 1.

Read more The Supremes Perform Their Last Concert The Supremes – Mary Wilson, Susaye Greene, Scherrie Payne – perform their last concert together, at London’s Theatre Royal. Read more Rick James' Breakthrough Rick James’ first Motown album, Come Get It, is released, featuring his breakthrough hit, “You And I.” Read more The Commodores' First No.1 “Three Times A Lady,” written by Lionel Richie, is the first No. 1 on the pop charts for the Commodores. Read more Motown Premieres The Wiz Motown Productions premieres its newest movie, The Wiz, starring Diana Ross and co-starring Michael Jackson and Richard Pryor. Read more Marvin Releases Here, My Dear Here, My Dear, Marvin Gaye’s emotional farewell to his first wife, Anna, is released.

Read more Pops We Love You Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson hit the charts with their four-way tribute to Berry Gordy’s late father, “Pops We Love You.” Read more Rick James Lends A Hand Teena Marie is Motown’s newest hitmaker as “I’m Just A Sucker For Your Love,” written and produced by Rick James, debuts on the R&B charts. Read more Bonnie Pointer Brings Back A Classic A Motown hit from the 1960s returns to the limelight as Bonnie Pointer’s update of “Heaven Must Have Sent You” reaches the Top 20. Read more Stevie Performs His First Movie Soundtrack Stevie Wonder performs music from his first movie soundtrack, Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants, at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House. Read more Motown's Newest Success: Billy Preston & Syreeta Motown’s newest international success is “With You I’m Born Again” by Billy Preston & Syreeta, a Top 3 hit in the UK.

Read more The Temptations Are Chartbound Once More Re-signed to Motown, the Temptations are chartbound once more with “Power,” co-written and co-produced by Berry Gordy. Read more Jermaine Jackson Gets Serious Jermaine Jackson has a new Top 10 hit with “Let’s Get Serious,” written and produced by Stevie Wonder. Read more A Tribute To Bob Marley A tribute to reggae godfather Bob Marley, “Master Blaster (Jammin’)” becomes Stevie Wonder’s 22nd Top 10 smash. Read more Marvin Releases His Final Album For Motown Marvin Gaye’s final album for Motown, In Our Lifetime, is released. Read more Motown Celebrates Smokey's Success Motown kicks off a year-long celebration of Smokey Robinson’s 25th anniversary in showbiz, following his biggest-ever solo hit, “Being With You.” Read more Rick James Storms The Charts Street Songs by Rick James hits the Top 5 of the album charts, going on to sell more than three million copies. Read more Diana & Lionel Love, Endlessly Diana Ross & Lionel Richie’s “Endless Love” begins its nine-week run at No.

1 to become one of Motown’s all-time top-selling singles. Read more Stevie Prepares His Original Musiquarium I Motown announces that Stevie Wonder has re-signed with the company, and prepares the release of his Original Musiquarium I set. Read more Gordy Co-Produces A Hit For Charlene Charlene’s “I’ve Never Been To Me,” co-produced by Berry Gordy, is a Top 3 success, almost five years after its first release. Read more The New Hitmakers: The Dazz Band The Dazz Band are Motown’s newest hitmakers as “Let It Whip” becomes a Top 5 smash on the pop charts. Read more Lionel Pens His First Solo Hit The first single from Lionel Richie’s latest album, “Truly” is his first No. 1 as a solo singer/songwriter. Read more Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever An NBC-TV special, Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, celebrates the artists and music of the company’s extraordinary quarter-century. Read more Tamla Motown Records Tamla Motown Records Mobile Site Berry Gordy Jr.

had a dream, and in 1959 with a loan of $800 he started Motown records in Detroit. The name Tam la and Motown derived from the Debbie Reynolds hit film' Tammy' and Motown was the nickname of Motor Town, home of Ford Motors in Detroit. He became the president of the black American company, with music from the ghetto, which was danceable and became mainstream with its own original Motown sound. Success did not come overnight, with a vocal group called the Miracles and the classic '" Money (That What I Want)" originally issued on Anna records, Berry struck gold. The lead singer and song writer Smokey Robinson persuaded Berry Gordy to manufacture and distribute his own records. "Shop Around" was written by Smokey and became the first million seller for the label. The Detriot Sound. The Young Sound of America was dominated by the production and writing talent of Holland, Dozier and Holland in the early sixties. As well as groups such as the Four Tops, Temptations, Supremes, Marvelettes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas and Jr.

Walker and the All Stars, he attracted the talent of Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, Jimmy Ruffin and the Isley Brothers. Hit followed hit "You've Really Got A Hold On" , "Mickey's Monkey", Miracles,"Pride And Joy", "Can I Get A Witness", Marvin Gaye, "Finger Tips, "Uptight (Everythings Alright)" Stevie Wonder,"Love Is Like A Heat Wave"," Dancing In The Street", Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, "Where Did Our Love Go", "Baby Love", Supremes , "My Guy", Mary Wells, "Baby I Need Your Lovin", "I Can't Help Myself", Four Tops, "My Girl, "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" Temptations, "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" Gladys Knight and the Pips, "This Old Heart of Mine" (Is Weak For You) Isley Brothers. As well as the Tamla and Motown labels he also developed Gordy-Soul-VIP. The first artist to be issued on the Soul label was Shorty Long. William Stevenson produced "Devil With A Blue Dress On".

In 1966 he recorded "Function At The Junction" which became a chart hit. He went on to record four singles and two albums and remains a very under rated talent who died in a boating accident in June 1969. During the sixties Motown was not the only successful label in Detroit. Ric Tic the label owned by Ed Wingate had an impact on the chart seen and Motown bought them out, now with artist such as Rare Earth, Laura Lee, J.J.Barnes, Edwin Starr and the Fantastic Four more hits followed. Edwin Starr had the biggest hits on Gordy with "25 Miles" "War" (sold over 3 million copies) and "My Weakness is You". Originally on Golden World he moved to Ric Tic, hits included "Agent OO Soul", "Stop Her On Sight" and the catchy "Headline News". Mean while back in the UK, the early Motown records were issued on a variety of labels, as we shall see in the continuing story in Part Two of The Tamla Motown Records Story Looking for original Tamla Motown records?

Try John Manship Records Motown Month: Music From The Motor City - Discogs Blog Motown Month: Music From The Motor City by SoLil This month is Motown Month on the Discogs Blog! Looking at the many successful artists whose careers were launched or influenced by founder Berry Gordy Jr. and all the classics that were created in “Hitsville USA”, I can not imagine what today’s music would be like if Motown hadn’t existed. Would we have known about Marvin Gaye , The Supremes , Stevie Wonder , The Jackson 5 , The Temptations , Mary Wells , Four Tops , Commodores , The Miracles , Martha Reeves & The Vandellas ? Probably yes, because each and every one of these artists is so talented that they possibly would have made it anyway. But on the other hand: the history of Motown is such a chain of coincidental meetings and collaborations between passionate people, that their music would not have been the same if it hadn’t been for Motown. I recommend checking out the Classic Motown website for a timeline with the full history, it makes for a really good read!

Let’s take a look at some of the most wanted, most collected and rarest Motown related releases: Debbie Reynolds – “Tammy / French Heels” Ok, there is not much rare about this release, and it also doesn’t feature on many of your Wantlists, but I did want to mention it here. In 1959, this Debbie Reynolds’ record inspired songwriter Berry Gordy Jr. to pick a name for his new record business in Detroit. Unfortunately, “Tammy” was already in use by another record company, so he decided on Tamla instead. On April 14th 1960, Gordy merged Tamla and Motown together into Motown . It was not until 1965 that the separate Tamla Motown label was created, catering to overseas markets. Frank Wilson – “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)/ Sweeter As The Days Go By” The song was initially written and recorded by Frank Wilson (who at the time was a producer and writer) in 1965, and a few demos of this recording were pressed. Given the choice of becoming famous as a singer or a writer/producer, Frank chose the latter and the demos were destroyed.

Only a few were said to have remained in the Motown Archive, and the story about how many there are around are a bit vague. Fact is, one sold for £ 25,742 in 2009 . You may have heard this song in a KFC commercial, but unfortunately I haven’t been able to find it for you. If you can find it somewhere, please post a link in the comments! Mary Jane Girls – “All Night Long” This one is probably in such high demand because it has been sampled by Jennifer Lopez (I’m Real (Murder Remix), LL Cool J (“Around The Way Girl”), Jay-Z (“Only A Customer”), Mary J. Blige (“Mary Jane (All Night Long)”), The Black Eyed Peas (“Audio Delite At Low Fidelity”) and many others. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – “The Night” ‎ This song was featured on the first LP released by the band after they signed with Motown. And although their LP ” Chameleon” didn’t do very well at the time, this song reached the Top 10 in the UK. Apart from a few demos, this single was never released in the USA.

Stevie Wonder – “Songs In The Key Of Life” ‎ This LP is the over all most collected Motown release: 4,147 of you have this 1976 US release in your collection. If we look at all versions of this release, 19,987 people have it in their collection. This album features classics like “Sir Duke”, “I Wish”, “As” and “Isn’t She Lovely” and came with a bonus 7″. Stevie was around 26 at the time the album was released and had been with Motown for a long time: He auditioned when he was 11 and his first single with Tamla, “ I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It The Blues ” was released when he had just turned 12. Second most collected LP is also a Stevie Wonder record: “ Talking Book “, followed by Lionel Richie’s “Can’t Slow Down” Marvin Gaye – “What’s Going On” Marvin Gaye moved to Detroit after The Moonglows of which he was a member, broke up. He signed with Motown in 1960.

Your most wanted Tamla LP was released 11 years later, with 1973 of you looking for this version at the moment and a whopping 31808 people having this on their Wantlist! Actually, when looking at the Top 3 of Most Wanted Motown related LP/Albums, Marvin fills all three spaces: “ Trouble Man ” and “ Let’s Get It On ” are number 2 and 3, just before “People…Hold On” by Eddie Kendricks and Erykah Badu’s “Mama’s Gun” . Keep an eye on our blog this month as we’ll be digging a bit deeper into Motown! The studio in Detroit, nicknamed Hitsville U.S.A. is now in use as a museum. Photo by Chris Butcher via Wikipedia SoLil posted 8 months ago Share this article: Motor City (The Tamla Motown Singles Vol. 1 1959) - Microsoft Store Motor City (The Tamla Motown Singles Vol.

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Question: Which motor city was the original the base of Tamla Motown?
Answer: Detroit