• The Motown Years (also known as The Motown Years 50) is a 3-disc compilation box set by American singer Michael Jackson and the group The Jackson 5, released...
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  • Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. Founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, it was incorporated...
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  • list of artists signed to Motown or one of its many subsidiaries. Dahl, Bill (February 28, 2011). Motown: The Golden Years: More Than 100 Rare Photographs...
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  • Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever is a 1983 television special, produced by Suzanne de Passe for Motown (founded in January 1959), to commemorate its...
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    Brenda Holloway (category Motown artists)
    soul singer who was a recording artist for Motown Records during the 1960s. Her best-known recordings are the hits "Every Little Bit Hurts", "When I'm Gone"...
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  • that "Come to Me" was released as the first Motown single. Dahl, Bill (February 28, 2011). Motown: The Golden Years: More Than 100 Rare Photographs. Penguin...
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    "Hitsville U.S.A." is the nickname given to Motown's first headquarters and recording studio. The house (formerly a photographers' studio) is located...
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    In 1975, the youngest brother Randy Jackson replaced Jermaine when the brothers signed with Epic Records and Jermaine stayed with Motown Records. In...
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    President of Motown Records from 1973 to 1975 and was personal and business manager for Stevie Wonder for 10 years. In his executive roles at Motown, he helped...
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  • Universal Motown Republic Group (UMRG) was an umbrella label founded in 1999 by Universal Music Group to oversee the labels assigned to its unit. UMRG...
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    retired in 2023. The group is also listed as the Detroit Spinners and the Motown Spinners, due to their 1960s recordings with the Motown label. These other...
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    through Motown Records, while still part of The Jackson 5. It peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA...
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    Four Tops (redirect from The 4 Tops)
    successful American pop music groups of the 1960s and helped propel Motown Records to international fame. The group's repertoire has incorporated elements...
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  • the Four Seasons, notable for being their only album with Motown. The album met with limited success in the US; no single was issued in America. "The...
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    Kiki Dee (redirect from The Kiki Dee Band)
    was the first female singer from the UK to sign with Motown's Tamla Records. Dee is best known for the hit singles "Amoureuse" (1973), "I've Got the Music...
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    Berry Gordy (category Motown)
    television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record label and its subsidiaries, which was the highest-earning African-American business...
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    Scott later said he "spent 11 years and close to a million dollars developing the Electronium." After leaving Motown he was mostly unemployed, though...
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  • the American rhythm and blues record label Motown as well as its subsidiaries and imprints. Dahl, Bill (February 28, 2011). Motown: The Golden Years:...
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    The Supremes were an American girl group formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1959 as the Primettes. A premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s, the Supremes...
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    signed with Motown, where they were the first group to debut with four consecutive number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the songs "I Want...
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    and albums with Motown Records from the 1960s to the mid-1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top 10 hit single...
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  • print content. The company was founded by Berry Gordy Jr., in 1968, as Motown Productions, the film and television arm of Gordy's Motown Records label...
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  • Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection is a 71-track triple disc box set commemorating Michael Jackson's early years with Motown. The album features...
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  • Universal Motown Records was an American record label that operated as a division of Universal Motown Republic Group. It was the contemporary incarnation...
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  • The Corporation was a group of songwriters and record producers assembled in 1969 by Motown label head Berry Gordy to create hit records for the label's...
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    Smokey Robinson (redirect from The Mircales)
    was the founder and frontman of the pioneering Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer. He led the group...
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    They were the first successful recording act for Motown Records and are considered one of the most important and most influential groups in the history...
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    It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released...
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    until the group's disbandment in 1989. The group reached commercial success after signing with Motown Records in 1966. After a year and a half, the group...
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  • Jackson 5: The Ultimate Collection is a compilation album released by Motown Records in 1995 featuring the music of The Jackson 5. The collection features...
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