• 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, and incorporated...
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  • Motown Magic is an animated children's television series, created by Josh Wakely, and produced for Netflix. The series follows Ben, described by Netflix...
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  • This is a 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...
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  • branded as Universal Motown. Gordy Records Motown Records Tamla Records Tamla-Motown Records Check-Mate Records Miracle Records Motown Yesteryear MoWest...
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    Smokey Robinson (category Motown artists)
    former record executive. He was the founder and frontman of the pioneering Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer...
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  • Look up Motown in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Motown is an American record label founded in 1959, as well as the type of soul music associated with...
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    Berry Gordy (category Motown)
    producer and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record label and its subsidiaries, which was the highest-earning African-American...
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  • 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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  • record label Motown as well as its subsidiaries and imprints. This is a list of singles released on one of the various labels owned by Motown that reached...
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  • Motown (1994), and on the history of his founding and running of the Motown record label, and his personal and professional relationships with Motown...
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    Marvin Gaye (category Motown artists)
    and R&B singer, songwriter, and musician. He helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist...
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  • Motown Live is an American television series showcasing live performances by music artists in the areas of rhythm & blues, hip hop, and popular music....
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    The Supremes (category Motown artists)
    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,...
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  • Motown is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. The album was released on June 24, 2003, by Universal Music International...
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    The Temptations (category Motown artists)
    Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s to mid 1970s. The group's work with producer Norman...
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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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    Four Tops (category Motown artists)
    successful American pop music groups of the 1960s and helped propel the Motown label to international fame. The group's repertoire has included aspects...
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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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    "Hitsville U.S.A." is the nickname given to Motown's first headquarters and recording studio. The house (formerly a photographers' studio) is located at...
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  • was founded by Berry Gordy Jr., in 1968, as Motown Productions, the film and television arm of Gordy's Motown Records label. It became de Passe Entertainment...
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  • FC Motown is an American soccer club based in Morristown, New Jersey. Founded in 2012, the team currently fields teams in both the National Premier Soccer...
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    became popular for dancing and listening, where U.S. record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were influential during the Civil Rights Movement. Soul...
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  • Motown Rage is an American nu metal band from Detroit, Michigan. They have released two albums. They were signed to Psychopathic Records sublabel Hatchet...
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    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...
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    The Jackson 5 (category Motown artists)
    released two singles. In 1968, they left Steeltown Records and signed with Motown, where they were the first group to debut with four consecutive number-one...
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    I Heard It Through the Grapevine (category Motown singles)
    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 was produced...
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  • Motown 50 is a compilation album released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Motown Records. Knaebel, Nate. "Motown 50 - Various Artist | Songs...
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  • Motown Chartbusters is a series of compilation albums first released by EMI under licence on the Tamla Motown label in Britain. In total, 12 editions...
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  • Motown and Didi is a realistic fiction novel by Walter Dean Myers. It was first published in 1984 by Viking. It is centered on two African-American lovers...
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    The Miracles (category Motown artists)
    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...
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