• 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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)
    songwriter, film 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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  • 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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  • 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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    Marvin Gaye (category Motown artists)
    an American 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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    Four Tops (category Motown artists)
    commercially 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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    "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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  • rhythm and blues record label Motown as well as its subsidiaries and imprints. Dahl, Bill (February 28, 2011). Motown: The Golden Years: More Than 100...
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    The Temptations (category Motown artists)
    The Elgins, known for their string of successful singles and albums with Motown from the 1960s to the mid-1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield...
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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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    The Supremes (category Motown artists)
    Primettes. A premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and the most successful...
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  • Motown Remixed is a 2005 compilation album containing remixed versions of Motown hits, released on May 24, 2005 by Motown/Universal Records. Several hip...
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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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  • 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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    The Jackson 5 (category Motown artists)
    two singles were released. In 1968, they left Steeltown and signed with Motown, where they were the first group to debut with four consecutive number-one...
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  • Motown Live is an American television series featuring live performances by music artists in rhythm and blues, hip hop, and popular music. The show aired...
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    became popular for dancing and listening, and U.S. record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were influential in its proliferation during the civil...
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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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  • 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 Gold is a set of compilation albums released by the Tamla Motown label. The first album released in 1975, was a top 10 hit in the UK, where it...
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