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In a span of six years from 1969 through 1975, the Jackson 5 released 10 albums with Motown Records before switching their name to the more mature The Jacksons, and changing labels, by the mid-’70s.
Motown is one of the most prolific labels of all time, with a range of great labels attached, but who was the label's best ...
Happy birthday Stevland Hardaway Morris! Of course, know him better as Stevie Wonder. The Motown great was born on May 13, 1950 in Saginaw. He moved to Detroit with his mother when he was four. Wonder ...
Motown Records stumbled into the 1980s from the ‘70s, watching its greatest hitmakers return to the charts via other labels — Diana Ross at RCA, Marvin Gaye at Columbia and, of course, Michael Jackson ...
EMORY, Va. — David St.Clair can still remember attending his elementary school fair when he was in the fourth grade. To his delight, the event included the sale of 45 top hit records. Fishing through ...
Before Ethan Popp could land the job as musical supervisor and arranger for "Motown: The Musical," he had to meet the man in charge. The man who had been in charge for decades, in fact. When Popp ...