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 Motown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Served as a label for Motown, Tamla, and Gordy rereleases and Motown compilation albums in 1978 and 1979.
In addition to the songwriting prowess of the above individuals, one of the major factors in the widespread appeal of Motown's music was Gordy's practice of using a highly select and tight-knit group of studio musicians, collectively known as "The Funk Brothers", to record the instrumental or "band" tracks of the Motown songs.
Many of Motown's most well known songs, such as all of the early hits for The Supremes, were written by the songwriting trio Holland-Dozier-Holland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown   (1808 words)

  
 Motown - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Motown
The Motown sound was created by in-house producers and songwriters such as Smokey Robinson and the team of Holland–Dozier–Holland; performers included Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and the Temptations.
Motown Record Company, L.P. Motown Record Company, L.P. Motown Records
Its distinctive, upbeat sound (for example, the Four Tops and the Supremes) was a major element in 1960s pop music.
http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Motown   (175 words)

  
 Motown Sound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Motown Sound is a style of soul music with distinctive characteristics, including the use of tambourine along with drums, bass instrumentation, a distinctive melodical and chord structure, and a "call and response" singing style originating in gospel music.
Also instrumental to the sound was the work of Motown's in-house band, The Funk Brothers, who performed the instrumentation on nearly every Motown hit from 1959 to 1971.
Among the most important architects of The Motown Sound were the members of Motown's in-house team of songwriters and record producers, including Motown founder Berry Gordy, William "Smokey" Robinson, Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, and the team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Edward Holland, Jr.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown_Sound   (524 words)

  
 Classic Motown
Motown Remixed, revisits many of the greatest tracks ever recorded foor Motown and presents them “regrooved” for a new generation.
The new disc, one of the premier Motown releases in recent years and ushering in an exciting new era for the record label, is a dedicated effort by the legendary artist to remind the world about the restorative power of love.
Hip-O Records, in conjunction with Motown Records, is proud to present Heaven Must Have Sent You: The Story of Holland/Dozier/Holland.
http://classic.motown.com   (501 words)

  
 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Motown
Motown is a record company, a musical style, and a corporate conglomerate with several subsidiary labels.
The most important Motown asset was not the solid gold records or the millions earned in revenue, but its talented and diverse artists, songwriters, producers, and musicians.
Motown issued 56 number one pop and RandB songs in a decade.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100830   (840 words)

  
 Marvin Gaye - Classic Motown
When Wells left Motown in 1964, Gaye recorded with Kim Weston until 1967, when she was succeeded by Tammi Terrell.
The following year, he emerged with a set of recordings that Motown at first refused to release, but which eventually formed his most successful solo album.
With its tense, ominous rhythm arrangement, and Gaye's typically fluent and emotional vocal, the record represented a landmark in Motown's history - not least because it became the label's biggest-selling record to date.
http://classic.motown.com/artist.aspx?ob=per&srs=prd&aid=1   (783 words)

  
 Hit Man  - Learn to love the tyrant who made Motown. By Alex Abramovich
Motown was not the first black-owned label (Black Swan Records had been founded in 1921) or the first black label to record rhythm and blues and soul music.
For the rest of the world, Motown's music is a stand-in for America itself.
Gordy ordered his songwriters to keep lyrics in the present tense and consistently stripped their songs of names and other specifics.
http://www.slate.com/id/2076709   (1639 words)

  
 The Motown Story & Album Discography
Motown Records is indeed the story of a small company that became a dominant force in the music industry, eventually encompassing some two dozen different labels and thousands of record, tape, and compact disc issues.
We have tried here to construct album discographies for almost all these labels, from the time the first albums were issued in 1961 to the time compact discs virtually forced vinyl out of existence.
Most of the Motown material, except for some of the earliest recordings, were done using at least two- track recorders.
http://www.bsnpubs.com/motownstory.html   (614 words)

  
 MOTOWN
Motown often utilized the same core session musicians on their records, which helped lay the Motown sound's basic rhythmic foundation of bouncing bass and echoing drums.
Though the music of Motown was not as raw or edgy as other RandB labels, such as Chess and Stax, the songs that were written, produced, and released from "Hitsville USA" comprise some of the most enduring, sophisticated and popular music of our time.
As a songwriter and producer, he was the most important musical component to Motown's early success, not only on the hits by the Miracles, but for numerous other acts as well (especially Mary Wells and the Temptations).
http://campus.queens.edu/depts/english/motown.htm   (6102 words)

  
 The Motown Story
Even though Motown sold millions more albums during the 1970s and 1980s then it had in the 1960s, Motown will always be remembered for the music it created during the 1960s that was heard on the tinny radios in automobiles as teenagers cruised the streets and highways.
But Berry kept his promise to the musicians, and the 11 albums released on the label are some of the rarest albums on any Motown label.
The Jackson 5 were signed to Motown and 4 of their first six singles released between late 1969 and mid 1971 went to #1 on the pop charts, with the two that missed the #1 spot reaching #2.
http://www.bsnpubs.com/gordystory.html   (5224 words)

  
 Chicago Sun-Times: Motown memories
Motown was and always will be "The Sound of Young America." The pure polish and general innocence of the Motown sound has given it the power of reinvention, from "The Big Chill" soundtrack to the perennial Michael Jackson specials.
Early Motown sessions were recorded on two track recording console.
Edwards was personal manager for early Motown artists such as Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and the Supremes--when they were teenagers.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20010930/ai_n13923779   (1487 words)

  
 Mike Gee's Home Page
A listing of all the Tamla Motown Albums released in the US up to 1988.
A listing of all the Tamla Motown Albums released inthe UK up to 1984.
Reference lists of Tamla Motown Albums, works by Joseph Haydn and information on the Gee family name.
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1071   (258 words)

  
 Berry Gordy and Motown Records
Assembling an industrious staff of songwriters, producers, and musicians, Motown Records built one of the most impressive rosters of artist in the history of pop music and became the largest and most successful independent record company in the United State by 1964.
Founder and owner of the Tamla-Motown family record labels, Berry Gordy, Jr., established Motown Records as one of the most important independent labels in the early '60s.
They also put together the Rayber Voices, a studio group that backed most of Motown's first acts on their early recordings.
http://www.history-of-rock.com/motown_records.htm   (648 words)

  
 GIANT STEP™ Artist - Motown Remixed
Motown Remixed re-grooves 15 of the greatest songs of Motown for a new generation.
On this album, which features more than a dozen of the world†s top producers/remixers, you†ll hear Motown...
http://www.giantstep.net/artists/610   (105 words)

  
 MotownSelect Catalogue
Produced by Stevie Wonder and featuring Wonderlove as the backing band, these are the singer’s first two albums on a single disc.
Motown makes its move: from Martha, Smokey and Little Stevie, to Marvin, Diana, Mary & Flo coming up fast on the horizon… 119 songs on five compact discs, continuing our critically-acclaimed series of Hitsville history.
Former Temptations singer’s long-lost solo album, finally uncovered after 33 1/3 years on the shelf in the Motown vault.
http://www.hip-oselect.com/cat_motown.asp   (352 words)

  
 Motown - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
Birthplace of the Motown sound that completely rewrote the definition of how America heard soul music throughout the 1960s, the Motown label remains the only record company to also be known as a specific sub-genre of music.
Gordy and his virtual assembly line of songwriters, producers, backing musicians, and vocalists created the company's signature sound by placing strong emphasis on melody and succinct song arrangements; indeed, Motown's joyous chords, prominent tambourines, driving bass lines, echo-heavy drums, and soaring strings were a brilliant synthesis of pop craftsmanship and soul potency.
They come from a northern land, Canada, and they have what it takes to be the next talent on Motown.
http://music.download.com/2001-8557_32-0.html   (218 words)

  
 Motown Songwriters
The song became one of the most valuable copyrights owned by Motown, as it was covered by hundreds of artists, most notably Creedence Clearwater Revival, both on an edited single and as an epic-length jam on their perennially popular LP Cosmo's Factory.
Their version, almost a gospel rendition, was a huge hit, and in its wake the Marvin Gaye version, much more raw sounding (and also produced by Whitfield), was issued and became a second hit version.
In 1975, Whitfield left Motown to found his own label, Whitfield Records (its emblem, a "W," was virtually an inverted Motown "M" with different color scheme), taking the Undisputed Truth with him.
http://tracy_prinze.tripod.com/atributetomotown/id18.html   (1629 words)

  
 Miracles and Marvelettes (Metro Times Detroit)
The Motown story was amazing for a host of reasons, not least of which was the absolute wealth of talent that Gordy uncovered right here in the Motor City.
And the tunes they sang were mini-masterpieces when it came to lyrics (penned mainly by Gordy, Robinson and Holland-Dozier-Holland), arrangements, instrumentation and a reverb that apparently only the acoustics at 2648 West Grand Blvd. could produce.
Return to the introduction for this special collection of music stories, where you'll find links to the other nine records on our list of Detroit discs that shook the world.
http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=3210   (1029 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: V2 Motown: Music
McDonald's album proved once again that the music of Motown is a global phenomenon that speaks not to just the Big Chill generation but to every generation.
Return to the Motown source to hear inspired pop soul music.
The sequel to 2002's surprise smash Motown album, Motown Two is a respectful yet contemporary salute to one of our most beloved musical legacies.
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000641D6K   (339 words)

  
 The Golden Age of the Motown Sound
They left Motown for Budda Records in 1973.
The history of Motown is a string of lists -- lists of hits, lists of stars, and lists of triumphs and tragedies.
Vintage Motown: A jam session from the 1960s features Kim Weston (microphone) Stevie Wonder(dark glasses), Berry Gordy Jr.
http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=26&category=life   (2108 words)

  
 Motown Books from The Bomp Bookshelf
Motown musicians such as Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye had enormous respect for the elder Gordy, and the two (with Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson) recorded the song 'Pops We Love You' in his honor.
The Motown Album: The Sound of Young America
The Songs of Berry Gordy: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown
http://www.bomp.com/BompbooksMotown.html   (2249 words)

  
 GIANT STEP™ Release - Motown Remixed by Motown Remixed
Motown Remixed is a loving tribute to the legendary label and compiles some of the most popular songs from Berry Gordy’s musical empire and gives them modern makeovers.
Motown Records put Detroit on the map in the 1960s and the name is still synonymous with true soul music today.
Look out for more surprises and choice cuts from 'Motown Remixed.'
http://www.giantstep.net/releases/704   (419 words)

  
 The Motown Sound
Topic 33 examines Motown Records and its founder, Berry Gordy, describing the unique "Motown sound" and the way in which Gordy carefully ran his recording studio to achieve and standardize the sound.
Describe the impact of Berry Gordy's personality and his background in and out of the music business on the development and direction of Motown Records.
What elements of the Motown sound and image were calculated to specifically appeal to white listeners?
http://webclass.lakeland.cc.il.us/mus150/motown.htm   (139 words)

  
 Soul Of America - Detroit: The Motown Sound
The signature of Detroit’s music tradition was written at Motown by its mercurial founder, Berry Gordy.
In various attempts to reach the crossover ("White") market, Black record companies created non-Black sounding record labels and removed artist photos of from album covers sold in white neighborhoods.
Gordy correctly determined that the Rock and Roll market was increasingly being driven by white American and European musical sensibilities and experiences.
http://www.soulofamerica.com/cityfldr/detroit2.html   (658 words)

  
 The Motown Historical Museum
The original disc-mastering lathe made many of the master discs of the hit records under the careful eye of yours truly.
Even today, many of the recording techniques used find their roots in this "Motown Sound" of the 60's.
The original 3 track tape machine (Left) recorded many hits in its day.
http://www.recordingeq.com/motown/motown.htm   (444 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Motown Mania: Music
Pete Waterman obviously has a great admiration for Motown as he also does for ABBA (see last year's ABBAMANIA release), but this compilation is a bit skimpy in length (39 minutes) and seems as though it was assembled in a rush to have it out in time for the holidays.
The best of all the songs on this cd must be westlifes song what becomes of the broken hearted this song is amazing, others i recommend are i'll be there by dane bowers and a1's three times a lady
While Samantha Mumba's lively "Signed Sealed Delivered", Dane Bowers I'll Be There" and A1's "Three Times a Lady" all manage to sound fresh yet true to their originals.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000056KOJ   (471 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Motown: Music: Michael McDonald
Michael seems to have a special affinity with Stevie Wonder in particular, including "Higher Ground" on his best of compilation, as well as covering four of his songs on this collection.
The Motown sounds speak to the hearts of many Baby Boomers, and Michael McDonald has put together a collection of favorites anyone will enjoy.
I think it's fab how he took these Motown songs and made them his own.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009PJQX?v=glance   (1012 words)

  
 Motown Band Atlantic City, NJ - Atlantic, New Jersey Motown Music, Atlantic City Motown Bands
We play Motown, Jazz, Blues, Neo-Soul,Disco,Funk and R&B. We are one of the hottest soul party bands in south jersey.
We are a cover band of 11 members(4 singers).We play 60s, 70s, 80s,and 90s hits.
Motown Band Atlantic City, NJ - Atlantic, New Jersey Motown Music, Atlantic City Motown Bands
http://www.gigmasters.com/Motown/MotownBand_AtlanticCity_NJ.asp   (952 words)

  
 Motown Webring
Motown and all forms of Soul Music over the past 40 years are covered on my site.
Movies produced and co-produced by Motown, plus movies featuring Motown OSTs, or Motown songs in the OSTs, including some well known title tracks.
The Beatles got a lot of inspiration from Motown and Motown returned the compliment...
http://e.webring.com/hub?ring=motown   (1706 words)

  
 MOTOWN SPECIAL ORDER ITEMS
This 17-track CD, mixed with care by Tom Moulton, represents the best of the five shows Motown taped during Marvin's second weekend at the venue and includes a couple of wonderful Motown medleys and three of Marvin's hits of the day, with the Copa orchestra conducted by Motown's own Maurice King.
After The Jacksons signed to Epic Records in 1975, Motown issued tracks from the vaults in the form of “Joyful Jukebox Music” which came out in 1976.
Bonus tracks include two more songs from the original LP sessions, three songs from another legendary ‘unreleased’ album, A Tribute to The Girls; an outtake from I Hear A Symphony and seven tracks produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland from another unfinished unreleased album, The Supremes And The Motown Sound: From Broadway To Hollywood.
http://www.soulmusic.com/motownspecials.htm   (2935 words)

  
 The Infoplease Crossword Puzzle: Motown
* The Motown classic dance song "Shotgun" was recorded by this band in '65: ___ Walker and The All Stars
Postman" which originally rose to the top of the charts when it was recorded by Motown sensations, The Marvelettes
* Before the success of Motown, one of the songs #1A co-wrote was "All I Could Do Was Cry" which was recorded by this talented singer: ___ James
http://www.infoplease.com/xwords/motown.html   (492 words)

  
 World of Classic Motown
Also, my late mother had always listened to Motown songs since she was a girl listening to radio station
My interest in Motown started in around 1996, when I listened to the Beatles' covers of "Money", "Please Mr.
Check out Motown Behind the Scenes, Notable Motown Cover Songs, Gold and Platinum Singles,
http://www.geocities.com/ken_d_go/Motown.html   (180 words)

  
 Z-Trip's Motown Breakdown Part1 - Download it here - Official DJ Z-Trip Forums
I bought the best of Motown 25 years in the making (5 records) for $20.
What really got me excited was that the record has every track that Z uses for his motown breakdown mix.
My wife loves motown so we listen to it all the time at home and now Z has got a mega mix of it?
http://forums.djztrip.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9362   (1593 words)

  
 Standing in the Shadows of Motown -- The Funk Brothers
orty-one years after they played their first note an a Motown record and three decades since they were all together, the Funk Brothers reunited back in Detroit to play their music and tell their unforgettable story in STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN.
STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN finally puts some faces on that music and introduces these heroic musical figures to the world.
Through the eyes of the riveting characters who ruled Hitsville's studio by day and the club scene of Detroit by night, we enter a world of unparalleled soul and emotion as the Funk Brothers revisit the sites of their musical roots, triumphs, and eventual heartbreak.
http://www.standingintheshadowsofmotown.com   (322 words)

  
 Hitsville USA
In fact the cover is just a montage of Motown record sleeves.
I have assumed the title is "Hitsville USA" because that is the banner at the top of each left sided page.
The text concludes with a 9 page discography of Motown's main releases.
http://www.localdial.com/users/jsyedu133/Soulreview/bookpages/hitsvill.htm   (705 words)

  
 THE OFFICIAL HOME OF THE MOTOWN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
To encourage the development and performance of music in the community by providing performance venues, workshops, music festivals, and any and all other appropriate means.
Included in her collection is Italian wood inlaid music boxes, "Music Notes" logo 14K and sterling silver jewelry, "Music Notes" purse line, assortment of 'musical sayings' and logo tee shirts, 'Sheet Music' fine bed linens, a wide variety of music-oriented novelty gifts and a special selection of memorabilia from the Motown Museum in Detroit.
well known recording on the Motown roster of hits.
http://members.aol.com/maainc   (1506 words)

  
 Motown Sheet Music -259!
Motown Sheet Music Pages: 1 2 3 4 Jackson 5
In The Name Of Love, Superstition, The Love You Save, The Tracks Of My Tears, Three Times A Lady, Where Did Our Love Go, You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, You Keep Me Hangin' On!
To top of Motown Songbooks, Scores and Sheet Music
http://laurasmidiheaven.com/SheetMusic-Motown.shtml   (471 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Motown: Music: Michael McDonald
With the right system and speakers you hear things that you don't hear on the origonal CD realese.
Here he covers mostly Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, and the material is strong.
His voice is solid and always interesting, but in the end you have to keep asking yourself - do we need another Motown cover album?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000DBJBF?v=glance   (757 words)

  
 Urban Dictionary: MoTown
Motown is the basis for every genre of music today.
Comes from pronunciation "jacks and fives" sounding like Jackson 5, famous band on Motown Records.
Musical movement started by Motown Record Corporation that introduced artists such as The Funk Brothers, Marvin Gaye, The Jackson 5, Martha and The Vandellas, Rare Earth, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Temptations, and The Contours.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=MoTown   (246 words)

  
 Motown Forever - A Tribute To The Classic Sound - Home
Motown Forever - A Tribute To The Classic Sound :: Home
Motown Forever - A Tribute To The Classic Sound - Home
This site is a Motown Lover of WebRing.
http://motownforever.proboards32.com/index.cgi   (68 words)

  
 MOTOWN LEGENDS TODAY : MOTOWN NEWS
Les who worked professionally at the age of 14 with Motown's Holidays, Edwin Starr and the Contours.
Whitfield left Motown in 1975 to form his own label, Whitfield Records, (Rose Royce's "Car Wash,")
The house band will feature members of Motown's legendary Funk Brothers.
http://www.funandmusic.biz/music-motown-modern.htm   (880 words)

  
 Welcome to Motown.com, home of Motown Records : Brian McKnight,India.Arie,Stevie Wonder
Welcome to Motown.com, home of Motown Records : Brian McKnight,India.Arie,Stevie Wonder
Privacy Policy, © 2004 Universal Motown Records Group
http://www.motown.com   (19 words)

  
 BBC - Music - Soul Deep
This series tells the story of how Soul music was forged from r 'n' b and gospel to become the most successful music in the world...
Win the CD of the series and a host of Motown goodies!
Download our in-depth guides to the episodes featuring a guide to soul and biographies of featured artists...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/souldeep   (130 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: motown: Search Results Music
Motown Remixed (W/1 Bonus Tracks) -- Various (Artist)
Stevie Wonder (October 29, 2002 - Audio CD)
Most popular results for: the keywords include motown
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/external-search?search-type=ss&keyword=motown&index=music-ca   (143 words)

  
 Online R&b/urban Radio Station - Live365 Internet Radio - Sweet & Soulful Motown
I believe that without motown music to begin with, we wouldn't have R&B, hip-hop, rap, funk...music to begin with.
Online R&b/urban Radio Station - Live365 Internet Radio - Sweet & Soulful Motown
Sweet & Soulful Motown Music - Supremes, Jackson 5, Isley Brothers, etc...
http://www.live365.com/stations/47657   (210 words)

  
 Motown Historical Museum - Detroit
Berry Gordy, Jr and stand in the original recording studio “Studio A” where Motown’s greatest hits were recorded.
The museum exhibits trace the roots of Motown’s remarkable story and chronicle its impact on 20th century popular culture and musical styles.
Berry Gordy, Jr by the Gordy family savings club (the Ber-Berry Co-op) to produce his first record – to the explosive popularity of Motown’s artists throughout the world.
http://www.motownmuseum.com/mtmpages   (355 words)

  
 Motown Memories
stevie wonder and marvin gaye and motown hitsville studio's
motowns 'in-house' session band • david nathan (motown journalist) • david ruffin
advertising poster - the motown spinners - shorty long - smokey robinson and the miracles
http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Motown.html   (195 words)

  
 Michigan Historical Marker: Motown
The "Motown Sound" was created on this site from 1959 to 1972.
Among Motown's record labels were Tamla, Motown, Gordy, Soul, VIP, Rare Earth, Black Forum, Workshop, Jazz, Divinity and others.
By the end of its first decade, Motown was the largest independent manufacturer of single 45 rpm records in the world.
http://www.michmarkers.com/pages/S0592.htm   (241 words)

  
 Motown Articles
The suit also said that Miss Ballard agreed to quit the group on Feb. 22, 1968, for a total of $139,804.94 in rights and royalties -- a sum her suit called "meager and grossly inadequate."
But despite this, Motown and one of its sister companies, International Management Co., also headed by Gordy, kept $4 million which should have been passed to Miss Ballard in royalties, the suit claimed.
In the suit she claimed that on July 26, 1967, Motown vice-president Michael Roahkind, another defendant, offered her $2,500 a year for six years as compension for leaving the group.
http://tracy_prinze.tripod.com/atributetomotown/id24.html   (530 words)

  
 Deep Groove Encyclopedia - Motown Sounds
Created by Michael L. Smith, players on their sole album, Space Dance, included Jermaine Jackson, David T. Walker, Lee Ritenour, Dave Garibaldi (ex-Tower of Power) and Roland Bautista (Earth, Wind and Fire).
This faceless studio aggregation was one of Motown's few forays into disco.
http://www.allthingsdeep.com/dge/motownsounds.htm   (85 words)

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