- Motown - Wikipedia
Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group Founded by Berry Gordy Jr as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, [2][3] it was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960 [4] Its name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered
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- Motown Records Former Location On Sunset Blvd In Los Angeles
From 1961 to 1971, Motown had 110 Top 10 hits from many artists including Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross The Supremes, The Temptations, Four Tops, The Jackson 5, and Gladys Knight the Pips
- Newsletter: When Motown came to L. A. - Los Angeles Times
Many of the living luminaries of the Motown Records empire gathered on Monday morning in a glass-walled conference room above Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood to honor one of their own — the man
- When Motown moved West - LAist
Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5 were among the premiere Motown artists who sprang up after Motown's move to Los Angeles Motown Records may still be largely associated with Detroit,
- The rise and fall of Motown Records – The Times-Delphic
There are multiple reasons why Motown has disintegrated The first is the move to Los Angeles The word Motown has always been synonymous with Detroit It was started there, most of the groups and founder Berry Gordy were from there But, the label saw the lures of Los Angeles and deserted Detroit for the sunny future
- Before Motown: L. A. s Black-Owned Soul Music Empire
During the 1950s and 1960s, Los Angeles had its own Motown records Dootone Records began on a front porch in Watts and grew to become one of the largest Black-owned record labels in the country
- Motown: The music that changed America - BBC
Sixty years ago, Berry Gordy set up the hit factory of Motown Arwa Haider looks at how an independent record label created one of the most influential sounds of the 20th Century On 12 January
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