Motown Records
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Boogie Fever...the bump, bump, bump" with his girlfriend. After being signed to Capitol Records in 1975, Larkin Arnold, then vice president, hired Motown Records veteran Freddie Perren to produce the group. Kenneth St. Lewis, a long-time collaborator... In this article: Boogie Fever, The Sylvers, Motown Records, Capitol Records, Freddie Perren, and Memphis, Tennessee |
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The Hollywood Reporter - Music | August 20, 2009
Yahoo's Launch wins webcasting fee case
...at issue in this case." The plaintiff recording companies in the case include Sony Corp.'s Arista Records LLC, Bad Boy Records, BMG Music, Capital Records, Motown Records and Virgin Records America, among others. A Sony representative...
In this article: Sony Corp, U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals, New York, Plaintiff, and Launchcast
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Fast Company | August 21, 2009
Score One for Sanity in Yahoo Music Webcast Ruling
...per month. But Yahoo appealed the original copyright ruling, and Arista Records, Bad Boy Records, BMG Music, Capital Records, Motown Records, Virgin Records, and others (the plaintiffs in the case) have now lost their case. It's down to a...
In this article: Launchcast, Yahoo Music, Yahoo, CBS Radio, Pandora, Plaintiff, Richard Wesley, Last.fm, and U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
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Stuff | October 15, 2009
Death and relationships
...and her double Tui award-winning collaboration with Smashproof on the hit single Brother, she was signed in the United States by Motown Records. This led the 23-year-old to Los Angeles and the chance to record Holy Smoke at Capitol...
In this article: Janet Jackson, Rolling Stone, Sydney, Los Angeles, United States, New Year's Eve, Don't Stop Me Now, and Australia
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Wikipedia | October 14, 2009
Barrett Strong
...for co-writing "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone". After Motown moved its operations base from Detroit , Michigan to Los Angeles , California, Strong left the label and resumed his singing career. In 1972 he signed with Epic , but after one...
In this article: Barrett Strong, Motown, Norman Whitfield, Papa Was a Rollin' Stone, Detroit, R&B, Cloud Nine, Ball of Confusion, Money, and I Heard It Through the Grapevine
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www.washingtonpost.com | May 17, 2006
Labels Sue XM Radio, Claiming Copyright Infringement
...pod, it's the mothership." The RIAA is an industry group whose members include such major music labels as Atlantic Recording, Capitol Records, Motown Records, Sony BMG, Virgin Records, and Warner Brothers. Its members deny that they...
In this article: Recording Industry Association of America, XM Satellite Radio, Plaintiff, Itunes, Napster, Sirius Satellite Radio, IPod, Samsung, Warner Brothers, and Sony BMG
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www.internetnews.com
Yahoo Comes Out On Top in Internet Radio Case
...or songs. But it's quite a different story the major labels, represented by plaintiffs including Sony's Arista Records, Bad Boy Records, BMG Music, Capital Records, Motown Records and Virgin Records America, among others. Another hit...
In this article: Yahoo, Launchcast, Nasdaq, Apple, Sony, WMT, and U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
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Wikipedia | October 16, 2009
General Caine
...called "Where's The Beef ?" (a popular catch phrase at that time), a slimmed down version of the group with new writers and producers signed a recording contract with Motown Records in the mid-1980s. With a slightly new name (from...
In this article: General Caine, Close Your Eyes, US, Tabu Records, MCA Records, and Capitol Records
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Wikipedia | August 02, 2009
Josie and the Pussycats (album)
...Cherie Moor as Melody, and Patrice Holloway as Valerie. African-American with part-Hispanic background, Patrice Holloway is the younger sister of Motown legend Brenda Holloway. She was the only one of the three finalists with prior ties...
In this article: Josie and the Pussycats, Patrice Holloway, Hanna-Barbera, Cheryl Ladd, Pussycat, and Capitol Records
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Wikipedia | August 05, 2009
Invictus Records
...to 1972, and then by Columbia Records. On leaving Motown, H-D-H were subject to a legal challenge by Berry Gordy and as a result they were temporarily unable to issue new compositions on their labels. Consequently the names...
In this article: Invictus Records, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Hot Wax Records, Lamont Dozier, Columbia Records, Brian Holland, Berry Gordy, Eddie Holland, and Capitol Records
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Description from Wikipedia:
Motown Records was a record label originally based in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. on January 12, 1959 as Tamla Records, the company was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of the words motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit. Now headquartered in New York City, Motown Records is a subsidiary of Universal Motown Republic Group, itself a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, and now operates as Universal Motown.
Motown played an important role in the racial integration of popular music, as it was the first record label owned by an African American to primarily feature African-American artists who achieved crossover success. In the 1960s, Motown and its soul-based subsidiaries were the most successful proponents of what came to be known as The Motown Sound, a style of soul music with a distinct pop influence.
Motown has owned or distributed releases from more than 45 subsidiaries in varying genres, although it is most famous for its releases in the music genres of rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop and pop. Motown Records left Detroit for Los Angeles in 1972, and remained an independent company until June 28, 1988, when Gordy sold the company to MCA and Boston Ventures (which took over full ownership of Motown in 1991), then to PolyGram in 1994.
- Founder:
- Berry Gordy
- Parent Company:
- Universal Music Group
- Genre:
- Pop
- Website:
- http://www.motown.com
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