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 | 50 years ago in 1959 Berry Gordy, the founder of Tamla Records, signs an $800 loan agreement with Ber-Berry, the Gordy family co-op fund, to incorporate his Tamla Motown Record Company in Detroit, hitsville USA. Motown is the abbreviation of "Motor Town" a nickname for Detroit. 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. "The Motown Sound" was primarily made by the Funk Brothers for the most Motown Records recordings from 1959 until 1972.
Happy 50th Anniversary, Motown! |
Donna Summer has died at age 63 after an extended fight with cancer. She was the Queen of Disco in the 70s and 80s. RIP Donna Summer. I just wanted to let you know I have found a large auction of jazz funk, jazz, latin and rare groove LP's on eBay right now including many tough to find titles. There are close to 400 LP’s with audio up for some of the more obscure things. These all end in a few days. Here is the link
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Now you have the chance to meet the legendary artist Randy Muller at Soul Brother Records on 29 March 2014. Randy Muller was the front man of the eighties funk band Brass Construction who scored many hits these days.
2014 marks the 45th anniversary of Detroit based soul labels Invictus, Hot Wax and Music Merchant – the three record labels established by legendary songwriting team Edward Holland, Jr. Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier a.k.a Holland-Dozier-Holland, following their acrimonious split from Berry Gordy’s Motown empire in 1967.
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