Wynona Carr began the second phase of her music career in 1955. Having moved away from Gospel, she faced the...

Wynona Merceris Carr was born in 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio. At the age of eight, she started to take piano...

The group was formed in Detroit in 1971, consisting of three female singers, Mildred “Millie” Vaney, Frances “Frankie” Gearing and...

Jerry Long received his first opportunity at Motown in 1964, arranging Marvin Gaye’s “Walk On The Wild Side” on the...

Rare Earth, an all-White R&B/Rock band, were the first signing to Motown’s new Rare Earth label. The group was formed...

Jean Knight (née Caliste) was born in New Orleans in 1943. After leaving school, she started singing in a local bar,...

Lummtone Records was established in Los Angeles in 1959 by Lummie Fowler, who came from the Crenshaw district in the...

Luther Ingram was born in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1937. He sang in a gospel group (with two of his brothers)...

Music City Records was founded in 1954 by Ray Dobard in Berkeley, California, on the North side of Oakland on...

Dootone Records began operating in 1951, having been set up as Blue Records in 1949. Its founder was Dootsie Williams,...