Eddie Holland
Eddie Holland was born in Detroit in 1939. He made his first recordings in 1958/9 at Mercury and Kudo Records,...
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Brenda Holloway
Brenda Holloway was born in Atascadero, California, in 1946. She was still a child when her family moved to Los...
Tammi Terrell
Tammi Terrell was born in Philadelphia in 1945 and came to Motown in 1965, having cut her first singles at...
The Four Tops: Finding Their Way
The Four Tops came to Motown in 1963 with ten years working together already notched up. They joined the Workshop...
Jr. Walker & the AllStars
Junior Walkerwas the stage-name of Autry DeWalt Mixon, who was born in 1931 in Blytheville, Arkansas, and grew up in...
Race Records (Part 1)
Race Records was the most common name used by record companies during the first half of the twentieth century to...
Jimmy Ruffin
The short-lived Miracle label, set up in 1961 and given a name change to Gordy in 1962, released just ten...
Little Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder came to Motown in 1961 at the age of eleven, at the invitation of Ronnie White of the...
Dr. John
Malcolm John Rebennack was born in New Orleans in 1941. As a teenager he learned to play guitar and started...
The FAME Gang
Hall’s solution to the problems posed by the departure of the Swampers in 1969 was to put together a new...
We bring you valuable history lessons about Black Musicians, Artists and Music Industry Professionals who have made an impact on music throughout the decades.
