Bettye Jean Champion was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1944, one of fourteen children. Her family were sharecroppers. She grew...

Clarence Carter was born in 1936 in Montgomery, Alabama. He was blind from birth. In 1960 he graduated from Alabama...

Soon after the creation of the company, Satellite Records signed a local group called the Mar-Keys, that had grown out...

Jack Ashford was born in 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  where he attended the Granhof School of Music, following in the...

Larry Veeder was a member of the Joe Hunter Band that played on the early Tamla recordings. He played on...

Lloyd Price was born on March 9th 1933 in Kenner, Louisiana, not far from New Orleans. He was the eighth of...

Kim Weston was born Agatha Westonin Detroit in 1939. She started performing in church at a very young age and...

The Vandellas joined Motown in 1962 and sang backing vocals on two singles that year, with two different lead female...

The Satintones were an R&B vocal group that joined a select group of Motown pioneers. The group had four members:...

Marv Johnson was born in Detroit in 1938. He grew up listening to Blues and Gospel music, but his first...