Swing Time Records
In 1947, Jack Lauderdale founded Down Beat Records in Los Angeles. Two years later, the company name was changed to...
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Rethinking the Supremes’ Sound in 1968
Diana Ross & the Supremes were still leading the way at Motown. Six of Motown’s thirty-one albums issued during 1968...
Keen Records
Keen Records was founded in April 1957 by two brothers, John and Alex Siamas. John ran a business manufacturing parts...
Al Abrams: Tamla’s First White Employee
Al Abrams was one of the very first employees that Berry Gordy hired in 1959 and the first White staff...
Big Town & Bob Geddins’ Other Labels
Big Town Records was set up by Bob Geddins in Oakland, California, in 1945. He established a base on the...
Motown: A Family Business!
Several members of the Gordy family followed Berry Gordy’s example, taking up songwriting. Berry had three brothers (Fuller, George, and...
Motown Sound Engineers: The Middle Years
During the middle years of Motown in Detroit, Mike McLean added a significant element to Motown’s studio equipment. Berry Gordy...
Race Records (Part 6): The Business of Race Records
As we saw in Race Records Part 1, the earliest recordings of Black performing artists were made to satisfy a...
Marvin Gaye: Finding the Way (at last!)
Marvin Gaye didn’t issue a studio album in 1967. Instead, Tamla released a compilation, “Greatest Hits Vol. 2”, which contains...
Race Records (Part 5): Bluebird and Decca lead the way
Below is a list of the record companies that issued Race Records between 1927 and 1942. Not all companies used...
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