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First Published 11 July 2020 The genesis of Motown Records dates from January 12, 1959, when Berry Gordy Jr. set up a company called Tamla Records. Gordy’s interest in...

First Published 10 July, 2010. The contribution of arrangers to popular music is often ignored, George Martin and Quincy Jones being the exception to the rule. Gene Page,...

First published 10 July 2020 In the late Sixties, Gene Page met the young singer Barry White, who was doing odd jobs to make ends meet between recording...

The late Roquel "Billy" Davis was born on July 11th 1932 in Detroit. He started his career in the entertainment industry as a songwriter with Berry Gordy in Detroit during the mid 1950s, creating successful songs...

When Berry Gordy took the decision to relocate Motown to the West Coast, he was clearly planning to take the stars of Motown in a new direction that...

After the success of her first film “Lady Sings the Blues” in 1972, Diana Ross returned to the day job. Three Diana Ross albums were released in 1973,...

The third feature film starring Diana Ross was released in 1978. It is a reworking of L. Frank Baum’s story “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, with an all-black...