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Tamla Records — once the pipeline for entrepreneur Berry Gordy’s earliest releases out of Detroit — is being reactivated by Capitol Music Group, Motown’s corporate parent for the past decade.
Mable John, the first female solo artist signed to Motown (then Tamla) Records, a Stax singer and longtime Ray Charles collaborator, has died at the age of 91. John died Thursday at her home in ...
TAMLA Records, the label founded by Motown icon Berry Gordy, sets its official re-launch -- along with a partnership with Rodney Jerkins.
Who Is Smokey’s Daughter Tamla Robinson? Tamla Robinson, born in 1971, was named after Motown’s original moniker, Tamla Records. Gordy was named her godfather after she was born.
The reissues are part of an “ongoing partnership with Universal Music to bring Tamla’s classic early Motown records back to vinyl,” according to a release. The singles will be available ...
Tamla Records, a smaller label founded by music executive Berry Gordy in 1958, is set to relaunch. Instead of being associated with the historic Motown Records—the label responsible for the mega ...
Tamla Records soon became Motown Record Corporation, and Gordy's ear for talent — and his business savvy — helped make Motown one of the most successful record labels ever.
Wonder has been with Motown since 1961, when, at the age of 11 years old, he was signed to Tamla Records, a Motown subsidiary, by iconic music man Berry Gordy Jr.
Jack White's Third Man Records will launch its Detroit store with nine vinyl reissues of early releases from Berry Gordy's Tamla Records, including 45s by the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, the Miracles ...
Signed to Berry Gordy’s Motown precursor Tamla Records as frontman of The Miracles in 1959, Smokey Robinson has acted as the de facto face of Motown for most of the last sixty plus years ...
She was the first solo female artist signed to Motown (then Tamla Records) by Berry Gordy Jr. and recorded the songs “Who Wouldn’t Love A Man Like That,” “Actions Speak Louder Than Words ...