1959
What year did Stevie Wonder start Motown?
Bruno Mars started preforming in 2006. He was with Motown Records.
barry gordy jr.
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Motown only had 2 labels in 1960 - UK recordings were distributed by London in 1960Tamla label started 1/1959Motown label started 10/1959
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I believe it was 1957 in Detroit, called Hitsville USA..It was the precurser to Motown that Barry Gordy started
Since 1959
The album 'A Motown Christmas' was a compilation album released in 1973. There is no annual release of Motown Christmas albums, but one should look out for Christmas albums by specific Motown singers.
Rare Earth (the group) started recording with Motown's Rock division aptly named Rare Earth Records. The first title was 'An Introduction to Rare Earth Artists" on label numbers RS505-509. Love Sculpture, Pretty Things, Rare Earth, Rustix, and the Messengers. This label started in Aug 1969. The label was owned by Motown and distributed by Motown.
There was a Motown division called Tamla-Motown, that distributed US recordings as well as a number of UK labels under it's umbrella such as Gull. The 1960's Motown started in the UK by using various labels: Stateside, Fontana, London and Oriole before starting it's own Tamla-Motown label.
since it is year 2009 it is Motown 50th anniversary so that means this year Motown 25 happened 25 years ago.