The Miracles.
CORRECT. The original members of THE MIRACLES were : WILLIAM "SMOKEY" ROBINSON, his wife CLAUDETTE ROGERS-ROBINSON, WARREN "PETE" MOORE, ROBERT "BOBBY" ROGERS, RONALD"RONNIE" WHITE, and MARVIN "MARV" TARPLIN.
The MIRACLES' success paved the way for ALL FUTURE MOTOWN STARS...and of 2013, they have MORE songs inducted into the GRAMMY HALL OF FAME than ANY OTHER MOTOWN GROUP.
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some person who works for Motown spotted the Jackson 5 then Michael ended up going solo after that
Berry Gordy, Jr.
Smokey Robinson was of course the lead singer of the Miracles when they had Motown's first gold record with "Shop Around"
The first white singer to record on the Motown label was Bobbie Smith, a member of the vocal group The Spinners. They recorded for Motown in the early 1960s before the label became widely known for its predominantly African American artists. However, the first white solo artist to sign with Motown was actually Johnny Bristol in the late 1960s. Motown's focus was primarily on its Black artists and the unique sound of the label.
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some person who works for Motown spotted the Jackson 5 then Michael ended up going solo after that
He performed it at the Motown 25 show, for the 25th anniversary of Motown.
Berry Gordy, Jr.
Stevie Wonder
Smokey Robinson was of course the lead singer of the Miracles when they had Motown's first gold record with "Shop Around"
Billy Ocean
No, Motown is influenced by Soul and Pop primarily However, in the first few years, Motown used members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to play the backup music.
Michael Jackson is credited as the first person to popularize and demonstrate the moonwalk dance move during his performance of "Billie Jean" on the TV special "Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever" in 1983.
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Quincey Jones an American Motown music producer