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- Members:
- Smokey Robinson, Boyz II Men, The Commodores, DeBarge, Diana Ross, The Four Tops, The Jackson 5, Lionel Richie, Marvin Gaye, Rick James, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, Teena Marie, The Temptations, Edwin Starr, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Marvelettes, Mary Wells, The Miracles and many more.
- Genre:
- R&B, Pop, Soul
- Hometown:
- Detroit
- Record Label:
- Motown Records
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Motown Records November 23: “Sugar Daddy” by the Jackson 5 is released 1971. Three years later the group plays the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, during a two-week stint in the Nevada gambling resort.
Motown Records November 20: Marvin Gaye performs “Can I Get A Witness” on the U.K.’s Ready Steady Go television show in 1964, one of the last times he would travel to London until his 1976 tour. In ’65 on this date, the Miracles perform three songs on the U.S. teen dance show Hollywood A Go Go.
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Motown Records November 19: Happy Birthdays to Funk Brothers Joe Hunter (1927) and Robert White (1936), and the Miracles’ Warren “Pete” Moore (1939). On this day in 1965 the Supremes have a Christmas single, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me,” to accompany their Merry Christmas LP. The album includes one of Jimmy Webb’s first recorded songs.
(November 5, 2009 – New York, NY) The most quintessential of American holidays, Thanksgiving, is the setting for a special celebration of a quintessentially American musical treasure: the classic songs of Motown. ...
Motown Records What is your favorite holiday song? Is it holiday classics such as "This Christmas", "Silver Bells", "White Christmas", "Silent Night"? Tell us your favorite holiday song and we'll put together a Imeem playlist with renditions from your favorite Motown artists!
Motown Records November 17: Standing In The Shadows Of Motown, the story of the Funk Brothers, is in released in U.S. cinemas (2002), bringing long-overdue recognition to the company’s in-house musicians.
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Motown Records November 16: In 1981, Stevie Wonder announces plans for his second march on Washington, D.C., to persuade Congress to designate Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday a national holiday. They do, five years later.
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Motown Records November 13: The Four Tops play their first-ever U.K. concert, selling out London’s Saville Theatre in 1966. Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein is the show promoter. Happy Birthday Leonard Caston (1943).
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Motown Records In honor of the Jackson 5 I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters, Michael Jackson's Hello World 3-Disc solo collection is on sale at Hip-O Select for $45 plus free shipping this week only! Limited edition! There is a lot of great Motown stuff on Hip-O Select so take a look around!
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As we mourn the passing of Michael Jackson, we celebrate the great music he left us.
Motown Records November 12: Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations GIT On Broadway, their second network television show, airs on NBC-TV, 1969. Happy Birthday Terry “Buzzie” Johnson (1938).
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Motown Records Jackson 5 - I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters is available everywhere today! Be sure to get your copy of these never-before-released songs!
Motown Records November 10: Fresh off the road in 1964, the Temptations meet Smokey Robinson in Studio A for one goal: record the vocals for a new song, “My Girl.”
