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  • A Newcomer’s Guide To Motown
  • What Motown’s Berry Gordy Can Teach You About Building A System That Scales
  • Koryn Hawthorne Signs to Motown Gospel

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thatericalper.com /2 weeks ago

A Newcomer’s Guide To Motown

Motown built an entire assembly line for hit-making, and the results reshaped American pop music for decades. Founded by Berry Gordy in Detroit in 1959 with an $800 loan from his f...

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thatericalper.com /1 month ago

What Motown’s Berry Gordy Can Teach You About Building A System That Scales

If you want a masterclass in building a system that consistently produces excellence, skip the business school case studies for a minute and look at a converted house on West Grand...

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coghive.com /1 month ago

Koryn Hawthorne Signs to Motown Gospel

COGHIVE COGHIVE - Download Latest & Free Gospel Music for 2025 Motown Gospel, a division of Capitol Christian Music Group, Capitol Records and Universal Music Group, announces...

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theguardian.com /2 weeks ago

Janie Bradford obituary

Songwriter who contributed to the first record made at Motown’s Detroit studio and co-wrote many of the label’s hitsJanie Bradford was a poetry-loving receptionist, not yet out of...

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mentalfloss.com /1 month ago

7 Songs You May Not Know Smokey Robinson Wrote

The "King of Motown" was behind major hits by The Supremes, The Temptations, and the Jackson 5.

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thegrio.com /2 weeks ago

Motown pioneer Janie Bradford, who helped shape the label from the beginning, dies at 87

One of Motown’s earliest employees, Bradford helped write the label’s first major hit and preserve its legacy for generations. Janie

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

3 Songs From the 1960s That Will Instantly Turn You Into a Fan of R&B

NEW YORK - 1965: L-R: David Ruffin, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, Otis Williams and Eddie Kendricks of the R&B group "The Temptations" pose for a portrait in 1965 in New York...

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americansongwriter.com /1 week ago

5 Top 40 Hits From 1965 That Every Baby Boomer Can Still Sing by Heart

Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images From Motown hits to the early years of The Beatles, every baby boomer alive can likely sing these Top 40 hits from 1965 by heart. The post 5 Top 40 H...

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twangville.com /1 month ago

Still in the Groove: Martha Reeves Keeps Searching

Photo courtesy Martha Reeves Martha Reeves has spent more than six decades giving people reasons to dance. Her voice powered Motown landmarks like “Dancing in the Street,” “Heat Wa...

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wesh.com /2 weeks ago

Motown legend Janie Bradford Hobbs dead at 87

Motown songwriter Janie Bradford Hobbs, who helped pen hits including “Money (That’s What I Want)” and “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby,” has died at 87.

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hollywoodreporter.com /2 weeks ago

Janie Bradford, “Money (That’s What I Want)” Songwriter, Dies at 87

After starting out as a receptionist for Berry Gordy, she also co-wrote Motown tunes recorded by Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Mary Wells.

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eurweb.com /1 month ago

Martha Reeves Celebrates 85th Birthday While Her Motown Legacy Continues to Shine

*In case you missed it, yesterday, Motown icon Martha Reeves celebrated her 85th birthday (July 18, 1941), marking more than six decades since her unmistakable voice helped shape o...

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mynbc5.com /2 weeks ago

Motown legend Janie Bradford Hobbs dead at 87

Motown songwriter Janie Bradford Hobbs, who helped pen hits including “Money (That’s What I Want)” and “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby,” has died at 87.

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wkbn.com /2 weeks ago

Janie Bradford Hobbs, early Motown songwriter, dies at 87

She helped pen hits including “Money (That’s What I Want)” and “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby."

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rollingstone.com /2 weeks ago

Janie Bradford, Motown Songwriter Who Co-Wrote ‘Money (That’s What I Want’), Dead at 87

"Janie was there with me from the very beginning, before there was even a Motown," Berry Gordy writes in tribute to label's receptionist-turned-hit songwriter

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vancouversun.com /3 weeks ago

A History of Motown returns with new stories and even bigger hits

For the second run at Vancouver's Firehall Arts Centre, Krystle Dos Santos takes a deeper dive into the stories of Motown artists like Diana Ross

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