Motown is an American record company. It was founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. on January 12, 1959, in Detroit, Michigan, as Tamla Records. The company's record label "Motown" was formed i September 1959 and the company was incorporated as "Motown Record Corporation" in 1960. During the 1960s, Motown achieved spectacular success for a small record company: 79 records in the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 record chart between 1960 and 1960. Motown founder, Berry Gordy, also the president and the fledgling company’s hottest writer and producer,was the difference between Motown and any number of would-be competitor. A brilliant songwriter himself, Gordy wrote hits like “Lonely Teardrop” and “Reet Petite” along with his friend Jackie Wilson. His …show more content…
He wrote dozens of hit singles and was a lead singer of his own band known as the Miracles. He was also a vice president of Motown from the 60s to the 80s. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Edward Holland Jr.; who had previously been Motown recording artists, were responsible for some of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed hits of Motown’s mid-Sixties Golden Age. They wrote all of the big singles for bands such as Supremes, For To[ps and many more. Brian and Lamont generally wrote the music and produced it, Eddie usually wrote the lyrics. Eddie Holland later took over as head of A&R when Mickey Stevenson left for pastures new, and team left Motown towards the end of 1967 due to a financial dispute. One of my favorite artist Steveland Judkins Morris was only 11 years old when Motown signed him to a contract in 1961. A musical genius, He sang, he played multiple instruments and he wrote music that was often ahead of its time. He was a wonder! He has been rightfully regarded as a musical genius. The 100 million records he has sold and his 30 Top 10 hits, Academy Award for Best Song and 22 Grammy Awards attest to his talent and skills. Induction into the Songwriters and Rock and Roll halls of fame was to be expected. Rolling Stone magazine named