Motown records
Overview of the company
Motown records were founded on January 12, 1959 and soon became another factory of Detroit where automobiles was produced. Motown also tries to assemble down the soul and pop classic music that helps in changing America. Reaching to the height of the civil rights movement, Motown became the black owned, black centered that provide white Americans something which they were not able to get that is joyous, sad, romantic and mad grooving music. Motown records achieved its success in Detroit, Michigan and the company plays a very important role in racial integration of very popular music. Firstly the record label are owned by African American by featuring African American artists who regularly tries to achieve crossover success and puts a lasting effect on the music industry.
Identification of entities
Motown has now owned and distributes more than 45 subsidiary releases in varying genres. Detroit was formed in Los Angeles in the year 1972 and it also remained an independent company since 1988 up till the time when Gordy sold his company to MCA. Now the headquarters of this company is situated in New York City. Universal Motown Records Group owns a subsidiary named Motown Records (Wand, 2003).
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Wilson’s single song Lonely Teardrops which was co-written by Gordy and Roquel Billy Davis became a huge success but Gordy felt that he has not make much money as he deserves from the release of this song and other single song which he wrote for Wilson. He thought of more lucrative end of his business which was producing records and also owning the royalties of the same songs. Gordy wanted to name their company as Tammy records after a very popular song from his film, Tammy and the Bachelor. When he founded this he was already using it so he decided to use the name