Motown South

[luke]

I just read an article that said Motown considered starting Motown South with producers Woodford and Ivey who recorded 5 tracks on Gwen Owens lead singer of the group HOT. Motown subsequently decided not to persue this. I've never heard about this before. Any info?

[ralpht]

News to me.

[mysterysinger]

Well if they could have Weed and Gaiee labels then why not MoSouth or Mouth for short. And what about a Northern Soul label too [[though I'm not sure that would catch on)?

[luke]

MoNo? Not a good name.

[luke]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_[[American_vocal_group)

[robb_k]

Good to know. I was always curious about Gwen's 1972 "Motown" recordings, never having heard them, nor saw them in The Motown Vaults. Now I know why - as they were recorded in Muscle Shoals, and not published by Jobete Music.