When You Think "Motown", Do You Think "Lionel Richie"?

[midnightman]

Here is a list of some of the Stax Records artists:

https://staxrecords.com/artists/

Oh yeah. I'm quite aware of the number. A lot of them are very influential. I just meant the ones that became superstars, ya dig?

[marv2]

Oh yeah. I'm quite aware of the number. A lot of them are very influential. I just meant the ones that became superstars, ya dig?

Ok give me your definition of "superstar", because I can pick out at least a dozen of them from the Stax roster.

[StuBass1]

Ok give me your definition of "superstar", because I can pick out at least a dozen of them from the Stax roster.

While Stax artists were huge from a music fans [[particularly R&B and Soul music fans) point of view...the entire Stax operation lacked the type of promotional expertise Motown developed which was able to elevate it's artists on the broader national and international stage... Stax as a business model was ultimately a failure, despite the success of several of it's artists individually. The business was so screwed up that nobody even knew who owned what, and artists signing with Stax in the later years didnlt even realize that Stax did not even own the material... Berry Gordy studied the business from several angles which is what contributed to the reason we are celebrating Motown and it's artists 60 years later...