Recorded on most Motown labels? Motown, MoWest and Tamla.
Recorded on most Motown labels? Motown, MoWest and Tamla.
If you go beyond the sale to MCA, then the Temps were on Gordy, Miracle and Motown.
The Velvelettes were on Soul, VIP and some early label right? Not Motown
Thelma Houston on Motown Mowest Tamla
Ok I get it now. It's about who recorded on the most Motown related labels.
Blinky - Motown/Soul/MoWest
I thought Thelma left after MoWest and Tamla.
Thought I had a Motown 45 on her once...could be wrong
Chris Clark - Motown, V.I.P., Weed
Seems the artists who got bumped around to different Motown labels were trying hard to find a fit for them and could never seem to find it...
IPG had nothing to do with Motown right? Blinky was on the Motown label?
IPG, independent producers group, which I think was a Mickey Stevenson project.
I think it's 100% Motown in all but name..is musicians writers producers etc.
Did you check the Motown 45 on Thelma posted above?
The initial query says 'recorded on' . There is one group on 5 labels:
Temptations- Gordy, Melody [[as Pirates), Miracle, Motown [[with Diana Ross & the Supremes), Natural Resources [[LP)
Next is a 4-way tie:
Blinky- Gordy, Motown, Mowest, Soul [[scheduled)
Marvin Gaye- Gordy [[EP), Motown, Natural Resources [[LP), Tamla
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Chisa [[EP) , Motown, Natural Resources [[LP) , Soul
Miracles-Gordy [[EP), Motown, Natural Resources [[LP), Tamla
Is it a Motown label? Is it listed in discographies?
If not eligible, then it appears that Blinky is definitely the surprising winner!
So did Tempts have a reissue on NR label?
Yes, "In a Mellow Mood".
https://www.bsnpubs.com/motown/natural/natural.html
Now Blinky [[with Edwin Starr) had a track on one of the Natural Resources compilations - "It Takes Two". The song "Oh How Happy".
Nope. Marvin recorded only for Tamla. The only time he recorded for the "Motown" imprint was only because Diana's name was on top of his in their duet album so he don't count. Neither do Gladys Knight & the Pips [[they only recorded for Soul; the post-departure albums don't count) or the Miracles.
But don't forget "In Loving Memory" where Marvin was on the album and had a Motown single released "His Eye Is On The Sparrow".
Marvin Gaye:
Motown M-00014D1 A Funky Space Reincarnation
A Funky Space Reincarnation [[instrumental)
Motown M9-791A3 Marvin Gaye Anthology
Gladys Knight & the Pips:
Chisa 60642 Various artists: In Loving Memory
Side 1 - Gladys Knight & The Pips: How Great Thou Art
Motown M-792S2 Gladys Knight & The Pips Anthology
The Miracles:
Gordy EP Jobete BMI DM04-0108 Side A DM04-0109 Side B
Various Artists Recorded Live
The Miracles- A Love She Can Count On
Motown G1/G2 The Miracles featuring Bill "Smokey" Robinson Bad Girl/ I Love You
Baby
Also issued as Motown 2207
I will concede that the criteria was never clearly defined. But Motown chose to release artists on labels as they saw fit, even on labels with which they were not usually associated.
Interesting AFSR was released on Motown. I know all of his albums with the exceptions of the Mary Wells and Diana Ross duet albums were released on Tamla though.
But yeah, I wonder why some artists had their singles on other Motown labels when they signed with one specific label in Motown.
Stevie Wonder - Tamla for a majority of his career but...
The Eivets Rednow album and Alfie single were released on Gordy
The Hollywood Palace show - mostly DRATS was on Motown
The Charlene duet "Used To Be" was also on Motown as was his final album under Berry Gordy, Characters.
If we expand to production credits, The Spinners "It's A Shame" came out on V.I.P and a majority of his Syreeta work was on Mo-West.
Here's an old, old thread about it ...
http://faac.us/adf/messages/131452/1...tml?1163780899
Stevie Wonder did a duet with Charlene!? Well I never!
I know its out of subject but if i make a Thread on my own I'll get no attention.....My question is...Is there anybody who knows there's some Flo Ballard video footage of 1973 to 75 ???
Marvin Gaye's "Motown Remembers Marvin Gaye" and "Vulnerable" were on Motown.
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