Originally Posted by
StuBass1
That's what Berry Gordy stated in the recent Hitsville: The Making of Motown special on Showtime, but I believe it was a lot more than that....Funny though that following HDH's departure, the band Rare Earth got their own label...at least one named after them... I think HDH just felt they weren't getting the recognition within the company they believed they deserved as Berry was featuring more and more different producers and bringing in new ones [[Ashford & Simpson, etc) , enhanced Norman Whitfield's footprint, and did some experimentation with several new labels, however, none to challenge the existing big three Motown, Gordy, and Tamla...Soul [[eliminated in the late 60's)and VIP [[dissolved in the early 70's) were seen as secondary labels...
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