Gloria Jones
Known as ‘The Queen of Northern Soul’, Gloria Jones is a Motown singer/songwriter, a prolific backing singer, a performer in musicals such as Hair, mother to Marc Bolan’s son Rolan and a philanthropist. Fresh from…
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G. C. Cameron
‘G’ as he likes to be known, is credited with having six different voices. He’s perhaps best known as the lead singer of The Spinners on their 1970 hit It’s A Shame and for his…
Chris Clark
Chris Clark began her career with Motown in 1963. Tall, tanned, blue-eyed and bluesey-sounding, Chris was signed as a recording artist and soon moved on to writing music for herself and other Motown artists. She…
Arenita Toni Walker (The Lollipops, Godmoma, Love Anonymous)
Arenita ‘Toni’ Walker’s debut single on local label Impact, a self-penned track called Step Aside Baby, was very successful for The Lollipops in Detroit, contributing the Motown’s decision to buy the label in 1968 securing…
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Bonnie & Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters
The Pointer Sisters achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Their career spanned four decades and their repertoire has included such diverse genres as pop, disco, jazz, blues, soul, funk, country and dance. The…
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Joe ‘Pep’ Harris of the Fabulous Peps and The Undisputed Truth
Joe Harris cut his first 45 as a schoolboy with Little Joe & The Moroccos and went on to lead the Fabulous Peps and sing with the Ohio Players before Norman Whitfield took him to…
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Bobby Hutton
Harold ‘Bobby’ Hutton began singing at the age of five. His professional career began In Detroit, Michigan after he won a talent show at the 20 Grand club and was invited to Motown by Mickey…
William ‘Mickey’ Stevenson – Motown’s First A&R Man
Mickey Stevenson, Motown’s 1st A&R man. A songwriter and producer, most famous for his pivotal contribution to Motown’s success during the 60s by seeking out artists, musicians, songwriters, producers, arrangers, choreographers, distributors….and generally making it…
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Clifford Moore (Eric & The Vikings)
Eric & The Vikings, which comprised Clifford Moore, Eric McClinton and Philip Taylor, were with Motown for over 16 years producing northern soul favourites Time Won’t Wait and Hurtin’, also providing vocals for artistes such…
Hank Dixon (The Originals)
The Originals, often called “Motown’s best-kept secret,” were a successful Motown R&B and soul group during the late 1960s and the 1970s, most notable for the hits “Baby I’m For Real” and the disco classic…
Janie Bradford
Janie Bradford joined Motown records as a songwriter at the very beginning aged just 14 and wrote their first big hit, Barrett Strong’s Money (That’s What I Want). Over the ensuing 25 years she wrote…
Mark Scott (The Miracles)
Motown’s first supergroup, the Miracles were formed in 1955 and with Mark Scott now singing lead vocals continue to perform a mixture of their classics and their more contemporary music. Hear Mark discuss his important…
