Berry Gordy Jr.’s TAMLA Records is being rebooted under the Capitol Music Group. Gordy founded Tamla in 1959 and it was going to be called Tammy in reference to the song sung by Debbie Reynolds for the 1958 film Tammy. The label would be incorporated as Motown by 1960. TheContinue Reading
On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. founded Tamla Records in Detroit, Michigan. Gordy had previously owned a music store that exclusively sold jazz records and was a member of a songwriting team for singer Jackie Wilson and others. A meeting with a 17-year-old Smokey Robinson led to Gordy recordingContinue Reading
Berry Gordy Jr. was a high school dropout, Army veteran , retired boxer and former record-store owner when he co-wrote Jackie Wilson’s 1957 hit “Reet Petite” with his sister Gwen Gordy Fuqua and Wilson’s cousin Billy Davis. This early success as a songwriter gave Gordy the finances to transition intoContinue Reading