William ‘Smokey’ Robinson was born on 19 February 1940, the son of a municipal truck driver from what he called “the suave part of the…
Browsing: Motown
Despite scoring a transatlantic hit in 1970 with It’s A Shame (co-authored by Stevie Wonder), The Spinners remained overlooked at Motown in favour of The Temptations and…
Born in Saginaw, Michigan on 13 May 1950, Stevie Wonder (born Steveland Judkins) was not born blind. The blindness happened shortly afterwards as a result of…
In 1961 three teenage girls, Florence Ballard, Diane Ross (not until later would she be known as Diana) and Mary Wilson, began a journey that…
Tammi Terrell (real name: Thomasina Montgomery) was born in Philadelphia in 1945. Her mother was an actress and Tammi was showbusiness aware from an early age.…
The early history of The Temptations parallels that of The Supremes. The group actually started life as The Primes while The Supremes were called The Primettes. They…
The Undisputed Truth came into being after Bobby Taylor brought Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce to Motown as part of The Delicates. When The Delicates…
The Velvelettes were formed by Bertha Barbee at Western Michigan University in the early 60s, with Cal (Carolyn) Gill ending up as the lead singer,…