Russ Regan, former President of UNI/MCA Records and 20thCentury Records, who signed Neil Diamond, Elton John and Barry White to major record label deals, worked for Gordy’s Motown as Vice-President of A&R and their Jobete Music publishing division on the West Coast. “Around 1961 I met ...
Founding Bachman-Turner Overdrive drummer Robbie Bachman died on Jan. 12. His brother and onetime bandmate Randy Bachman eulogized him as "the pounding beat of BTO." Randy called his younger sibling "an integral cog in our rock 'n' roll machine," adding that "we rocked the world together....
Founding Bachman-Turner Overdrive drummer Robbie Bachman died on Jan. 12. His brother and onetime bandmate Randy Bachman eulogized him as "the pounding beat of BTO." Randy called his younger sibling "an integral cog in our rock 'n' roll machine," adding that "we rocked the world together....
We had heard that Motown wasn’t going to sign us because Stevie Wonder was on the label and there were a lot of laws about minors working. You could only work so long and then you had to take a break. If you are there longer than six hours, your day is over. You’ve got to ...
Motown songwriter Barrett Strong died on Jan. 29 at 81. He scored a hit as a solo artist with 1959's "Money (That's What I Want)" and went on to write many other classic songs. His death was mourned by Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr., who praised Strong as "the man who sang my...
Randy Meisner, one of the co-founders of the Eagles with Glenn Frey, Don Henley, and Bernie Leadon in 1971, has died at the age of 77.
Known as "Chank" due to his playing style, Eddie Willis was a guitarist in the Funk Brothers, the name given to the collective of musicians who comprised Motown's house band, until he left the label in 1972. He passed away at the age of 82 on Aug. 20, 2018. ...
Uptown’s — and by extension Harrell’s — impact spanned beyond making music to creating culture; and Harrell gave the world more than Heavy D., Jodeci, Mary J. Blige and Puffy. Uptown Records was often dubbed the new iteration of Motown; a label where Black artists were seen and nurt...
One fifth of the Motown R&B group, the Marvelettes, Wanda Young joined the band in 1961 when classmate and co-founder of the group, Gladys Horton, invited her to replace original member Georgia Dobbins. That same year, the Marvelettes delivered a smash hit in "Please, Mr. Postman," which...
We had heard that Motown wasn’t going to sign us because Stevie Wonder was on the label and there were a lot of laws about minors working. You could only work so long and then you had to take a break. If you are there longer than six hours, your day is over. You’ve got to ...