One night in 1963, there was only one patron in the Lounge, Motown-founder Berry Gordy. He asked Miller to: “play something pretty.” Miller played a ballad called “Close Your Eyes.” Gordy put five dollars in Miller’s bottle and asked him to play another song. After playing four ...
Undaunted the girls began hanging out in Motown’s office reception room. They continued doing local talent shows where they were spotted by Richard Morris, who brought them to Lupine Records owner/producer Bob West. They recorded two sides “Pretty Baby” with Wilson on lead and “Tears of ...
“George Horton of Keeper’s Cottage, Footherley, a farm labourer [he was 15 at the time] was summoned for trespassing on land in the occupation of Mr Alfred Ellison at Footherley. Mr C L Hodgkinson appeared for Horton, against whom it was stated that he was seen on the land….two s...
Adam White, the author, with the former Motown Records executive Barney Ales, of “Motown: The Sound of Young America” (2016), said in an email that this trilogy of Miracles songs “defines their talent and their art better than anything else.” He added, “A measure of Pete Moore’s ...
The following year he returned to Southern California to take up duties as national promotion manager at Capitol Records. Don was born in Omaha and worked for the legendary Don Burden at KOIL in 1973-74. He left KOIL in February of 1974 to join KDAY, which had changed formats to r&b ...