This is a discography for albums released by the American rhythm and blues record label Motown as well as its subsidiaries and imprints.
Album title | Artist(s) | Issue | Notes |
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Hi... We're The Miracles | The Miracles | TM-220 | Tamla |
The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye | Marvin Gaye | TM-221 | Tamla |
The Great Gospel Stars | Gospel Stars | TM-222 | Tamla |
Cookin' with The Miracles | The Miracles | TM-223 | Tamla |
Introducing the Downbeats | The Downbeats | TM-225 | [Unissued] |
Money and Other Big Hits | Barrett Strong | TM-226 | [Unissued] |
Please Mr. Postman | The Marvelettes | TM-228 | Tamla |
Bye Bye Baby I Don't Want to Take a Chance | Mary Wells | MLP-600 | |
Twistin' the World Around | The Twistin' Kings | MT-601 | |
The Satintones Sing | The Satintones | MT-602 | [Unissued] |
Motown Special | Various Artists | M-603 | |
Eddie Holland | Eddie Holland | MT-604 | |
The One Who Really Loves You | Mary Wells | MT-605 | |
Meet The Supremes | The Supremes | MT-606 | |
Tamla Special #1 | Various Artists | TM-224 | Tamla |
Introducing the Downbeats | Downbeats | TM-225 | Tamla [unissued] |
Money and Other Big Hits | Barrett Strong | TM-226 | Tamla [unissued] |
They Shall Be Mine | Rev. Columbus Mann | TM-227 | Tamla |
The Marvelettes Smash Hits of 1962 [aka The Marveletts Sing] | The Marvelettes | TM-229 | Tamla |
I'll Try Something New | The Miracles | TM-230 | Tamla |
Playboy | The Marvelettes | TM-231 | Tamla |
Tribute to Uncle Ray | Little Stevie Wonder | TM-232 | Tamla |
The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie | Little Stevie Wonder | TM-233 | Tamla |
The Miracles Sing Modern | The Miracles | TM-234 | Tamla [unissued] |
Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance) | The Contours | G-901 | Gordy |
All Star Jazz | Earl Washington All Stars (Workshop Jazz) | WSJ-202 | |
Two Lovers and Other Great Hits | Mary Wells | MT-607 | |
The Return of the Blues Boss | Amos Milburn | MT-608 | |
Motor Town Revue, Volume 1 | Various Artists | M-609 | |
The Supremes Sing Ballads and Blues | The Supremes | MT-610 | [Unissued] |
Recorded Live on Stage | Mary Wells | MT-611 | |
Second Time Around | Mary Wells | M-612 | [Unissued] |
A Package of 16 Big Hits | Various Artists | MT-614 | |
Christmas with The Miracles | The Miracles | TM-236 | Tamla |
The Marvelous Marvelettes | The Marvelettes | TM-237 | Tamla |
The Fabulous Miracles | The Miracles | TM-238 | Tamla |
That Stubborn Kinda Fellow | Marvin Gaye | TM-239 | Tamla |
Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius | Little Stevie Wonder | TM-240 | Tamla |
The Miracles Recorded Live on Stage | The Miracles | TM-241 | Tamla |
Marvin Gaye Recorded Live on Stage | Marvin Gaye | TM-242 | Tamla |
The Marvelettes Recorded Live on Stage | The Marvelettes | TM-243 | Tamla |
The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey | The Miracles | TM-245 | Tamla |
Workout Stevie Workout | Little Stevie Wonder | TM-248 | [Unissued] |
With a Song in My Heart | Stevie Wonder | TM-250 | |
Come and Get These Memories | Martha and the Vandellas | G-902 | Gordy |
Modern Innovations on C&W Themes | Ralph Sharon | G-903 | Gordy |
The Great March to Freedom | Rev. Martin Luther King | G-906 | Gordy |
Heat Wave | Martha and the Vandellas | GLP-907 | Gordy |
The Great March on Washington | Rev. Martin Luther King , Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, Whitney Young, Walter Reuther, Liz Lands [1] | G-908 | Gordy |
Introducing Miss Paula Greer | Paula Greer (Workshop Jazz) | WSJ 203 | |
Detroit Jazz | Paula Greer & Johnny Griffith Trio (Workshop Jazz) | WSJ 204 | |
Jazz | Johnny Griffith Trio (Workshop Jazz) | WSJ 205 | |
Blue Vibrations | Dave Hamilton (Workshop Jazz) | WSJ 206 | |
Boss Bossa Nova | George Bohanon Quartet (Workshop Jazz) | WSJ 207 | |
Together | Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells | MT-613 | |
Motor Town Revue, Volume 2 | Various Artists | MT-615 | |
Mary Wells' Greatest Hits | Mary Wells | MT-616 | |
Mary Wells Sings My Guy | Mary Wells | MT-617 | |
Better Late Than Never | Bobby Breen | MT-618 | [Unissued] |
My Son the Sit-In | Stepin Fetchit | MT-619 | [Unissued] |
Where Did Our Love Go | The Supremes | MS-621 | |
Four Tops | Four Tops | MS-622 | |
A Bit of Liverpool | The Supremes | MS-623 | |
16 Original Big Hits, Volume 3 | Various Artists | MT-624 | |
Meet the Temptations | The Temptations | GS-911 | Gordy |
I Like It Like That | The Miracles | T-249 | |
When I'm Alone I Cry | Marvin Gaye | TM-251 | Tamla |
Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits | Marvin Gaye | TM-252 | |
Stevie at the Beach | Stevie Wonder | TM-255 | |
A Collection of 16 Big Hits, Volume 2 | Various Artists | TM-256 | |
Every Little Bit Hurts | Brenda Holloway | TM-257 | |
Hello Broadway | Marvin Gaye | TS-259 | Tamla |
The Right Side of Lefty Edwards | Lefty Edwards (Workshop Jazz) | WSJ 212 | |
Reflections | Earl Washington (Workshop Jazz) | WSJ 213 | |
Bold Bohannon | George Bohannon Quartet (Workshop Jazz) | WSJ 214 | |
The Soul and Sound of Herbie Williams | Herbie Williams (Workshop Jazz) | WSJ 216 | [Unissued?] |
Breaking Through | Four Tops (Workshop Jazz) | WSJ 217 | [Unissued?] |
Compositions of Charlie Mingus | Pepper Adams (Workshop Jazz) | WSJ 219 | |
Beat | Roy Brooks (Workshop Jazz) | WSJ 220 | |
Just Like Romeo and Juliet | Reflections | GW LPM-300 | Golden World |
Hits of the Sixties | Choker Campbell And Orchestra | MS-620 | |
Second Album | Four Tops | MS-622 | |
The Supremes Sing Country and Western And Pop | The Supremes | MS-625 | |
The Supremes Recorded Live! Live! Live! | The Supremes | MT-626 | [Unissued] |
More Hits by The Supremes | The Supremes | M 627 | |
There's a Place for Us | The Supremes | MT-628 | [Unissued] |
We Remember Sam Cooke | The Supremes | MS-629 | |
Nothing But a Man (Soundtrack) | Various Artists | MT-630 | |
That Motown Sound | Earl Van Dyke And The Soul Brothers | MS-631 | |
The Prime of My Life | Billy Eckstine | MS-632 | |
Collection of 16 Big Hits Volume 4 | Various Artists | MT-633 | |
Four Tops Second Album | Four Tops | MS-634 | |
Tribute to the Girls | The Supremes | MT-635 | [Unissued] |
The Supremes at the Copa | The Supremes | M 636 | |
Merry Christmas | The Supremes | MS-638 | |
I Hear a Symphony | The Supremes | MS 643 | |
The Temptations Sing Smokey | The Temptations | G 912 | Gordy |
scope="row"| The Temptin' Temptations | The Temptations | GS 914 | Gordy |
Dance Party | Martha and the Vandellas | G915 | Gordy |
The Miracles' Greatest Hits from the Beginning | The Miracles | TS2-254 | |
How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You | Marvin Gaye | TS-258 | Tamla |
Side by Side | Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston | TS-260 | [Unissued] |
A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole | Marvin Gaye | TS-261 | Tamla |
Hurtin' and Cryin' | Brenda Holloway | TS-263 | [Unissued] |
Motortown Revue in Paris | Various Artists | TM-264 | |
Hello Dummy | Willie Tyler And Lester | TM-265 | |
Going to a Go-Go | The Miracles | TS 267 | |
Up-Tight | Stevie Wonder | TS-268 | |
Shotgun | Jr. Walker & All Stars | SS-701 | Soul |
Folk Song Stylist | Abner Jay | WG-5000 | Wingate |
The Original Spinners | The Spinners | MT-639 | |
Live at Lake Tahoe | Billy Eckstine | MT-640 | [Unissued] |
I Hear a Symphony | The Supremes | MS-643 | |
Here I Am | Barbara McNair | MS-644 | |
Live at the Americana | Tony Martin | MS-645 | |
My Way | Billy Eckstine | MS-646 | |
On Top | Four Tops | MS-647 | |
Pure Gold | The Supremes | MS-648 | [Unissued] |
The Supremes A' Go-Go | The Supremes | MS-649 | |
Greatest Hits | Martha and the Vandellas | GS 917 | Gordy |
Gettin' Ready | The Temptations | GS 918 | Gordy |
Greatest Hits | The Temptations | GS 919 | Gordy |
Watchout! | Martha and the Vandellas | GS 920 | Gordy |
The Marvelettes Greatest Hits | The Marvelettes | TS-253 | Tamla |
Moods of Marvin Gaye | Marvin Gaye | TS-266 | Tamla |
Up-Tight Everything's Alright | Stevie Wonder | TS-268 | |
This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) | Isley Brothers | TS-269 | |
Take Two | Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston | TS-270 | Tamla |
Away We a Go-Go | The Miracles | TS-271 | Tamla |
Down to Earth | Stevie Wonder | TS-272 | |
Marvin Gaye at the Copa | Marvin Gaye | TS-273 | [Unissued] |
Brenda Holloway | Brenda Holloway | TS-273 | [Unissued] |
Soul Session | Jr. Walker & All Stars | SS-702 | Soul |
Road Runner | Jr. Walker & All Stars | SS-703 | Soul |
Darling Baby | Elgins (V.I.P.) | VIPS-400 | |
The Velvelettes | Velvelettes (V.I.P.) | VIPS-401 | [Unissued] |
We're Off to Dublin in the Green | Abbey Tavern Singers (V.I.P.) | VIPS-402 | |
He Satisfies Me | Rev. Columbus Mann (Wingate | WG-701 | |
Hungry for Love | San Remo Golden Strings | SLP-901 | Ric-Tic |
The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland | The Supremes | MS 650 | |
Collection of 16 Big Hits Volume 6 | Various Artists | MS-655 | |
The Supremes and the Motown Sound from Broadway to Hollywood | The Supremes | MS-656 | [Unissued] |
Four Tops on Broadway | Four Tops | MS-657 | |
Supremes Sing Rodgers and Hart | The Supremes | MS-659 | |
Reach Out | Four Tops | MS 660 | |
Collection of 16 Big Hits, Volume 7 | Various Artists | MS-661 | |
Four Tops Greatest Hits | Four Tops | MS-662 | |
Greatest Hits | The Supremes | MS 2-663 | |
Soul Sounds | Chris Clark | MS-664 | |
A Collection of 16 Big Hits, Volume 8 | Various Artists | MS-666 | |
Motown Chartbusters Volume 1 | MS-707 | ||
Temptations Live! | The Temptations | GS 921 | Gordy |
The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul | The Temptations | GS 922 | Gordy |
Hungry for Love | San Remo Golden Strings | GS 923 | Gordy |
The Temptations in a Mellow Mood | The Temptations | GS 924 | Gordy |
Martha and the Vandellas Live! | Martha and the Vandellas | GS 925 | Gordy |
The Marvelettes (Pink Album) | The Marvelettes | TS 274 | Tamla |
Soul on the Rocks | Isley Brothers | TS-275 | Tamla |
Make It Happen | The Miracles | TS-276 | Tamla |
United | Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell | TS-277 | Tamla |
Greatest Hits, Volume 2 | Marvin Gaye | TS-278 | Tamla |
I Was Made to Love Her | Stevie Wonder | TS-279 | Tamla |
Jimmy Ruffin Sings Top Ten | Jimmy Ruffin | SS-704 | Soul |
Jr. Walker and the All Stars Live | Jr. Walker & All Stars | SS-705 | Soul |
Everybody Needs Love | Gladys Knight & the Pips | SS-706 | |
In Loving Memory | Various artists | MT 642 | |
Reflections | Diana Ross & the Supremes | MS 665 | |
Chuck Jackson Arrives! | Chuck Jackson | MS-667 | |
Collection of 16 Big Hits, Volume 9 | Various Artists | MS-668 | |
Yesterday's Dreams | Four Tops | MS-669 | |
Love Child | Diana Ross & the Supremes | MS 670 | |
Diana Ross and the Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl" | Diana Ross & the Supremes | MS-672 | |
Live at London's Talk of the Town | Diana Ross & the Supremes | MS-676 | |
For The Love Of Ivy | Billy Eckstine | MS-677 | |
Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations | Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations | MS 679 | |
Merry Christmas from Motown | Various Artists | MS-681 | |
TCB | Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations | MS 682 | |
Someday at Christmas | Stevie Wonder | TS-281 | |
Stevie Wonder's Greatest Hits | Stevie Wonder | TS-282 | |
Young, Gifted and Black | Bob And Marcia | TS-283 | [Unissued] |
You're All I Need | Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell | TS-284 | Tamla |
I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Marvin Gaye | TS-285 | Tamla |
Sophisticated Soul | The Marvelettes | TS 286 | Tamla |
Special Occasion | The Miracles | TS-290 | Tamla |
For Once in My Life | Stevie Wonder | TS-291 | |
Ridin' High | Martha Reeves and the Vandellas | G 926 | Gordy |
The Temptations Wish It Would Rain | The Temptations | GS 927 | Gordy |
Swing | San Remo Golden Strings | GS-928 | |
...Free at Last | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | GS-929 | |
Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers | Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers | GS-930 | |
Soul Master | Edwin Starr | GS-931 | |
Alfie | Eivets Rednow | GS-932 | |
Live at the Copa | The Temptations | GS 938 | Gordy |
Motown Chartbusters Volume 2 | STML11082 | ||
Fellin' Bluesy | Gladys Knight & the Pips | SS-707 | Soul |
Here Comes the Judge | Shorty Long | SS-709 | Soul |
Silk N' Soul | Gladys Knight & the Pips | SS-711 | Soul |
The Four Tops Now! | Four Tops | MS-675 | |
The Real Barbara McNair | Barbara McNair | MS-680 | |
Along Came Jonah | Jonah Jones | MS-683 | |
Collection of Original 16 Big Hits, Volume 10 | MS-684 | ||
My Whole World Ended | David Ruffin | MS-685 | |
A Bag of Soup | Soupy Sales | MS-686 | |
Goin' Back to Chuck Jackson | Chuck Jackson | MS-687 | |
Motortown Revue Live | MS-688 | ||
Let the Sunshine In | Diana Ross & the Supremes | MS-689 | |
Red Jones Steeerikes Back | Red Jones | MS-691 | |
Together | Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations | MS-692 | |
Collection of Original 16 Big Hits, Volume 11 | MS-693 | ||
Cream of the Crop | Diana Ross & the Supremes | MS-694 | |
Soul Spin | Four Tops | MS-695 | |
Feelin' Good | David Ruffin | MS-696 | |
The Mynah Birds | Mynah Birds | MS-697 | |
Moving On | Joe Harnell | MS-698 | |
G.I.T. on Broadway | Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations | MS-699 | |
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 | The Jackson 5 | MS-700 | |
Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 | Diana Ross & the Supremes | MS-702 | |
Motown Chartbusters Volume 3 | MS-732 | ||
The Temptations Show | The Temptations | GS-933 | Gordy |
GS-934 | Gordy [Unissued] | ||
Motown Winner's Circle: #1 Hits, Vol. 1 | GS-935 | Gordy | |
Motown Winner's Circle: #1 Hits, Vol. 2 | GS-936 | Gordy | |
GS-937 | Gordy [Unissued] | ||
Cloud Nine | The Temptations | GS-939 | Gordy |
25 Miles | Edwin Starr | GS-940 | Gordy |
GS-941 | Gordy [Unissued] | ||
Taylor Made Soul | Bobby Taylor | GS-942 | Gordy |
Motown Winner's Circle: #1 Hits, Vol. 3 | Gordy | GS-943 | |
Sugar 'n' Spice | Martha Reeves and the Vandellas | GS-944 | Gordy |
Just We Two | Edwin Starr & Blinky | GS-945 | Gordy |
Motown Winner's Circle: #1 Hits, Vol. 4 | GS-946 | Gordy | |
Puzzle People | The Temptations | GS-949 | Gordy |
Doin' Their Thing | Isley Brothers | TS-287 | Tamla |
In Full Bloom | The Marvelettes | TS-288 | Tamla |
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles LIVE! | The Miracles | TS-289 | Tamla |
M.P.G. | Marvin Gaye | TS-292 | Tamla |
Marvin Gaye and His Girls | Marvin Gaye | TS-293 | Tamla |
Easy | Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell | TS-294 | Tamla |
Time Out for The Miracles | The Miracles | TS-295 | Tamla |
My Cherie Amour | Stevie Wonder | TS-296 | Tamla |
Four in Blue | The Miracles | TS-297 | Tamla |
Ruff 'N Ready | Jimmy Ruffin | SS-708 | Soul |
Home Cookin' | Jr. Walker & All Stars | SS-710 | Soul |
Silk N' Soul | Gladys Knight & the Pips | SS-711 | Soul |
Nitty Gritty | Gladys Knight & the Pips | SS-713 | Soul |
Green Grow the Lilacs [aka Baby I'm for Real] | Originals | SS-716 | Soul |
Best of the Fantastic Four | Fantastic Four | SS-717 | Soul |
Jr. Walker and the All Stars' Greatest Hits | Jr. Walker & All Stars | SS-718 | Soul |
The Prime of Shorty Long | Shorty Long | SS-719 | Soul |
Switched on Blues | Various Artists | SS-720 | Soul |
Gotta Hold on to This Feeling [aka What Does It take to Win Your Love] | Jr. Walker & All Stars | SS-721 | Soul |
Blues Helping | Love Sculpture | RS-505 | Rare Earth |
S. F. Sorrow | Pretty Things | RS-506 | Rare Earth |
Get Ready | Rare Earth | RS-507 | Rare Earth |
Bedlam | Rustix | RS-508 | Rare Earth |
The Messengers | The Messengers | RS-509 | Rare Earth |
CC Rides Again | Chris Clark | WS-801 | Weed |
Right On | The Supremes | MS-705 | |
Diana Ross | Diana Ross | ||
ABC | The Jackson 5 | ||
Farewell | Diana Ross & the Supremes | MS2-708 | |
The Return of The Marvelettes | The Marvelettes | Tamla | |
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | The Temptations | Gordy | |
The Jackson 5 Christmas Album | The Jackson 5 | ||
Live at London's Talk of the Town | The Temptations | Gordy | |
Psychedelic Shack | The Temptations | Gordy | |
A Pocket Full of Miracles | The Miracles | ||
Still Waters Run Deep | Four Tops | ||
The Temptations Christmas Card | The Temptations | Gordy | |
That's the Way Love Is | Marvin Gaye | Tamla | |
Third Album | The Jackson 5 | ||
What Love Has...Joined Together | The Miracles | ||
New Ways but Love Stays | The Supremes | ||
The Magnificent 7 | The Supremes & Four Tops | ||
Natural Resources | Martha Reeves and the Vandellas | Gordy | |
Live at the Talk of the Town | Stevie Wonder | ||
Stevie Wonder Live | Stevie Wonder | ||
Signed, Sealed & Delivered | Stevie Wonder | ||
Motown Chartbusters Volume 4 | |||
Generation (Soundtrack) | Rare Earth | RS-510 | [Unissued] |
Toe Fat | Toe Fat | RS-511 | Rare Earth |
Love at First Sight | Sounds Nice | RS-512 | Rare Earth |
Come on People | Rustix | RS-513 | Rare Earth |
Ecology | Rare Earth | RS-514 | Rare Earth |
Parachute | The Pretty Things | RS-515 | Rare Earth |
The Gospel According to Zeus | Power of Zeus | RS-516 | Rare Earth |
Easy Ridin' | Easybeats | RS-517 | Rare Earth [unissued] |
Paradise Lost | Lost Nation | RS-518 | Rare Earth |
Ain't Nothin' in Our Pocket But Love | Poor Boys | RS-519 | Rare Earth |
45 Lives | Cats | RS-521 | Rare Earth |
I Think Therefore I Am | R. Dean Taylor | RS-522 | Rare Earth |
Everything Is Everything | Diana Ross | ||
Goin' Back to Indiana | The Jackson 5 | ||
Surrender | Diana Ross | ||
The Undisputed Truth | The Undisputed Truth | Gordy | |
Got to Be There | Michael Jackson | ||
Touch | The Supremes | ||
The Return of the Magnificent Seven | The Supremes & Four Tops | ||
Greatest Hits | The Jackson 5 | ||
One Dozen Roses - The Miracles | |||
Maybe Tomorrow | The Jackson 5 | ||
Sky's the Limit | The Temptations | Gordy | |
What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | Tamla | |
Where I'm Coming From | Stevie Wonder | ||
Motown Chartbusters Volume 5 | |||
Motown Chartbusters Volume 6 | |||
What the World Needs Now Is Love | Tom Clay | MW-103L | MoWest |
One World | Rare Earth | RS-520 | Rare Earth |
Brass Monkey | Brass Monkey | RS-523 | Rare Earth |
U.F.O. 1 | U.F.O. | RS-524 | Rare Earth |
Toe Fat Two | Toe Fat | RS-525 | Rare Earth |
Sunday Funnies | Sunday Funnies | RS-526 | Rare Earth |
Magic | Magic | RS-527 | Rare Earth |
Stoney and Meatloaf | Stoney & Meatloaf | R-528L | Rare Earth |
Down at the Brassworks | Impact Of Brass | R-529L | Rare Earth |
Dennis Stoner | Dennis Stoner | R-530L | Rare Earth |
Jesus Christ's Greatest Hits | God Squad Featuring Leonard Caston | R-531L | Rare Earth |
Already a Household Word | Repairs | R-532L | Rare Earth |
Head to Head | Other People | R-533L | Rare Earth |
Rare Earth in Concert | Rare Earth | R-534L | Rare Earth |
All Directions | The Temptations | Gordy | |
Face to Face with the Truth | The Undisputed Truth | ||
Lookin' Through the Windows | The Jackson 5 | ||
Solid Rock | The Temptations | Gordy | |
Floy Joy | The Supremes | ||
Jermaine | Jermaine Jackson | ||
Flying High Together | The Miracles | ||
Ben | Michael Jackson | ||
Black Magic | Martha Reeves and the Vandellas | Gordy | |
Talking Book | Stevie Wonder | ||
Trouble Man | Marvin Gaye | Tamla | |
Lady Sings the Blues | Diana Ross | ||
Music of My Mind | Stevie Wonder | ||
1957-1972 | The Miracles | Tamla | |
Pippin | Original Broadway Cast | M-760L | Jobete Music Co./Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp |
The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb | The Supremes | ||
Motown Chartbusters Volume 7 | |||
Happiness | Lodi | MW-101L | MoWest |
Thelma Houston | Thelma Houston | MW-102L | MoWest |
Chameleon | Frankie Valli & Four Seasons | MW-108L | MoWest |
Syreeta | Syreeta | MW-113 | MoWest |
Odyssey | Odyssey | MW-115 | MoWest |
Someplace Else Now | Lesley Gore | MW-117 | MoWest |
Hollywood | Crusaders | MW-118L | MoWest |
Celebration | Celebration | MW-119 | MoWest |
Repairs | Repairs | MW-121 | MoWest |
Two Friends | Two Friends | NR-101 | Natural Resources |
Heart | Heart | NR-102 | Natural Resources |
Corliss | Corliss | NR-103 | Natural Resources |
Pass the Butter | Gotham | NR-104 | Natural Resources |
Road | Road | NR-105 | Natural Resources |
Plight of the Redman | XIT | R-536L | Rare Earth |
Howl the Good | Howl the Good | R-537L | Rare Earth |
Benediction | Sunday Funnies | R-538L | Rare Earth |
One Tree or Another | Keef James | R-539L | Rare Earth |
The Crystal Mansion | Crystal Mansion | R-540L | Rare Earth |
Wolfe | Wolfe | R-541L | Rare Earth |
Matrix | Matrix | R-542L | Rare Earth |
Willie Remembers | Rare Earth | R-543L | Rare Earth |
1990 | The Temptations | Gordy | |
Diana & Marvin | Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye | ||
G.I.T.: Get It Together | The Jackson 5 | ||
Touch Me in the Morning | Diana Ross | ||
Innervisions | Stevie Wonder | ||
Music & Me | Michael Jackson | ||
Renaissance | The Miracles | ||
The Jackson 5 in Japan | The Jackson 5 | ||
Let's Get It On | Marvin Gaye | Tamla | |
Masterpiece | The Temptations | Gordy | |
Skywriter | The Jackson 5 | ||
The Supremes Live! In Japan | The Supremes | ||
The Temptations in Japan | The Temptations | ||
Jackie Jackson | Jackie Jackson | ||
Last Time I Saw Him | Diana Ross | ||
Motown Chartbusters Volume 8 | |||
Silent Warrior | Xit | R-545L | Rare Earth |
Ma | Rare Earth | R-546L | Rare Earth |
Law of the Land | The Undisputed Truth | ||
Dancing Machine | The Jackson 5 | ||
Machine Gun | The Commodores | ||
Marvin Gaye Live! | Marvin Gaye | Tamla | |
Fulfillingness' First Finale | Stevie Wonder | ||
Motown Chartbusters Volume 9 | |||
Rare Earth Live in Chicago | Rare Earth | R-547 | Rare Earth |
Down to Earth | The Undisputed Truth | ||
The Marvelettes Anthology | The Marvelettes | Tamla | |
Best of The Marvelettes | The Marvelettes | Tamla | |
Caught in the Act | The Commodores | M6-820S1 | Motown |
Forever, Michael | Michael Jackson | ||
House Party | The Temptations | Gordy | |
Moving Violation | The Jackson 5 | ||
A Quiet Storm | Smokey Robinson | ||
A Song for You | The Temptations | Gordy | |
The Supremes | The Supremes | ||
City of Angels | The Miracles | ||
Back to Earth | Rare Earth | R6-548S1 | Rare Earth |
Cosmic Truth | The Undisputed Truth | ||
Higher Than High | The Undisputed Truth | ||
Motown Gold | Various | ||
Diana Ross | Diana Ross | ||
High Energy | The Supremes | ||
I Want You | Marvin Gaye | Tamla | |
Mary, Scherrie & Susaye | The Supremes | ||
Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | ||
The Temptations Do the Temptations | The Temptations | Gordy | |
Wings of Love | The Temptations | Gordy | |
Real Pretty | The Pretty Things | R7-549R2 | Rare Earth |
Midnight Lady | Rare Earth | R6-550S1 | Rare Earth |
Live at the London Palladium | Marvin Gaye | Tamla | |
Commodores | The Commodores | ||
Commodores Live! | The Commodores | ||
Baby It's Me | Diana Ross | ||
Looking Back - Anthology | Stevie Wonder | ||
Mandré | Mandré | M6-886 | Motown [2] |
Big Time | Smokey Robinson | T6-355 | Tamla [3] |
Motown Gold Vol. 2 | Various | ||
Come Get It! | Rick James | Gordy | |
Here, My Dear | Marvin Gaye | Tamla | |
Ross | Diana Ross | ||
Bustin' Out of L Seven | Rick James | Gordy | |
The Boss | Diana Ross | ||
Journey through the Secret Life of Plants | Stevie Wonder | ||
Partners | Scherrie & Susaye | ||
Mary Wilson | Mary Wilson | ||
Motown Chartbusters Volume 10 | |||
Apollo | Apollo | G7-985 | Gordy [4] |
Garden of Love | Rick James | Gordy | |
Hotter than July | Stevie Wonder | T8-373 | Tamla [5] |
Warm Thoughts | Smokey Robinson | Tamla | |
diana | Diana Ross | ||
Let's Get Serious | Jermaine Jackson | ||
Lady T | Teena Marie | ||
Irons in the Fire | Teena Marie | Gordy | |
Black Russian | Black Russian | M7-942R1 | |
Motown Chartbusters Volume 11 | |||
In Our Lifetime | Marvin Gaye | Tamla | |
One Day in Your Life | Michael Jackson | ||
Street Songs | Rick James | G8-1001M1 | Gordy |
Set My Love in Motion | Syreeta | T8-376 | Tamla [6] |
It Must Be Magic | Teena Marie | G8-1002M1 | Gordy |
The DeBarges | DeBarge | Gordy | |
Jose Feliciano | Jose Feliciano | Gordy | |
Tell Me a Lie | Bettye Lavette | 6000ML | Motown |
Yes It's You Lady | Smokey Robinson | 6001TL | Tamla |
Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I | Stevie Wonder | 6002TL2 | Tamla |
Ambiance | Nolen & Crossley | 6003GL | Gordy |
Keep It Live | Dazz Band | 6004ML | Motown |
Throwin' Down | Rick James | 6005GL | Gordy |
So Right | High Inergy | 6006GL | Gordy |
Lionel Richie | Lionel Richie | 6007ML | Motown |
Reunion | The Temptations | 6008GL | Gordy |
I've Never Been to Me | Charlene | 6009ML | Motown |
Trust Me | Jean Carn | 6010ML | Motown |
Li'l Suzy | Ozone | 6011ML | Motown |
All This Love | DeBarge | 6012GL | Gordy |
Strung Out on Motown | Regal Funkharmonic Orchestra | 6014ML | Motown |
Let Me Tickle Your Fancy | Jermaine Jackson | 6017ML | Motown |
Escenas De Amor | Jose Feliciano | 6018LL | |
Love Changes | O.C. Smith | 6019ML | Motown |
Pressin' On | Billy Preston | 6020ML | Motown |
Amor Secreto | Pedro Montero | 6021LL | |
Second to Nunn | Bobby Nunn | 6022ML | Motown |
Blow | Bobby Militello | 6023GL | Gordy |
Watch It Sucker! | Lawanda Page | 6025ML | Motown |
Himself (Soundtrack) | Bill Cosby | 6026ML | Motown |
Used to Be | Charlene | 6027ML | Motown |
All the Great Hits | Commodores | 6028ML | Motown |
Motown Chartbusters Volume 12 | STML-12164 | ||
Cold Blooded | Rick James | 6043GL | Gordy |
Romance in the Night | Jose Feliciano | 6035ML | Gordy |
In a Special Way | DeBarge | Gordy | |
Can't Slow Down | Lionel Richie | 6059ML | Motown |
Farewell My Summer Love | Michael Jackson | 6101ML | Motown |
Reflections | Rick James | Gordy | |
Somebody's Watching Me | Rockwell | 6052ML | Motown [7] |
Tiggi Clay | Tiggi Clay | 6067CL | Morocco [8] |
The Big Chill: More Songs from the Original Soundtrack | Various artists [9] | 6094ML | Motown |
Truly for You | The Temptations | Gordy | |
Ain't No Turnin' Back | Phyllis St. James | Motown | |
The Woman in Red | Stevie Wonder | 6108ML | Motown |
Thomas McClary | Thomas McClary | 6121ML | Motown [10] |
Glow | Rick James | 6149GL | Gordy |
In Square Circle | Stevie Wonder | ||
Only For You | Mary Jane Girls | ||
Rhythm of the Night | DeBarge | Gordy | |
Anthology | Michael Jackson | ||
That Look | Alfie [11] | 6146ML | Motown |
Dancing on the Ceiling | Lionel Richie | 6158ML | Motown [12] |
The Genie | Rockwell | 6178ML | Motown [13] |
A Fine Mess | Various artists [14] | 6180ML | Motown |
The Flag | Rick James | Gordy | |
To Be Continued... | The Temptations | 6207GL | Gordy [15] |
Take Me All The Way | Stacy Lattisaw | 6212ML | Motown [16] |
El DeBarge | El DeBarge | Gordy | |
The Return of Bruno | Bruce Willis | ||
One Heartbeat | Smokey Robinson | ||
Characters | Stevie Wonder | ||
Messages from The Boys | The Boys | ||
Today | Today | ||
Workin' Overtime | Diana Ross | ||
Love Is Like An Itchin' In My Heart | The Good Girls | ||
The Boys | The Boys | ||
Open Invitation | Gerald Alston | ||
Johnny Gill | Johnny Gill | ||
The Force Behind the Power | Diana Ross | ||
Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know! | Another Bad Creation | ||
Cooleyhighharmony | Boyz II Men | ||
Jungle Fever (soundtrack) | Stevie Wonder | ||
Back to Front | Lionel Richie | ||
Lovers Lane | M.C. Brains | ||
Christmas Interpretations | Boyz II Men | ||
Provocative | Johnny Gill | ||
II | Boyz II Men | ||
For Lovers Only | The Temptations | ||
The Remix Collection | Boyz II Men | ||
Take Me Higher | Diana Ross | ||
Natural Wonder | Stevie Wonder | ||
Conversation Peace | Stevie Wonder | ||
Let's Get the Mood Right | Johnny Gill | ||
Evolution | Boyz II Men | ||
Bethlehem | Brian McKnight | ||
Phoenix Rising | The Temptations | ||
The Ultimate Collection | Martha and the Vandellas | ||
Back at One | Brian McKnight | ||
The Game | Chico DeBarge | ||
Every Day Is a New Day | Diana Ross | ||
Ear-Resistible | The Temptations | ||
Mama's Gun | Erykah Badu | ||
The Supremes | The Supremes | ||
Acoustic Soul | India.Arie | ||
Dirty South | Rasheeda | ||
Halfway Tree | Damian Marley | ||
Tamla Motown Gold: The Sound of Young America | Various Artists | ||
The 70s Anthology | The Supremes | ||
Voyage to India | India.Arie | ||
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Boyz II Men | Boyz II Men | ||
Worldwide Underground | Erykah Badu | ||
Motown 1's | Various artists | ||
Gemini | Brian McKnight | ||
Marvin Gaye at the Copa | Marvin Gaye | ||
The People vs. | Trick-Trick | ||
A Time to Love | Stevie Wonder | ||
Gold: Martha and the Vandellas | Martha and the Vandellas | ||
Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship | India.Arie | ||
Motown 50 | Various | ||
Motown: The Complete #1s | Various artists | 10-disc CD box set, re-released in 2019 with an additional six-song bonus disc |
Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered.
Berry Gordy III, known professionally as Berry Gordy Jr., is an American retired record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record label and its subsidiaries, which was the highest-earning African-American business for decades.
Claudette Annette Rogers Robinson is an American singer, best known as a member of the vocal group The Miracles from 1957 to 1972. Her brother Emerson "Sonny" Rogers was a founding member of the group, which before 1957 was named "The Matadors". Claudette replaced her brother in the group after he was drafted into the U.S. Army.
"Somebody's Watching Me" is a song recorded and written by American singer Rockwell, released by the Motown label in December 1983, as the lead single from his debut studio album of the same name. It features guest vocals by Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson and Norman Dozier. The song became a major commercial success internationally, topping the charts in Belgium, France, and Spain, and reaching the top 5 in Canada, West Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. In the UK, it reached No. 6 and is Rockwell's only top 40 hit on the UK Singles Chart. Rolling Stone magazine called the song "an international and enduring smash hit that, more than 30 years later, remains the perennial paranoia-rock anthem and Halloween mix go-to song."
High Inergy was an American R&B and soul girl group who found fame on Motown Records in the late 1970s. They are best known for the hit song, "You Can't Turn Me Off ".
Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius is the first live album by Little Stevie Wonder. The album was released on the Tamla record label in May 1963, the same month as the single release of "Fingertips". "Fingertips" topped both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the R&B Singles chart, and Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius topped the Billboard 200, all of which happened in 1963. This is the last album to use the "Little" in Stevie Wonder's name. Starting with the next album, he would go by just "Stevie Wonder." Wonder was the second and youngest solo artist to chart on the Billboard Top LPs under the age of 18. He was only 13 years old when that occurred.
Táta Vega is an American vocalist, whose career spans theater, film, and a variety of musical genres.
The Gordys are an African-American family of businesspeople and music industry executives. They were born to Georgia-reared parents Berry "Pops" Gordy Sr. and Bertha Gordy and raised in Detroit, where most of the siblings played a pivotal role in the international acceptance of rhythm and blues music as a crossover phenomenon in the 1960s. The accomplishment is attributable to the creation of Motown, a company founded by the seventh-oldest sibling, Berry Gordy Jr..
Fizzy Qwick is an American singer and songwriter who has recorded in various musical styles ranging from R&B to new wave. Her recordings from the early 1980s have become popular among fans of Northern soul since the early 21st century.
Ronald J. Slenzak is an American photographer, best known for photographing record album covers. Some of the album covers that he has photographed include Spitfire, Huey Lewis and the News, It Must Be Magic, Dreams, Throwin' Down and Beat Street (Prism).
Aaron Rapoport is an American photographer, best known for his photographs of musicians.
Raynoma Mayberry Liles Gordy Singleton was an American R&B producer, songwriter, and vocalist perhaps best known for her association with ex-husband, Berry Gordy during the early days of Motown when she was often known as Miss Ray.
Captured is the 1985 studio album follow-up to singer-songwriter Rockwell's gold album, Somebody's Watching Me. Despite featuring one single featuring Stevie Wonder and another appearing on the soundtrack of The Last Dragon, it was a commercial and critical disappointment.
Garry Glenn was an American singer, songwriter and musician best known for his association with his songwriting partner Dianne Quander and wrote the hit song "Caught Up in the Rapture", recorded by Anita Baker in 1986. He also wrote “Intimate Friends” that was recorded by Eddie Kendricks and later sampled by Alicia Keys for the Grammy Award-nominated recording “Unbreakable.”
Frenzy is an album by the American musical group High Inergy. It was released in 1979 on Motown's Gordy label.
Clarence R. "Clay" Drayton is an American songwriter, arranger, producer, and sideman best known for his work at Motown. He was the arranger on Diana Ross’s certified gold record, “Love Hangover.”
"All in Love Is Fair" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder recorded for his sixteenth studio album, Innervisions (1973). Written and produced by Wonder, it was released as a 7" single in Brazil in 1974. The song is a pop ballad with lyrics that describe the end of a relationship through the use of clichés. Critical reaction to the song has been varied: Matthew Greenwald of AllMusic wrote that it was among Wonder's "finest ballad statements", but Robert Christgau felt that the singer's performance was "immature". Wonder has included it on several of his greatest hits albums, including the most recent, 2005's The Complete Stevie Wonder.
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