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Motown Records, Founded on This Day in 1959, Broke Racial Barriers in Pop Music With Its Beloved Hits
On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey ...
Minnesota Daily7d
The cities’ best indie labels
What follows is an encyclopedic listing of some of our favorite labels. You can thank us later, when youâÄôre famous. WHAT: Afternoon Records www.afternoonrecords.com The year was 2003. While the ...
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For Major Labels, 2024 Was the Year of Independents
By Glenn Peoples In the ‘00s, The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan looked at the disruptive nature of early social media platform MySpace and saw the death of the record label.
50 Years Later: How 1975’s No. 1 albums hold up after a half-century
The year 1975 was a very good one for Elton John and Chicago. It was pretty good as well for artists from Olivia Newton-John ...
The Nation Newspaper10d
Eight musicians who had issues with their record labels
Wizkid was under Banky W’s EME Records, before launching his Starboy record label. He fell out with them ... the latter was nominated for “Best Reggae/Dancehall Single” at The 2014 Headies.
New labels will help people pick devices less at risk of hacking
Smart devices like baby monitors, fitness trackers and internet-connected appliances could soon carry labels certifying that ...