Michael Jackson: A 37% Royalty, Breaking MTV and the Day Google Stalled
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On June 25, 2009, search traffic for Michael Jackson spiked so sharply that Google's systems tre...
2 Nov 19min
Off the Wall: Michael Jackson, Rod Temperton and the One-Grammy Snub
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After years of Motown's assembly-line control, where he and his brothers could not write songs o...
2 Nov 18min
Maxine Powell: Bridal Gowns, Blocks on Heads and Motown's Finishing School
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Maxine Powell was born Maxine Blair in Texarkana, Texas, in 1915 and raised by an aunt in Chicag...
2 Nov 19min
Marvin Gaye in 1972: A $1 Million Deal, Ed Townsend and a Preacher's Guilt
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the spring of 1972 Marvin Gaye signed a $1 million contract that made him the highest-paid so...
2 Nov 22min
Lakeside: Shelved by Motown, Turning Down Whitfield and Fantastic Voyage
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Lakeside began in Dayton, Ohio, around 1969, when guitarist Stephen Shockley left the Montereys ...
2 Nov 20min
Kim Weston: A DJ-Flipped B-Side, It Takes Two and Suing Motown in 1967
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Agatha Natalia Weston was born in Detroit in 1939 and signed with Motown in 1961. Her first hit ...
2 Nov 20min
Jimmy Ruffin: Losing the Temptations Job to David and Winning Over Britain
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Jimmy Ruffin was born in 1936 in Collinsville, Mississippi, to Eli and Ophelia Ruffin, and grew ...
2 Nov 20min
Jack Ashford: Hotel Sheets, Tambourine on War and the Last Funk Brother
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Jack Ashford was born in Philadelphia on May 18, 1934, and spent his childhood moving between re...
2 Nov 18min
