Category: Motown Artists
- This category contains profiles of performers who have released recordings on a Motown affiliated label.
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Person Profiles (30)
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Howard Allen
abt 12 Aug 1932 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States - 30 Jun 2002
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Florence (Ballard) Chapman
30 Jun 1943 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States - 22 Feb 1976
Renaldo Benson
14 Jun 1936 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States - 01 Jul 2005
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Lamont Dozier
26 Jun 1941 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States - 08 Aug 2022
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Duke Fakir
1930s
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Marvin (Gay) Gaye
02 Apr 1939 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 01 Apr 1984
Lesley (Goldstein) Gore
02 May 1946 Brooklyn, New York, USA - 16 Feb 2015
Cuba Gooding
27 Apr 1944 New York City, New York, USA - 20 Apr 2017
Eleanor Guest
abt 1940 Georgia, United States - 23 Aug 1997
William Guest
02 Jun 1941 Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, United States - 24 Dec 2015
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Michael Jackson
29 Aug 1958 Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States - 25 Jun 2009
J cont.
James Jamerson
abt 29 Jan 1936 Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina, United States - abt 02 Aug 1983
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Edward Kendricks
17 Dec 1939 Union Springs, Bullock, Alabama, United States - 05 Oct 1992
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Thomasina (Montgomery) Terrell
29 Apr 1945 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 16 Mar 1970
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Edward Patten
27 Aug 1939 Georgia - 25 Feb 2005
Lawrence Payton
02 Mar 1938 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States - 20 Jun 1997
Anita Pointer
23 Jan 1948 Oakland, Alameda, California, United States - 31 Dec 2022
June Pointer
30 Nov 1953 Oakland, Alameda, California, United States - 11 Apr 2006
Patricia Pointer
11 Jul 1950 Oakland, Alameda, California, United States - 08 Jun 2020
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Robert Rogers
19 Feb 1940 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States - 03 Mar 2013
R cont.
Davis Ruffin
18 Jan 1941 Whynot, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States - 01 Jun 1991
Jimmy Ruffin
07 May 1936 Collinsville, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States - 17 Nov 2014
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Barrett Strong
02 Feb 1941 West Point, Clay, Mississippi, United States - 29 Jan 2023
Joseph Stubbs
1942 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States - 05 Feb 1998
Levi Stubbs
06 Jun 1936 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States - 17 Oct 2008
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Wayman Tisdale
09 Jun 1964 Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States - 15 May 2009
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Mary Wells
13 May 1943 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States - 26 Jul 1992
Mary Wilson
06 Mar 1944 Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States - 08 Feb 2021
Rita Wright
03 Aug 1946 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States - 06 Jul 2004
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