"Motown was absorbed into the Universal Music Group. Seagram had purchased Motown's former parent MCA in 1995, and Motown was in effect reunited with many of its MCA corporate siblings (Seagram had hoped to build a media empire around Universal, and started by purchasing PolyGram). Universal briefly considered shuttering the label, but instead decided to restructure it. Kedar Massenburg, a producer for Erykah Badu, became the head of the label, and oversaw successful recordings from Badu, McKnight, Michael McDonald, and new Motown artist India.Arie. Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, and the Temptations had remained with the label since its"
"Not Over Yet ""Not Over Yet"" is a song by British dance act Grace, released as a single in 1995, peaking in the UK Singles Chart at number 6, and topping the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the United States. The song was originally released to clubs in 1993, under the band name State of Grace. Lead vocals and backing vocals on the track were performed by Patti Low. In 1995, the lead vocals were replaced by the new Grace frontwoman Dominique Atkins for the Grace album ""If I Could Fly"", released in 1996, although Low's backing vocals remained"
"for the first time. Daughter Rhonda Ross-Kendrick performed as her mother's opening act. On November 19, 2017, Ross received the American Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. Ross performed several of her hits, ending with ""Ain't No Mountain High Enough"", during which she brought all of her grandchildren onstage. Her eldest grandson, eight-year-old Raif-Henok Emmanuel Kendrick, son of Rhonda Ross-Kendrick and husband, Rodney, performed an impromptu dance behind Ross, which gained attention. Ross was then joined onstage by all of her children, their spouses, first ex-husband Robert Ellis, Smokey Robinson (who brought Ross to Motown) and Motown founder, Berry Gordy. In"
"Billy Vera, Ray Parker, Jr., Mel Carter and Berry Gordy. In 2014, New Edition, Eddie Floyd and the Mary Jane Girls were added to the list. The organization also honors songwriters, like Harold Lilly, who wrote Alicia Keyes' ""You Don't Know My Name"" and the legendary team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, who wrote numerous Motown hits. Producers, such as Clarence Avant, and Gamble & Huff are also honored as well as influential entertainment industry executives, such as BMI's Thomas Cain, Universal's Jim Urie, Jon Platt and new Motown president, Ethiopia Habtemarian. The 2015 event featured tributes to El DeBarge, Bobby Brown, The"
"the horizon."" ""Music & Media"" wrote: ""Not over yet? No way, it's only just beginning, the renewed appreciation of synth or electro pop-of course in a fashionable new dance coat. The girl sings gracefully in a sea of sequencers."" ""Mixmag"" ranked the song number 91 in its 100 Greatest Dance Singles of All Time list in 1996. It was also included as number 15 in their Mixmag End Of Year Lists:1995. ""DJ Magazine"" ranked it number 38 in their list of Top 100 Club Tunes in 1998. ""MTV Dance"" placed ""Not Over Yet"" at number 64 in their list of"
"top radio stations, such as Xfm, as well as receiving moderate airplay on the MTV Two/NME Chart. The song has been remixed by dubstep artist Skream. The song featured in the Channel 4 advertisement for the finale of the first series of ""Ugly Betty"", and is also featured in many episodes of ""Hollyoaks"". The video for the track was released in May 2007. It features the band dressed up as samurai, wielding swords to destroy flying prism shaped objects. Not Over Yet ""Not Over Yet"" is a song by British dance act Grace, released as a single in 1995, peaking"
"The 100 Biggest 90's Dance Anthems Of All Time in November 2011. ""Mixmag"" ranked the song as one of the 15 best songs in their The 15 best mid-90s trance tracks list in 2018. In 1999, """"Not Over Yet"""" was re-released by Planet Perfecto, an Oakenfold pseudonym, and featured re-recorded vocals and new mixes. It again reached the Top 20, peaking at number #16. A remixed version with new vocals (by Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic), only featuring the words ""not over yet"" from the original appeared on Oakenfold's 2006 album A Lively Mind as ""Not Over"". The vocals of this"
"joint performance was a success, and the Temptations and Four Tops toured together for two years following the special. This ""battle"" later returned in a Motown TV special at the Apollo theater and created a long running tour for the two groups to compete in. While Motown 25 was billed as ""Yesterday, Today, Forever"", artists from the golden era of Motown, such as The Marvelettes, The Vandellas, The Contours, Kim Weston, Brenda Holloway, Marv Johnson, Jimmy Ruffin, Edwin Starr, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Rare Earth, The Isley Brothers and The Velvelettes were not included in the special, while newer"
"""You Don't Understand Me"", ""June Afternoon"" and ""She Doesn't Live Here Anymore"". The album's title is based on a quote from Motown-founder Berry Gordy. The album was an immediate commercial success, selling over 2 million copies worldwide within 2 months of release. As of 2001, the compilation has sold in excess of 6 million copies worldwide. The record would not be released in the United States until 26 September 2000. This edition consisted of an altered track listing—it excluded singles which were never released in the US, and included two singles from their then-most recent album, ""Have a Nice Day"""
"It's Not Over (Daughtry song) ""It's Not Over"" is the debut single by American rock band Daughtry, taken from their self-titled debut studio album. It was certified Platinum in April 2007. As of August 2007, it was in the top 10 digital selling songs of the year. The song was written by Chris Daughtry, Ace Young (who was on ""American Idol"" with Daughtry), Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson and produced by Howard Benson. After much speculation on when and even if a video would be released, the video was finally released on AOL on January 10, 2007. The video was co-directed"
"It's Not Over (Debelah Morgan album) It's Not Over is the second album by American singer Debelah Morgan. This album was released in Europe and Asia on VAZ/Motown September 15, 1998. First single ""Yesterday"" was given a U.S release giving Morgan urban success landing her song on the R&B charts. This album includes a duet by R&B super star Brian McKnight and a duet remake of the Motown classic ""Ain't No Mountain High enough"" with R&B singer Herschel Boone. International single ""I Love You"" and remixes by Rodney Jerkins were the other highlights of this album. Two songs from the"
"different act. Edwin Starr, who had become a Motown artist in 1968 after his former label, Ric-Tic, was purchased by Motown founder Berry Gordy, Jr., became ""War's"" new vocalist. Considered among Motown's ""second-string"" acts, Starr had only one major hit, 1968's number-six hit ""Twenty-Five Miles"", to his name by this time. He heard about the conflict surrounding the debate of whether or not to release ""War"", and volunteered to re-record it. Whitfield re-created the song to match Starr's James Brown-influenced soul shout: the single version of ""War"" was dramatic and intense, depicting the general anger and distaste the anti-war movement"
"existence from 1993 to 1997, the group served mainly to showcase Oakenfold and Osborne's production talents. They had seven Top 40 hits, most notably the dance anthem ""Not Over Yet"", which peaked at #6 in the UK Singles Chart, and topped the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the US. The original front-woman, Patti Low, also recorded one other track while involved with Grace called ""Helpless"", which was only released as the B-side on the tape cassette release of ""Not Over Yet"" in 1995. Low appeared in the 1995 promotional video for ""Not Over Yet"" and also performed live lead-vocals"
"most notably during the Supremes ""Stop! In the Name of Love"" montage where several different clips of the Supremes singing the word ""Stop!"" were edited together. The majority of the clips replaced appear to be from a taping of the British show ""Ready, Steady, Go!: The Sounds of Motown"", that featured, along with the Supremes, The Temptations, The Miracles, Martha and the Vandellas, and Stevie Wonder. Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever is an award-winning 1983 television special, produced by Suzanne de Passe for Motown Records, to commemorate Motown's 25th year (Motown was founded in January"
"in place. This Atkins/Low combination appeared on all subsequent re-releases and remixes of ""Not Over Yet"". In 1999, ""Not Over Yet"" was remixed by Planet Perfecto, a pseudonym of Paul Oakenfold, a co-writer of the song. It again reached the Top 20, peaking at number 16. Oakenfold used the song with much less singing in another remix called ""Not Over"", which appeared on his album ""A Lively Mind"". In 2001, Garlic, a London indie band led by the Scottish co-author of the song released the song as both a single and track from their LP, ‘The Murky World of Seats’."
"again surpassed by his track ""Rockstar"" featuring 21 Savage, which peaked at number one. The song has so far received over 920 million YouTube views worldwide. Post Malone debuted the track while performing in Austin, Texas in September 2016, two months before the song's official release. On May 9, 2017, the track was performed to Post Malone by a mariachi band, commissioned by Indonesian rapper Rich Brian. On June 16, 2017, the official remix was released featuring an additional verse from Future. The song is written in the key of F♯ major with a tempo of 110 beats per minute."
"of Motown Records diverse signing of new and established artists, in 1963 Haines was one of the first white singer to record for Motown recording 14 songs written by Smokey Robinson, including her 1963 release ""What's Easy For Two Is Hard For One"" previously recorded by Mary Wells. In 1965 she recorded a version of the as-yet-unreleased song ""For Once in My Life"", which was later a hit for Stevie Wonder, but her version was not released until 2015. She was married and divorced twice. Her first marriage, on September 7, 1951, was to World War II flying ace Robert"
"album were included on soundtracks for ""Fame L.A."" and ""Our Friend, Martin."" It's Not Over (Debelah Morgan album) It's Not Over is the second album by American singer Debelah Morgan. This album was released in Europe and Asia on VAZ/Motown September 15, 1998. First single ""Yesterday"" was given a U.S release giving Morgan urban success landing her song on the R&B charts. This album includes a duet by R&B super star Brian McKnight and a duet remake of the Motown classic ""Ain't No Mountain High enough"" with R&B singer Herschel Boone. International single ""I Love You"" and remixes by Rodney"
"That's Backatcha"". Other Motown artists who scored disco hits include: Robinson's former group, the Miracles, with ""Love Machine"" (1975), Eddie Kendricks with ""Keep On Truckin'"" (1973), the Originals with ""Down to Love Town"" (1976) and Thelma Houston with her cover of the Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes song ""Don't Leave Me This Way"" (1976). The label continued to release successful disco songs into the 1980s with Rick James' ""Super Freak"" (1981), and the Commodores' ""Lady (You Bring Me Up)"" (1981). Several of Motown's solo artists who left the label went on to have successful disco songs. Mary Wells, Motown's"
"Singers Brenda Joyce Evans and Billie Rae Calvin, brought to Motown by Bobby Taylor (and soon to be part of Norman Whitfield's group The Undisputed Truth), also add backing vocals. The single became The Tops' first Top Ten R&B hit since 1967's ""Bernadette"". This song was noted for its repeated chord phrases, beginning with E-Flat Major, shifting to C Minor, then to B-Flat Major, before re to E-Flatt Major, over and over again, with any changes or alterations to the song's fade. Still Water (Love) ""Still Water (Love)"" is a 1970 hit single written by Smokey Robinson and Frank Wilson"
"Motown's Gordy imprint. The group's string of hits included ""Come and Get These Memories"", ""Heat Wave"", ""Quicksand"", ""Nowhere to Run"", ""Jimmy Mack"", ""Bless You"" and ""Dancing in the Street"", the latter song becoming their signature single. During their nine-year run on the charts from 1963 to 1972, Martha and the Vandellas charted over twenty-six hits and recorded in the styles of doo-wop, R&B, pop, blues, rock and roll and soul. Ten Vandellas songs reached the top ten of the ""Billboard"" R&B singles chart, including two R&B number ones, and six Top Ten Pop Hits on the ""Billboard Hot 100"". Teenagers"
"Manhattan and in Saddle River, New Jersey. He currently has 3 children: Kayla Massenburg, Eliana Massenburg and Elijah Massenburg Kedar Massenburg William ""Kedar"" Massenburg (born 1964) is an American record producer and record label executive, who was the president of Motown Records from 1997 to 2004. Massenburg is best known for bringing Erykah Badu to fame. He trademarked the term ""neo soul."" Massenburg is the founder, president and CEO of Kedar Entertainment. William ""Kedar"" Massenburg was born in 1963. Massenburg is a 1981 graduate of Erasmus Hall High School in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York and a 1986 graduate of Central"
"and the Vandellas; ""The Tracks of My Tears"" and ""Ooo Baby Baby"" by The Miracles; ""It's the Same Old Song"" and ""I Can't Help Myself"" by the Four Tops; ""Uptight"" by Stevie Wonder; ""How Sweet It Is"" by Marvin Gaye; and ""Don't Mess with Bill"" by The Marvelettes. The Motown sound was at its peak in 1965 with at least five of the label's songs from that year later being included on ""Rolling Stone""'s list of ""The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"". In addition, Detroit native Sonny Bono had hit records with his wife as Sonny & Cher with"
"students wanted me to play Spooky Tooth and Velvet Underground. Things don't change. Nowadays, of course, Motown is hip."" Despite losing Holland–Dozier–Holland, Norman Whitfield, and some of its other hitmakers by 1975, Motown still had a number of successful artists during the 1970s and 1980s, including Lionel Richie and the Commodores, Rick James, Teena Marie, the Dazz Band, Jose Feliciano and DeBarge. By the mid-1980s Motown had started losing money, and Berry Gordy sold his ownership in Motown to MCA Records (which began a US distribution deal with the label in 1983) and Boston Ventures in June 1988 for $61"
"Motown"" about the end result. Lead vocalist Bono referred to the song as ""defiant joy"", something that he and the Edge said was more important than ever in the ""difficult times"" in which they were living. The song first emerged in August 2016 as an electronic dance remix by Norwegian DJ Kygo, which he played during his performance at the Cloud 9 Festival. The song was mentioned in an April 2017 issue of ""Mojo"" as a potential contender for ""Songs of Experience"", albeit with a slightly different title. According to the Edge, the song was one of several from the"
"love that song very much today,"" Kravitz said in an interview for VivaMusic.com in 2000. The line is based on a Yogiism, or quotation from Yogi Berra: ""It ain't over 'til it's over."" It was Kravitz's first top 10 hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 of his career, and his highest peak in the chart. British singer Mutya Buena's 2007 song ""Real Girl"" contains a sample from ""It Ain't Over 'til It's Over"". ""It Ain't Over 'til It's Over"" is Kravitz's most successful single on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart to date, peaking at number two behind Bryan Adams'"
"the original 1995 Perfecto Radio Edit. All new versions and remixes on the re-release however, contained a combination of the original backing vocals by Low and lead vocals by Atkins. It again reached the UK Top 20, peaking at number 16. In 2007, ""Not Over Yet"" was reworked by the Klaxons and renamed ""It's Not Over Yet"", for their album ""Myths of the Near Future"". In July 2011, new remixes of ""Not Over Yet"" were released by Perfecto. In December 2011, a new track for Grace (Dominique Atkins) was announced on Tilt's official Facebook page as being currently written. Grace"
"over by Motown's Berry Gordy, and Jr. Walker & the All Stars became members of the Motown family, recording for their Soul imprint in 1964. The members of the band changed after the acquisition of the Harvey label. Tony Washington, the drummer, quit the group, and James Graves joined. Their first and signature hit was ""Shotgun"", written and composed by Walker and produced by Berry Gordy, which featured the Funk Brothers' James Jamerson on bass and Benny Benjamin on drums. ""Shotgun"" reached No. 4 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and No. 1 on the R&B chart in 1965, and was"
"Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland. In the United States, it peaked at No. 2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100), both ""Jump"" by Van Halen and ""Footloose"" by Kenny Loggins kept the song from No. 1. Rockwell is a son of Motown CEO Berry Gordy. At the time of the recording, Rockwell was estranged from his father and living with Ray Singleton, his father's ex-wife and the mother of his older half-brother, Kerry Gordy. Singleton served as executive producer on the project and would occasionally play some demo tracks to Berry. The elder Gordy was less than enthusiastic about"
"his song ""It Just Ain't Right"" Phillip Ingram Phillip Ingram (born July 11, 1958) is an American musician. He is perhaps best known as one of the founding members of the Motown Group ""SWITCH"" Ingram was raised in Akron, Ohio. He came from a musical family with six brothers and sisters who all sang and played instruments but only Phillip and his older brother, James, pursued a musical career. In December 1976, the band Switch was formed with Phillip Ingram, Greg Williams, Jody Sims, Bobby DeBarge, Tommy DeBarge and Eddie Fluellen. Switch was signed to the Gordy subsidiary of Motown"
"Punch"" (1962) and her signature hit, ""My Guy"" (1964), she became recognized as ""The Queen of Motown"" until her departure from the company in 1964, at the height of her popularity. She was one of Motown's first singing superstars. Mary Esther Wells was born near Detroit's Wayne State University on May 13, 1943, to a mother who worked as a domestic, and an absentee father. One of three children, she contracted spinal meningitis at the age of two and struggled with partial blindness, deafness in one ear and temporary paralysis At age 10, Wells contracted tuberculosis. During her early years,"
"to help Children's Hospital in Denver build the Family Hospitality Suite. Young wrote the chorus for Daughtry's debut single, ""It's Not Over."" The song was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards nominations on December 6, 2007. Along with co-writers, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson, and Chris Daughtry, Young received a songwriting nomination. In January 2008, Young was named a Celebrity Ambassador for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). He appeared on the show every year from 2007 until 2012. In 2011 he hosted the New York MDA telethon. In 2012 he participated in Labor Day weekend's pre-taped"
"Motown CEO and founder Berry Gordy, who was impressed by the group and agreed to sign them that year. For a year the group worked alongside members of Switch, helping to add background vocals, instrumentation, arranging, and musical and lyrical composition to the band's works, most prominently in ""I Call Your Name"", ""My Friend in the Sky"", and ""Love Over and Over Again"". By 1981, Bobby and Tommy had left Switch and returned the favor to their siblings working with them on their debut album, which was released that year with Bobby, Bunny, and El as main producers. The only"