Motown, every mention
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every year anyone Guy Raz 12L.A. Reid 3Janice Bryant Howroyd 2Bruce Pavitt 2Ross Bagdasarian Jr. 1Matt Mullenweg 1
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Motown comes up
WordPress & Automattic: Matt Mullenweg
- ▶ 26:46 Matt Mullenweg and so I was very familiar with the Motown artist and others that.
Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey: Fawn Weaver
- ▶ 4:29 Guy Raz Her dad was a producer and songwriter for Motown Records. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:14:46 Guy Raz By the way, one of Uncle Nearest's recent ads actually features a song by Fawn's dad, Frank Wilson, which he wrote and performed in the sixties before he became known as a Motown producer.
Sub Pop Records: Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman
- ▶ 2:13 Guy Raz Just like Barry Gordy and his Motown label brought the sound of Detroit to radios around the world, Sub Pop and its co-founders Jonathan Poneman and Bruce Pavitt helped turn Seattle into a global brand of music and culture.
- ▶ 8:55 Guy Raz Yeah, I mean, obviously, Motown, that label, and then, like, the rock scene, right?
- ▶ 19:24 Guy Raz But Seattle was not Motown. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 50:05 Bruce Pavitt With Motown. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:24:09 Guy Raz I know I'm talking cliches here, but like, it is pretty crazy that you wanted this label to be like Motown was to Detroit.
ActOne Group: Janice Bryant Howroyd
- ▶ 16:35 Janice Bryant Howroyd He had worked at Motown for years and, uh, helped move Motown out to L.A., and then he went to Billboard. 2 times in the scene
The Chipmunks: Ross Bagdasarian Jr. & Janice Karman
- ▶ 27:43 Ross Bagdasarian Jr. When I was writing songs, I decided to found Motown, uh, because I wanted to own the master recordings the way your dad did.
Music Mogul: L.A. Reid
- ▶ 2:02 L.A. Reid Just hearing music on the radio, um, buying 45, buying James Brown's records, old Motown records, or buying old soul records, and bringing them home, and just drumming on the table along with the songs.
- ▶ 6:04 L.A. Reid We, we were signed to a label in Los Angeles called Solar Records, and the label was like Junior Motown.
- ▶ 17:35 L.A. Reid I'd watched Barry Gordy build Motown Records.