Happy 50th Birthday Motown: A History In Pictures | Gigwise
A close friend of Gordy's, The Miracles' lead singer Smokey Robinson was promoted to vice president of the company shortly after its set-up. As a mark of respect to his friend, in the sixties Robinson named two of his children 'Berry' and 'Tamla'. The label was very much a family affair with his father, two brothers and sister holding important roles.
Roy Ayers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
10.09. – Happy Birthday !!! Roy Edward Ayers, Jr. was born in Los Angeles, CA on 1940. He comes by his affinity with music naturally, as his mother Ruby Ayers was a schoolteacher and local piano instructor and his father Roy Sr., a sometimes-parking attendant and trombonist. As it often happens in a…