😢 That broke me down. They kind of exposed it in the temptation movie. Remember the woman Leon( David Ruffin) was dragging through the park when they had that cookout. I think that was supposed to be Tammy.
So many talented artists but such sad stories…to this day the Unsung episodes on Tammy Terrell and Debarge affect me. I hope some of the El and Bunny were able to get the help they needed..💜
NOTE THIS IN ITS COMMENTS.... Disclaimer: Content might be gossip, rumors, exaggerated or indirectly besides the truth. Viewer advised to do own research before forming their opinion. Content might be opinionated or fiction.
Not true. Marvin's version was actually RECORDED first (sessions occuring February 3, 8, 13, 15, and April 10, 1967; released October 30, 1968). Gladys Knight & The Pips' version was RELEASED first (released September 28, 1967; recorded June 17, 1967). Their version remains, to this day, my favorite of all of them recorded. And, I have to throw this in: My second-favorite recorded version of "Grapevine" ... is by Credence Clearwater Revival from the "Cosmo's Factory" album.@@megaoldskool76
NOTE THIS IN ITS COMMENTS.... Disclaimer: Content might be gossip, rumors, exaggerated or indirectly besides the truth. Viewer advised to do own research before forming their opinion. Content might be opinionated or fiction.
It's so sad that Marvin Gae was killed by his nasty dad. and that the Jacksons were abused by someone who did not deserve such a talented family. so sorry for Tammi as well. How could those men be so ugly inside. I guess it wasn't enough for James Brown to be ugly on the outside. I've lost a lot of respect for James Brown. Loved his music. But Smokey Bill Robinson was just plain hot! still is.
RIP Mary Wells, MJ and his father Joe, Tammi Terrell, Marvin Gaye and his father, David Ruffin and his eldest daughter, Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Slick Rick James, Dennis Edwards, Bobby DeBarge, Etterlene DeBarge, Mary Wilson, Flo Ballard, Barrett Strong and so many Motown artists and contributors especially those not mentioned in this video.
BOBBY SMITH, C.P. SPENCER, EDWIN STARR. JAMES JAMINSON,BILLY HENDERSON, PERVIS JACKSON WANDA ROGERS SYETTA GARRETT, TOMMY AND BOBBY DEBARGE MARY WELLS,& DENNIS EDWARDS
Money That's What I Want Was Also Written By My Auntie Janie Bradford And Please Mr.Postman Was Also Written By My Uncle Freddie Gorman Of The Originals...Yep...Yep...One Love Fam.
A few reasons. 1. Google AI flags certain videos containing potential trigger words. The uploader is attempting to skirt the potential removal of the video and - as well - is hoping to avoid strikes on their channel. 2. The narration is also AI generated. The AI websites forbid the translation of certain words in AI text.
I read somewhere that Tammy’s family looked the other way when she was being beaten by James Brown and David Ruffin. They didn’t care what was happening to her as long as she was making money singing that’s all they cared about. She didn’t have the protection from her family. She was very young when she was with James Brown. I think I read James Brown went to her father and asked for permission for her to sing background for him, and not too long after that he started beating on her.
got to know for a while Mr Eddie Willis and he told me he used to cry over records he had played on because of all the talent gone to waist with drugs and booze
I'm 13 and love to study music artist and there is always a dark siyto them. In this case it's Motown and I'm not surprised most of the acts were going through personal things. One of the girls from Supremes Florence was actually writing a book about her experience of Motown but she was killed before releasing the book.
No mention of Gladys Knight and the Pips. They were so disrespected at Motown. Poetic justice they had their biggest success after leaving the dysfunctional record company.
I knew this since 1984 , it all started with Marvin Gaye, motown & rocknation were given permission to be a respected black owned music label by the same nefarious Rocafellers.
No it was not alleged it was true. Robert Debarge senior raped and beat his kids daily,thats why they are all on drugs,trying to numb their pain.Joe Jackson was nothing like him .
Us baby boomers were grateful for Marvin Gaye. GenX and Millennials shouldn't discuss this because they were too young, especially for the albums like What's Going On and Let's Get It On, also relying on your parents isn't the same experience and "childhood memories" argument is pointless
Saying a person should speak on certain music because of their age is weird. Why are boomers so negative like this? This is like saying younger people shouldn’t speak on any point of history cause they were young or not born yet. & yes this is coming from GenZ
@@onoraii.oTry to make sense of people speaking on or narrating something they had no first hand knowledge or experience of! You go and make a video about something you weren’t alive to witness first hand, please!
Thankfully, all we cared about was if the music sounded good. We had lives back then and as long as these people entertained us, that's all we cared about. We didn't know them and didn't want to.
Different times. The kind of violence that is unacceptable today was pretty common and it cut the paradigms of race and class. Back then men were men, women and children had to stay in line. Not right but that’s the way society worked. Berry Gordy ripped off his artists, Diana Ross stabbed Florence Ballard in the back. To be fair, Gordys treatment of his artists was no different than any other record executives. There’s behind the scenes drama in any business you want to look at. MJs story is kind of sad. It’s a double edged sword. The discipline his father instilled in him was the genesis of MJs greatness; his fathers abuse was the genesis of MJs own warped abusive behavior that I think he honestly mistaked for love
ANY star or superstar has had problems with addiction or alcohol;; If they didn't use drugs they're not a Star or superstar.!. Because your in a known singing group doesn't mean you're a star.!! EXAMPLES;;; James Brown;; Micheal Jackson;; Kiss;; The Bee Gees;; Etc;;Etc;; Etc.!! These are Superstars.!! Motown singers and all the others did terrible things to people;; But also to themselves.!! 😢😢😢
Still no mention of the MARVELLETES. that kicked off all of MOTOWN's hits. This video is incomplete and has bad intentions. We know that Motown is NOT THE ONLY RECORD COMPANY that is dark, like SONY.
12:02 That's not Bobby Debarge. That's the actor who played him in that horrible Bobby Debarge Movie. Also, this video contains footage of people and groups that shouldn't even be in it, like The Beatles.
Stay away from Cancer and the many other painful diseases that exists and you'll never have to worry about legal or illegal _substances_ Good luck, friend!❤
Big record companies, LA, New York could not take the fact, a black man created a record company out of a house and became the biggest record company ever, they couldn't stomach that. No other record company had a roster of Michael Jackson, Smokey, Diana, Stevie, Marvin, Gladys knight who are labeled as the greatest. This documentary is filled with already published info, quit far reaching
Motown was not and is not the only Record Company that had trails and tibulations... Just saying. Just proves they are all human like the rest of us. Some of make it and some of us....are called away.
@@TheLovesnowangel $800 was a lot, but not enough to start up a label with more treatment than larger ones. Look deeper, and you will find Gordy's 'partners.' Do you really think that they would let a blak dude outright own a label with that deep of a stable, and get paid all by himself
THIS VIDEO SHOULD B BANNED AND SUED, MICHAEL JACKSON WAS PROVEN INNOCENT IN ALL CASE'S, SO TO REP THE JACKSON'S LIKE THAT AND JOE BEATENS, IS JUST PURE INSULTING.
Every single record company, in this messy entertainment business, had/has a dark side.
Exactly
Heard about a child star was missing.
Yeah but this love crowd, of business kinda
Dark sides add flavor.
What's with all the bleeps? Was this video created for pre teens?
Tammy Terrell was the saddest story
😢 That broke me down. They kind of exposed it in the temptation movie. Remember the woman Leon( David Ruffin) was dragging through the park when they had that cookout. I think that was supposed to be Tammy.
Most Motown acts were anxious to get off the label. They’d had enough of Berry Gordy.
The Jacksons left for a REASON. I’ll just leave it at that.
Elaborate?
Money
Just as I said, also… said.
Watch videos n music
@@FORTYFIVERECORDINGSeh
Artists have left other companies too.
My mother informed me about Motown and Berry Gordon was the biggest crook of all, and let’s not go there about the boss Diana Ross.
Diana was so "slimey" I can't stand her today!
@@winstonbanks1800Agreed 👍
So many talented artists but such sad stories…to this day the Unsung episodes on Tammy Terrell and Debarge affect me. I hope some of the El and Bunny were able to get the help they needed..💜
Most men are EVIL. David Ruffin caused her brain tumor and James Brown was sick too.
Bunny Debarge is a born again Christian now
Bunny and El just recently did separate interviews on Halftime Chat channel❤
We need a tv series breaking down the stories of each artist who was signed to Motown.
I am still waiting for the Marvin Gaye MOVIE???????
Jessie L. Martin of Law & Order did one but it was never released on any platform.
The family won't allow it
@@dacommish23 for good reasons
This is the First channel that has stated facts about Motown & got ALL the facts RigHt & Straight!! BRAVO & Thanks!! ❤
NOTE THIS IN ITS COMMENTS....
Disclaimer: Content might be gossip, rumors, exaggerated or indirectly besides the truth. Viewer advised to do own research before forming their opinion. Content might be opinionated or fiction.
Nope not at all I spoken with some family members and read books some of this is not true
Tammi story breaks my heart everytime
Motown is the definitive sound of the 1960s its influence is immeasurable.
So, so, sad nothing is never what it things appears to be. All so tragic.
Gladys KNIGHT & the pips were the 1st artists to record I Heard it through the Grapevine in 1967
Yep!
Not true. Marvin's version was actually RECORDED first (sessions occuring February 3, 8, 13, 15, and April 10, 1967; released October 30, 1968). Gladys Knight & The Pips' version was RELEASED first (released September 28, 1967; recorded June 17, 1967). Their version remains, to this day, my favorite of all of them recorded. And, I have to throw this in: My second-favorite recorded version of "Grapevine" ... is by Credence Clearwater Revival from the "Cosmo's Factory" album.@@megaoldskool76
Smokey's version sizzles 🤔🎶🔥😎🙌👍@@charlesduke1378
@charlesduke1378 Correct, as I too researched this. I prefer Glady's version, as I love The Funk Brothers backing track.
@@kayvancooten4657😂 you mean after you googled? Anyway, it’s not about preference, it’s about who came 1st.
While mentioning Diana Ross and Lady Sings the blues they show a clip of The Supremes after she left.
It’s just AI foolishness
NOTE THIS IN ITS COMMENTS....
Disclaimer: Content might be gossip, rumors, exaggerated or indirectly besides the truth. Viewer advised to do own research before forming their opinion. Content might be opinionated or fiction.
It's so sad that Marvin Gae was killed by his nasty dad. and that the Jacksons were abused by someone who did not deserve such a talented family. so sorry for Tammi as well. How could those men be so ugly inside. I guess it wasn't enough for James Brown to be ugly on the outside. I've lost a lot of respect for James Brown. Loved his music. But Smokey Bill Robinson was just plain hot! still is.
They should’ve mentioned the issues that the Funk Brothers went through
I agree!
*Standing in the Shadows of Motown* covers it pretty well.
Some people still can't accept that a Black owned business dominated the music industry for decades!
And yet those artists were led to be FINANCIALLY IGNORANT AND WASN'T PROPERLY COMPENSATED!!
I'M SPEAKING OF BERRY GORDY AND MOTOWN!!!
Berry Gordy was an asshole. Yes, the record label was a success, but a lot of the artists were screwed over
@@lanicoya415 Absolutely 💯
Some people like who?
@@chriso8193
YOU KNOW WHO?
"THE SMALL 🤠S!!!!!"
oh those fab Funk Brothers who most people dont know the names of
RIP Mary Wells, MJ and his father Joe, Tammi Terrell, Marvin Gaye and his father, David Ruffin and his eldest daughter, Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Slick Rick James, Dennis Edwards, Bobby DeBarge, Etterlene DeBarge, Mary Wilson, Flo Ballard, Barrett Strong and so many Motown artists and contributors especially those not mentioned in this video.
BOBBY SMITH, C.P. SPENCER, EDWIN STARR. JAMES JAMINSON,BILLY HENDERSON, PERVIS JACKSON WANDA ROGERS SYETTA GARRETT, TOMMY AND BOBBY DEBARGE
MARY WELLS,& DENNIS EDWARDS
The Supremes music puts me in such a good mood ☺️ love them
Money That's What I Want Was Also Written By My Auntie Janie Bradford And Please Mr.Postman Was Also Written By My Uncle Freddie Gorman Of The Originals...Yep...Yep...One Love Fam.
I know Janie personally
@@sweetpea5907 That's What's Up She's A Sweetheart.
@@sweetpea5907 I Think U And I Met Eachother Also.
BARRETT STRONG WAS MY NEIGHBOR & GRADUATED WITH MY MOM.FROM.CENTRAL.HIGH
IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
@user-fc3ki3gb7u We Just Did A Show In Detroit Lastnight...We Love D-Town...Fam Fa'Life One Love Fa'Sho.
Whats with all of the unnecessary censorship!???
A few reasons. 1. Google AI flags certain videos containing potential trigger words. The uploader is attempting to skirt the potential removal of the video and - as well - is hoping to avoid strikes on their channel. 2. The narration is also AI generated. The AI websites forbid the translation of certain words in AI text.
Why were they so abusive to miss terrell?
Seems they were abusive to them All
idk😢
I read somewhere that Tammy’s family looked the other way when she was being beaten by James Brown and David Ruffin. They didn’t care what was happening to her as long as she was making money singing that’s all they cared about. She didn’t have the protection from her family. She was very young when she was with James Brown. I think I read James Brown went to her father and asked for permission for her to sing background for him, and not too long after that he started beating on her.
They took advantage of her "rape" & labeled her as that so they could abuse her like men do...asshoes...
Her employer controls abuse in relationships?
got to know for a while Mr Eddie Willis and he told me he used to cry over records he had played on because of all the talent gone to waist with drugs and booze
I'm 13 and love to study music artist and there is always a dark siyto them. In this case it's Motown and I'm not surprised most of the acts were going through personal things. One of the girls from Supremes Florence was actually writing a book about her experience of Motown but she was killed before releasing the book.
Love them All!!!! ❤😊
No mention of Gladys Knight and the Pips. They were so disrespected at Motown. Poetic justice they had their biggest success after leaving the dysfunctional record company.
Or Junior Walker and the All Stars, The Four Tops, Stevie, and a few more it’s always the same few groups The Temps, The Supremes or Jackson 5.
So many sad 😢stories
I knew this since 1984 , it all started with Marvin Gaye, motown & rocknation were given permission to be a respected black owned music label by the same nefarious Rocafellers.
Joe Jackson abuse was so bad make kids throw up st sight of him. Yet Bobby Debarges father abuse was Alleged 😢
No it was not alleged it was true. Robert Debarge senior raped and beat his kids daily,thats why they are all on drugs,trying to numb their pain.Joe Jackson was nothing like him
.
Ooh snap that's messed up they went thru this 😮
Us baby boomers were grateful for Marvin Gaye. GenX and Millennials shouldn't discuss this because they were too young, especially for the albums like What's Going On and Let's Get It On, also relying on your parents isn't the same experience and "childhood memories" argument is pointless
I agree with you. You had to be there, and I'm glad I was.❤
Saying a person should speak on certain music because of their age is weird. Why are boomers so negative like this? This is like saying younger people shouldn’t speak on any point of history cause they were young or not born yet. & yes this is coming from GenZ
@@onoraii.oExactly GEN Z Here
Womp Womp 😂
@@onoraii.oTry to make sense of people speaking on or narrating something they had no first hand knowledge or experience of! You go and make a video about something you weren’t alive to witness first hand, please!
Thankfully, all we cared about was if the music sounded good. We had lives back then and as long as these people entertained us, that's all we cared about. We didn't know them and didn't want to.
AMEN AMEN! MY POINT EXACTLY!!
Thank You!! My point also!!! We enjoyed the Music!!!!
Why are Black me so abusive to Black somen?
Issues with their mother and everyone sees blk wm as less valuable.
Wasted my 15 minutes with all these stories that are all highly publicized.
One thing I do know the industry love to make black entertainers look bad.
That is true. They cover up anything white entertainers do
Different times. The kind of violence that is unacceptable today was pretty common and it cut the paradigms of race and class. Back then men were men, women and children had to stay in line. Not right but that’s the way society worked. Berry Gordy ripped off his artists, Diana Ross stabbed Florence Ballard in the back. To be fair, Gordys treatment of his artists was no different than any other record executives. There’s behind the scenes drama in any business you want to look at. MJs story is kind of sad. It’s a double edged sword. The discipline his father instilled in him was the genesis of MJs greatness; his fathers abuse was the genesis of MJs own warped abusive behavior that I think he honestly mistaked for love
I was named after the Tamla record label......I love my name too❤
ANY star or superstar has had problems with addiction or alcohol;; If they didn't use drugs they're not a Star or superstar.!. Because your in a known singing group doesn't mean you're a star.!! EXAMPLES;;; James Brown;; Micheal Jackson;; Kiss;; The Bee Gees;; Etc;;Etc;; Etc.!! These are Superstars.!! Motown singers and all the others did terrible things to people;; But also to themselves.!! 😢😢😢
not just Motown but every record company have those types of people but don’t try to take that away from their talents!
Not suprised the future rolled by. These artistes were working.
James Brown and Rufin 😕
All record labels do this
WOW I HOPE THIS TRUE BCUS IM A BIG MOTOWN FAN AT THE AGE OF 35 I LOVE THE TRUTH
Still no mention of the MARVELLETES. that kicked off all of MOTOWN's hits. This video is incomplete and has bad intentions. We know that Motown is NOT THE ONLY RECORD COMPANY that is dark, like SONY.
Not everything glitters is golden.
Yes when is Marvin Gayes worthy movie ❤
These stories have nothing to do with Motown, these are just stories of real life.
Music industry is Gangster
12:02 That's not Bobby Debarge. That's the actor who played him in that horrible Bobby Debarge Movie. Also, this video contains footage of people and groups that shouldn't even be in it, like The Beatles.
Stay away from substance.
Do NOTHING with substance.
Stay away from Cancer and the many other painful diseases that exists and you'll never have to worry about legal or illegal _substances_
Good luck, friend!❤
Overseen by the hidden hand in Hollywood.
SEXUAL abuse!
Big record companies, LA, New York could not take the fact, a black man created a record company out of a house and became the biggest record company ever, they couldn't stomach that. No other record company had a roster of Michael Jackson, Smokey, Diana, Stevie, Marvin, Gladys knight who are labeled as the greatest. This documentary is filled with already published info, quit far reaching
It's sad how some people have distorted the story of this Black owned Business.
The loan was from his girlfriend then wife that he used over and over again and making her take care his mistresses
So sad.. better off a regular person.. money Biden t always buy happiness!
I'm glad he got her Last name right!
😔😔😔😔😔😔
Electronic artificial intelligence voiceover is demeaning to the whole issue.
Why the AI voice?
To avoid getting the video flagged I think
Motown was not and is not the only Record Company that had trails and tibulations... Just saying. Just proves they are all human like the rest of us. Some of make it and some of us....are called away.
“Gaye snar” “Gaye J and R” 🙄🙄🙄
you can say heroin but the word sex is bleeped ,why. Or is this a Canada thing
Take a shot every time he beeps out words
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY BLEEPS?!
I wonder how much Barry sold the company for.
67Million or close too it
10:51 for the same reason he settled with cassie. Because theyre telling the truth
76 is not suddenly
Pronounced Ter-rail!!!!!!!
Right lol
It is beyond dumb that you have to censor words on here. . UA-cam should be ashamed
None of this was hidden
Mr Deville runs these companies
$800 bucks? Yeah right. He had 'partners.'
Do you know how much 800 was worth back then ? Over 10k
$800 was A LOT back then. Inflation has really messed up the worth of a dollar
@@TheLovesnowangel $800 was a lot, but not enough to start up a label with more treatment than larger ones. Look deeper, and you will find Gordy's 'partners.' Do you really think that they would let a blak dude outright own a label with that deep of a stable, and get paid all by himself
This guy has not the slightest emphathy in his voice and doesn't sound like his has the slightest interest in the the subject matter.
It's an AI generated voiceover. Increasingly common in these documentary style UA-cam clips.
AI VOICEOVER IS JUST FUCKIN LAZY NO THANKS
So Joe Jackson beat the skin color off Mike 😂😂😂
That's funny??
🤭
Thumbs down.
THIS VIDEO SHOULD B BANNED AND SUED, MICHAEL JACKSON WAS PROVEN INNOCENT IN ALL CASE'S, SO TO REP THE JACKSON'S LIKE THAT AND JOE BEATENS, IS JUST PURE INSULTING.
Innocent people don't payoff their accusers.
Nothing to do with me hun 🙏🏽