Motown
AMERICAN RECORD LABEL
The Motown Sound; Motown sound; Tamla Motown; Workshop Jazz Records; Weed Records; V.I.P. Records; Tamla; Gordy Records; Tamla Records; MoTown; L.P. Motown Record Company; Motown Record Company, L.P.; Gordy Records.; Mowest; Rare Earth Records; Motown Records, Inc.; Jobete; Mo Town; VIP Records; Motown music; Motown Record Corporation; Soul Records; Motown R&B; Hitsville West; Mad Sounds Recordings; Tamla-Motown; Motown Records; MoWest; MoWest Records; Jobete Music; Tamla Motown Records; Al Abrams (publicist); Motown records; Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.; Al Green (bar manager); Motown (music style)
['m??ta?n]
¦ noun trademark soul music released on or reminiscent of the US record label Tamla Motown.
Origin
1960s: shortening of Motor Town, nickname for Detroit, where the record label was founded.