Clive played a huge part in the careers of Bruce Spingsteen, Aerosmith, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera, Sly Stone and Alicia Keys, and he set up Bad Boy Records with Sean Combs
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#3
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Steve Webb
Joe Meek
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Steve Webb
8 years ago Report
Joe Meek will always be known as the man behind Telstar & for creating this monument to experimental music that found its way to the heart of the mainstream, a revolutionary act that set a precedent and opened up the recording industry to endless possibilities.
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Dave Whitaker
Todd Rundgren
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#5
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Steve Webb
Berry Gordy
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Dave Whitaker
5 years ago Report
Without Berry Gordy, we don't have Motown. Without Motown, we don't have Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5, Martha & the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, the Marvelettes, Lionel Richie and the Commodores... need I say more?
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Steve Webb
Sylvia Robinson
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Steve Webb
8 years ago Report
Sylvia Robinson was a true pioneer. The first hip hop hit - 1979's Rapper's Delight - was recorded by a group, The Sugarhill Gang, put together by Robinson and released on Sugar Hill Records, the label she founded with her husband, Joe. She went on to sign Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, who released The Message in 1982, a legendary track t
