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In the 1980s, he became head of the Motown Records Group and worked closely with Berry Gordy Jr. in the sale of Motown to the MCA/Boston Ventures Group. After Motown, he discovered the music group Tag Team and through his Bellmark Records label released their hit single " Whoomp!
Aug 14, 2009 · The product of a black high school and college in Little Rock, Mr. Bell marched with Dr. King, worked as a black-radio D.J. in Washington at the peak of the civil rights movement, ran the two...
In the 1980s, Al Bell became President of the Motown Records Group (Motown had relocated to Los Angeles from Detroit) and worked with Berry Gordy in the sale of Motown to the MCA/ Boston Ventures Group.
Jul 29, 2024 · Bell took over as head of Motown Records Group for a time and began advising Gordy to sell the company. Bell started Bellmark Records and Alvert Music, which produced some significant hits, including Tag Team’s “Whoomp!
May 20, 2024 · Al Bell, who eventually became a co-owner and the label’s first prominent Black executive, recounts the novel way he broke Sam & Dave’s “You Don’t Know Like I Know” in 1965.
Motown Records: Established 1960, Motown was and remains the company's main label for mainstream R&B/soul music (and, today, hip-hop music as well). The label's numbering system was combined with those of Tamla and Gordy in 1982, and the label (and company) was purchased by MCA in 1988.
Nov 16, 2008 · Al Bell - who steered Stax Records into a world of hit records akin to that of Motown Records in Detroit - has been such a person. Born in Brinkley as Alvertis Isbell, he has been a...
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