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Devil In The Bottle - TG Sheppard on Motown's Country & Western label Melodyland. This short lived label name was claimed by a church in California, and rather than fight in court, Berry Gordy changed the labels name to Hitsville.

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R. Dean Taylor

The Messengers

Rare Earth

The Ones - M 1117 1967

Kiki Dee

Teena Marie

Chris Clark

Connie Haines

The Lewis Sisters

Richard Anthony

Frankie Valli

Sam Harris

Bruce Willis

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Tough question, and ambiguous.

There were over 624 Artists and Group recording for Motown Records and affiliates from 1959 to 1979. Some were in 2 or more groups. Such as Diana Ross, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Supremes, Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations, Diana Ross and The Four Tops, Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye etc.

Also note that some groups had 3, 4, 5 or more performers.

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R Dean Taylor was the first white artist to have #1 hit for Tamla Motown with Indiana Wants Me. But was he the first white person to be signed up to the label? Dunno.

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they had to give him blueberrys for his pie.

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How was Tom Jones not there?

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