Whereas the sign outside Detroit's pop-oriented Motown Records aptly read “ Hitsville U. S. A .”, the marquee outside of the converted movie theater where Stax was based proclaimed “ Soulsville U. S. A .”.

The Mel-o-dy and Hitsville catalogs are now managed by Mercury Nashville Records.

* Hitsville UK-The Sandinista Project 2007 3: 59 Records

He ran a short-lived country music subsidiary label for Motown called Hitsville Records.

In 1959, Gordy formed his first label, Tamla Records, and purchased the property that would become Motown's Hitsville U. S. A. studio.

Today, Decca is a leading label for both classical music and Broadway scores although it is branching out into pop music from established recording stars: its most recent hit was Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA ( 2007 ) by Boyz II Men, which reached No. 27 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.

Since Reeves didn't know the protocol of Motown's auditions, Reeves said she showed up to Motown's Hitsville USA studios the following day, and was apprehended by Stevenson for showing up earlier than expected.

Before long, Reeves was working several hours at Hitsville as Stevenson's right hand.

The label was name-checked by the Clash in a lyric from the song, " Hitsville UK ", the band's homage to UK indies: " When lightning hits Small Wonder / It's Fast Rough Factory Trade ".

Because Esther Gordy Edwards refused to move to California, she was put in charge of what was left of Motown's Detroit office in the Hitsville building.

After signing with Motown's Tamla division, Holloway was given the option to either move to Detroit to record at Motown's Hitsville studios or stay in Los Angeles where Motown began hiring West Coast staffers.

One could argue that Gordy's vision of what would become " Hitsville U. S. A ." was conceived in 1958, considering the month of Motown's founding.

" I Want You Back " was also the first Jackson 5 song recorded in Los Angeles, California ; the quintet had previously been recording Bobby Taylor-produced covers, including " Who's Lovin ' You ", the B-side to " I Want You Back ", at Hitsville U. S. A. in Detroit, Michigan.

Like most of the other early Jackson 5 hits, " The Love You Save " was written and produced by The Corporation, a team composed of Motown chief Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, and Deke Richards and recorded in Los Angeles, California, away from the old Motown studio at Hitsville USA in Detroit, Michigan.

An a cappella version was re-recorded for Boyz II Men's 2007 album, Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA.

They recorded at the Hitsville USA studio and " There He Goes " and " That's The Reason Why " produced by William Stevenson was released as a single via the IPG label ( Independent Producers Group ).

Unlike Isaac Hayes and Curtis Mayfield, who mixed social commentary with sexual songs in their respective soundtracks, Gaye chose to focus primarily on the film's character, " Mister T ", producing and composing both the film's score while entirely producing the film's soundtrack, which was recorded at Motown Studios ( or " Hitsville West ") in Hollywood.

A Classic's CD was planned to be released later, potentially sometime in late 2007 ; this was later confirmed to be the Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA album, released in 2007.

Hitsville U. S. A., where Marvin and The Funk Brothers recorded much of What's Going On at, the first album in which the Funk Brothers earned credit on a Motown album.

On June 10, 1970, Gaye returned to the Hitsville U. S. A. studios where he recorded his new composition, " What's Going On ", inspired by an idea from Renaldo " Obie " Benson of the Four Tops after he witnessed an act of police brutality at an anti-war rally in Berkeley.

The Hitsville U. S. A. Motown building at 2648 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit served as Motown's headquarters from 1959 until 1968, and became the Motown Historical Museum in 1985.

Also in 1959, Gordy purchased the property that would become Motown's Hitsville U. S. A. studio.

* Hitsville U. S. A. 1959 – ( lower ) administrative office, tape library, control room, Studio A.

Founded by Sam Phillips, Sun Records was known for giving notable musicians such as Elvis Presley ( whose recording contract was sold to RCA Victor Records for $ 35, 000 in 1955 to relieve financial difficulties Phillips ' Sun was going through ), Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, and Johnny Cash their first recording contracts and helping to launch their careers.

Founded by Steve Beckett and the late Rob Mitchell from their experiences working at the FON record shop, alongside record producer Robert Gordon, the label ( whose name was chosen because the original name, ' Warped Records ' was difficult to distinguish over the telephone ) soon became home to artists who would be influential in electronic music.

Founded in 1957 for a talent show at their high school, they were signed by Florence Greenberg of Tiara Records.

The first bands performing the Founded in the 1960s, Love Records was one of the first domestic record labels dedicated to Finnish rock music, even though the label's roster also included jazz and political songs.

Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the name Stax Records was adopted in 1961.

* Nurcha Records ( now defunct ) — Founded by Shrekk in 2005 and based in Sydney, until it closed in January 2009.

Founded in 1998 by ex-Cacophonous Records manager Julie Weir, the label was created with the goal of fostering and breaking new UK rock music.

Founded by Jazzie B and featuring a changing roster of other musicians-notably Nellee Hooper, Simon Law, Phillip ' Daddae ' Harvey and Caron Wheeler-Soul II Soul's experiments in music-making of their own resulted in the dub plate " Fairplay ," which secured them a recording contract with Virgin Records.

Founded by Lisa Null and Patrick Sky as Innisfree Records in 1973, the label was initially based in Null's house in New Canaan, Connecticut.

Founded in 1960 while the group's founding members performed together at their high school's glee club, they eventually were signed to Motown Records ' Tamla label in 1961.

Founded in 1995 as Rising Tide Records, the label would ultimately begin to thrive the following year when its name was changed to Universal Records to complement the branding overhaul of the Universal Studios structure since MCA Inc. was purchased from Matsushita Electric by The Seagram Company Ltd ..

Founded by Jay Faires in 1989 in Carrboro, North Carolina, Mammoth Records was one of the premiere independent record labels of the 1990s.

Founded by Dave Matthews and his business manager Coran Capshaw in 2000 as a division of RCA Records, ATO is based in New York City and distributes through RED Distribution, Sony Music's independent-distribution arm.

Founded by former employees of nearby Rasputin Records, it opened on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley in 1990.

Founded in 2000, Crime In Choir released their previous full-length releases on Frenetic Records ( 2004 ’ s The Hoop ) and Omnibus ( 2002 ’ s self-titled debut ), respectively.

Founded by Douglas Grama and David Lotwin, D & D Records, which originated at the studios during the 1990s, released albums by Afu-Ra and The D & D All Stars.

Founded in 1947, the " Jugoton Record Factory " produced recordings under that very popular name over a long period of time before changing its name to Croatia Records in 1990.

Founded by Carrie McLaren in 1992 while working at Matador Records, it tends to focus on " the perversions of media and consumer culture.