Re: Motown / Philadelphia
The HurricaneI always thought R.Dean Taylor was the first white artist to record with the Motown session musicians but apparently famous rock/folk icon Neil Young signed up with Motown in the very early days as a member of a group, I had never known that
Young was mid sixties with the Mynah Birds.
Some sources say it was Nick and the Jaguars in 1959 - on Motown's subsidiary label Tamla.
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