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Ray Singleton, the Glossary

Raynoma Mayberry Liles Gordy Singleton (March 8, 1937 – November 11, 2016) was an American R&B producer, songwriter, and vocalist perhaps best known for her association with ex-husband, Berry Gordy during the early days of Motown when she was often known as Miss Ray.^[1]

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African-American women songwriters

Apollo (band)

Apollo was an American R&B/disco group that recorded for Motown in the late 1970s. Ray Singleton and Apollo (band) are Motown artists.

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Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy III (born November 28, 1929), known professionally as Berry Gordy Jr., is an American retired record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer. Ray Singleton and Berry Gordy are American autobiographers, American music industry executives, Motown artists, record producers from Michigan and songwriters from Michigan.

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Brian Holland

Brian Holland (born February 15, 1941) is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound, and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops, and The Isley Brothers. Ray Singleton and Brian Holland are Motown artists, record producers from Michigan and songwriters from Michigan.

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Cadillac

Cadillac Motor Car Division, or simply Cadillac, is a division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) that designs and builds luxury vehicles.

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Captured (Rockwell album)

Captured is the 1985 studio album follow-up to singer-songwriter Rockwell's gold album, Somebody's Watching Me.

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Contraction (grammar)

A contraction is a shortened version of the spoken and written forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters and sounds.

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Copyright infringement

Copyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright without permission for a usage where such permission is required, thereby infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to produce derivative works.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene.

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Janie Bradford

Janie Bradford (born June 2, 1939 in Charleston, Missouri, United States) is an American songwriter, most known for her tenure with Motown. Ray Singleton and Janie Bradford are Motown artists.

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Kerry Gordy

Kerry Ashby Gordy (born June 25, 1959) is a career music executive, and fourth eldest child of the founder of Motown Records, Berry Gordy. Ray Singleton and Kerry Gordy are American music industry executives and songwriters from Michigan.

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Mary Wells

Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer, who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s. Ray Singleton and Mary Wells are 20th-century African-American women singers, Motown artists, singers from Detroit and songwriters from Michigan.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

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Motown

Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group.

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My Guy

"My Guy" is a 1964 hit single by American singer Mary Wells for the Motown label.

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Piano

The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.

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Record producer

A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s.

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Robert Bateman (songwriter)

Robert Bateman (April 30, 1936 – October 12, 2016) was an American R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. Ray Singleton and Robert Bateman (songwriter) are Motown artists.

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Rockwell (musician)

Kennedy William Gordy (born March 15, 1964), better known by his stage name Rockwell, is an American singer. Ray Singleton and Rockwell (musician) are Motown artists and singers from Detroit.

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Scepter Records

Scepter Records was an American record company founded in 1959 by Florence Greenberg.

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Sherrick

Sherrick (July 6, 1957 – January 22, 1999) was an American soul singer and musician.

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Shrine Records

Shrine Records was an American soul and R&B record label based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1964 by its primary songwriter Eddie Singleton and his wife, Raynoma Gordy Singleton (who had also founded Motown with her then-husband, Berry Gordy).

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Singing

Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice.

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Smokey Robinson

William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Ray Singleton and Smokey Robinson are American music industry executives, Motown artists, record producers from Michigan and singers from Detroit.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Singleton

Also known as Little Iva, Ray Liles Gordy, Raynoma Gordy, Raynoma Gordy Singleton, Raynoma Liles, Raynoma Liles Gordy, Raynoma Singleton.