The Motown icon, however, said signing the future “Thriller” singer and his brothers was a no brainer, and she did know that Michael was special. “How did I know [they had the ‘it’ factor]?
It had three weeks at No.3 there, held off the top by, among others, Marvin and Tammi’s Motown labelmate Stevie Wonder, with “I Was Made To Love Her.” Gaye was climbing that chart at the ...
From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Benson was a child prodigy who sang and played ukulele, and cut his first ... for labels as varied as MGM, EmArcy, Motown and Stax, and racked up 11 US pop hits ...