Golden World Records was a record label

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 owned by Ed Wingate and Joanne Bratton (née Jackson, widow of boxing champion Johnny Bratton

Johnny Bratton

Johnny Bratton, also known as Honey Boy Bratton, , was a professional boxer in the welterweight division...

). The recording studio was located in Detroit, MI., first on 11801 12th Street (Rosa Parks), and then on 3246 West Davison, within the area of the present-day Davison Freeway. A business office on some of the labels reads 4039 Buena Vista.
Besides the following discography, the studio's national hits included "Oh How Happy" by Livonia, Michigan's Shades of Blue and "Cool Jerk" by the Capitols. The early, pre-Motown songs by Edwin Starr (War! What is it Good For?) such as "Double-O Soul" were recorded in the Golden World studio.

Golden World operated from 1962

1962 in music

-Events:*January 1 – The Beatles and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes both audition at Decca Records, a company which has the option of signing one group only...

 to 1968

1968 in music

-Events:*January 4 – Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding.*January 6 – Gibson Guitar Corporation patents its Gibson Flying V electric guitar design....

.

The label and its subsidiaries were purchased by Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy, Jr. is an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label, as well as its many subsidiaries.-Early years:...

 in 1966, and folded into Gordy's Motown Record Corporation. The Golden World studio became Motown's "Studio B", working in support of the original Motown recording studio (Studio A) at Hitsville USA. Before its purchase by Gordy, the studio's recordings often included moonlighting Motown back-up musicians, including James Jamerson

James Jamerson

James Lee Jamerson was an American bass player. He was the uncredited bassist on most of Motown Records' hits in the 1960s and early 1970s , and he is now regarded as one of the most influential bass players in modern music history...

 on bass and George McGregor, who was the studio percussionist.

The famous clock that hung in Golden World Records is currently owned by Melodies and Memories in Eastpointe, Michigan and is on display there.

Singles

1	Willie Kendrick	Stop This Train Fine As Wine	Nov 1963
2	Sue Perrin	Candy Store Man Recipe Of Love	Feb 1964
3		No release	Mar 1964
4 5	Adorables	Deep Freeze Daddy Please	Mar 1964
6 7	Patti Gilson	Pulling Petals (From A Daisy) Don't You Tell A Lie	Mar 1964
8/9	The Reflections The Reflections The Reflections was the name of a number of musical groups.Perhaps the best known were a blue-eyed soul/doo-wop group from Detroit, Michigan. They had one hit single in 1964 called " Romeo and Juliet", written by Bob Hamilton and Freddie Gorman. The song was produced by Rob Reeco on Golden World...	Can't You Tell By The Look In My Eyes (Just Like) Romeo And Juliet	Mar 1964
10	Adorables	Be School's All Over	May 1964
11	Elliott Baron	Man To Man The Spare Rib	May 1964
12	The Reflections	Like Columbus Did Lonely Girl	Jun 1964
13		No release	Jun 1964
14	Manhattans	Just A Little Loving Beautiful Brown Eyes	Jul 1964
15	The Reflections	Talkin' Bout My Girl Oowee Now Now	Aug 1964
16	The Reflections	(I'm A) Henpecked Guy Don't Do That To Me	Sep 1964
17	Debonaires	A Little Too Long Please Don't Say We're Through	Oct 1964
18	Juanita Williams	Baby Boy You Knew What You Was Gettin'	Sep 1964
19	The Reflections	You're My Baby (And Don't You Forget It) Shabby Little Hut	Nov 1964
20	Reflections	Poor Man's Son Comin' At You	Feb 1965
21	Barbara Mercer	Hey!! Can't Stop Loving You Baby	Jul 1965
22	The Reflections	Wheelin' & Dealin' Deborah Ann	Jun 1965
23	Carl Carlton Carl Carlton Carl Carlton is an American R&B, soul, and funk singer and songwriter, best known for his hits "Everlasting Love" and "She's a Bad Mama Jama ".-Career:...	Nothin' No Sweeter Than Love I Love True Love	Jul 1965
24	The Reflections	Out Of The Picture June Bride	Jul 1965
25	The Adorables	Ooh Boy! Devil In His Eyes	Jul 1965
26	Debonaires	Eenie Meenie Gypsaleenie Please Don't Say We're Through	Aug 1965
27	Barbara Mercer	The Things We Do Together Hungry For Love (Instrumental)	Sep 1965
28	Barbara Mercer	Doin' Things Together With You Nobody Loves You Like Me	Sep 1965
29	The Reflections	Girl In The Candy Store Your Kind Of Love	Sep 1965
30		No release	Sep 1965
31	Sunliners	The Swingin' Kind All Alone	Nov 1965
32	Gino Parks	My Sophisticated Lady Talkin' About My Baby	Jan 1966
33	Rose Batiste	Sweetheart Darling That's What He Told Me	Jan 1966
34		No release	Feb 1966
35		No release	Feb 1966
36	Holidays	I'll Love You Forever Makin' Up Time	Mar-66
37	Larry Knight & The Upsetters	Everything's Gone Wrong Hurt Me	May-66
38	Debonaires	Big Time Fun How's Your New Love Treating You ?	Jun-66
39		No release	Jun-66
40	Tamiko Jones	I'm Spellbound Am I Glad Now	Jul-66
41	Tony Michaels	Picture Me & You I Love The Life I Live (And Live The Life I Love)	Aug-66
42	Pat Lewis Pat Lewis -Biography:Pat Lewis was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1951. In the early 60s, Pat, her sister Dianne, and two friends formed the group, The Adorables, who recorded a record and began singing backing vocals for Golden World Records...	Let's Go Together Can't Shake It Loose	Aug-66
43	Theresa Lindsey	Daddy-O I'll Bet You	Sep-66
44	Debonaires	C.O.D. (Collect On Delivery) How's Your New Love Treating You ?	Oct-66
45	Dickie & The Ebb Tides	One Boy One Girl I've Got A Shadow	Oct-66
46	Parliaments The Parliaments The Parliaments were a doo-wop quintet from Plainfield, New Jersey, formed in the back room of a barbershop in the late 1950s and named after the cigarette brand. After some early personnel changes their lineup solidified with George Clinton, Ray Davis, Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, and Grady Thomas...	That Was My Girl Heart Trouble	Nov-66
47	Holidays	No Greater Love Watch Out Girl	Dec-66
115	Modern Times	Stompin' Crazy Legg Happy Man	Mar-73

Albums

Only one album was released on the Golden World label:

• Just Like Romeo And Juliet—The Reflections—GWLPM-300—1964

See also

• List of record labels

Photo tour: http://soulfuldetroit.com/web07-golden%20world/golden%20world%20story/49-gw-mike-mclean.htm Golden World Studio

External links

• Golden World tribute page at Soulful Detroit website.