Barney Ales

Real name: Baldassare Ales
Born: May 13, 1934
Died: April 17, 2020
Country: United States
IPI: 00000490829 3 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Label executive, label owner, record producer and songwriter. He worked at Aurora Distributers, was a promotion manager for Capitol Records and branch manager for Warner Bros. Records in Detroit, when he was lured to Motown. He left Motown in 1972 to found the Detroit record label Prodigal. He later returned to Motown and became president of Motown Records from 1975 until 1979. He co-wrote the book "Motown: The Sound of Young America" with author Adam White about his tenure at the legendary soul label.
Related labels: Rare Earth Managed by

Songs written by Barney Ales

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Buttered Popcorn	Berry Gordy, Barney Ales	The Supremes [US1]	July 21, 1961	Covered by Eva Kostolányiová
Once upon a Time	William Stevenson, Clarence Paul, Barney Ales, Dave Hamilton	Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells	April 17, 1963	Covered by (7 artists)
What's the Matter with You Baby	Andre Williams [US1], William Stevenson, Clarence Paul, Barney Ales	Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells	February 16, 1963	Covered by (2 artists)