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Suzanne de Passe

Suzanne de Passe paved the way for women in the music business as one of the first leading female executives.

From de Passe’s extraordinary 20 years with Motown to her successful tenure heading de Passe Entertainment, she has used her passion, persistence, and vision to triumph in a male-dominated industry. More on rockhall.com...

Books

Books from the Library's collection can be found here. See examples below.

Suzanne de Passe: Motown's Boss Lady by Mark Mussari; Richard G. Young (Editor)
Call Number: Juv ML429.D4 M87 1992
The Motown Album: The Sound of Young America by Ben Fong-Torres, Berry Gordy
Call Number: ML3792.M68 F66 1990
Motown: Music, Money, Sex, and Power by Gerald Posner
Call Number: ML3792.M68 P67 2002

Podcasts

Spotify Playlist

Video

Commercial video from the Library's collection can be found here. See examples below.

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
Call Number: BOX VAR MOTOW-T 2014
Lady Sings the Blues
Call Number: VID FIC LADY-S 2005

Youtube

Archival Resources

Listed below are notable collections and items from the Rock Hall's Archives. You can find more by searching our catalog here.

Doug Fieger Papers
Subseries 2: Contracts. Agreement with de Passe-Jones Management. This collection provides rich documentation of the power pop group the Knack. The majority of the articles and clippings, audiovisual materials, business files, fan club documents, lyrics, and posters in the collection follow the career of the Knack, from obscurity to superstardom, and back again.

Articles

Suzanne de Passe Looks Back on ‘Motown 25’
Michael A. Gonzales, EBONY, 27 October 2014
Risk-Taker, Hit-Maker
Rob Enslin, Syracuse University, 08 October 2024
You Won’t Believe the Animal Michael Jackson Brought to Suzanne de Passe's House
Stephanie Holland, The Root, 09 October 2024
Longtime Motown Exec Suzanne de Passe Talks Launching the Jackson 5, and Being One of the Music Industry’s First Top Female Executives
Jem Aswad, Variety, 11 February 2022