Thelma Records was a record label in

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from 1962 until 1966. Recordings included

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, The Fabulous Peps and

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. The label was formed by Hazel Coleman, mother of Berry Gordy's first wife Thelma Coleman.

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{{Authority control Defunct record labels of the United States Record labels established in 1962 Defunct companies based in Michigan