Exploring the colossal missed opportunity of The Velvelettes, the Motown vocal group who could have rivalled The Supremes or ...

Back in 2013, while on The Ronnie Wood Show, McCartney shared his love for Marvin Gaye’s classic ‘Hitch Hike’. “It’s like, ...

During the 1960s, it dominated the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts, introducing soul music to audiences of all ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds. Acts such as the Temptations, Supremes, Four Tops, ...

Get ready to rock with WLRN! Groove to the sounds of Motown, witness the transformation of a hole in the wall to an ace in ...

During a chat with VIBE, KEM revealed how Motown — the city and the label — shaped him, the significance of “Give My Love,” ...

Motown Records carried on and thrived well beyond its Detroit era, of course, and today the L.A. label is home to artists such as Vince Staples, Erykah Badu and Kem.

Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated with ...

Motown Singing legend Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records, pose at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, Calif., October 11, 2001. (Fred Prouser/Reuters) ...

Motown's biggest stars are all represented in the new Broadway musical. Gordy said when he saw the woman playing Diana Ross come on stage, "it was really tough for me not to kiss her!" ...

Barney Ales, a natural-born salesman whose charisma and aggressive instincts helped turn Motown Records into a music-industry powerhouse, died Friday of natural causes in Malibu, Calif., his ...

— Motown in Love. The book argues that Motown was a step in the evolution of the American popular song, a tradition reaching back to songwriters like Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Cole Porter.

Classic Motown singers and groups — some of which still boast an original member or two — certainly "can't forget the Motor City," to quote a Reeves and the Vandellas hit, on a tour.