On October 18, 1969, the lead singer of The Supremes stepped onto an ABC stage to introduce five brothers from Gary, Indiana.

Although Motown dealt predominantly in funk and soul, they had a flirt with rock and roll during the late 1960s, in the form of etroit outfit Rare Earth.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Motown, founded by Berry Gordy Jr. over sixty years ago and labeled The Sound of ...

Well before the platinum records and packed arenas, Meat Loaf was a striving singer with a stint in Detroit and an obscure Motown release under his belt. Meat Loaf, who died Thursday at 74, would go ...

Many commentators have drawn parallels between the unrest that has rocked the U.S. in the past week with what occurred in the late ’60s/early ’70s, when the combustible combo of anger over the ...

Declaring we live in times that urgently call for “information alongside inspiration,” Motown Records is relaunching one of its signature labels. Black Forum, a spoken-word and poetry subsidiary that ...

Berry Gordy Jr. is known for being Motown’s legendary founder and producer but few know that he was also a songwriter early on for many of the hits prior to the founding of the label. Sign up for our ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) - 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 ...

There are very few genres of music that don’t draw inspiration from the legendary Motown sound. So, it’s no wonder that people travel from all over the world to set foot in the Detroit home—turned ...