Motown Records produced a wealth of groundbreaking hit soul singles back in the 1960s, but the management style of boss Berry ...

Looking at five of the greatest albums released by Berry Gordy's Motown Records, including seminal records by Stevie Wonder, ...

Detroit’s dazzling musical history will be brought into focus this weekend at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African ...

When he returned from Army service in 1953, he opened a short-lived record store in Detroit. Later ... always welcomed with open arms: Several Motown artists, including the Contours’ Joe ...

An entire genre – or at least sound – was born in the space of this small Detroit home ... this former Motown recording studio became a hit-making machine from 1959 to 1972.

This post was updated Feb. 6 at 7:54 p.m. At the Berry Gordy Music Industry Center, the impact of Motown lives on at UCLA.

That resulted in Motown recording and releasing King’s “Walk to Freedom” speech and rally at Detroit’s then-Cobo Hall in June 1963, a precursor to the famous “I have a dream” speech ...

The Detroit native's career spans more than 60 years and numerous hits, including "Shop Around" and many songs he wrote for other artists such as "My Girl," "Get Ready" and "The Way You Do the ...

On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey that would forever change the music industry. The following year, it merged ...

Wright Museum of African American History. Titled “More Than Motown: Detroit’s Impact on All Music,” the program will span multiple genres, with Jordan accompanied by renowned pianist Alvin ...