In 1965, a Motown trio bounced back from a No. 11 chart setback with their sixth No. 1 hit, restoring their place atop the ...

Motown gave soul music broad appeal with its iconic beat, earworm hooks, and call-and-response gospel vocals. But the Detroit label, founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records in 1959, was much more ...

Motown transformed R&B and soul music into a global pop force. The music coming out of Detroit is famous for its defining backbeat, call-and-response vocals, legendary studio band, and earworm hooks.

Do Elemental’s budget Motown reissues deliver? A clear-eyed review of Four Tops and Supremes albums from the late ’60s and early ’70s. Elemental Music’s affordable reissue series brings classic Motown ...

Motown Records produced many iconic hits during its heyday but, in this list, we shine a light on some of the worst songs released by Berry Gordy's label.

The meteoric rise of The Supremes in the 1960s can be best measured in the context of singular tragic events in American history: When President John F. Kennedy was murdered in Dallas in November of ...

Students view an excerpt from the Motown Amp investigation in which they learn about bassist James Jamerson and the role of Motown Records in the Civil Rights Movement. They then analyze Motown’s role ...

It’d be reasonable to assume that there was nothing more to give, that every tape vault everywhere had already been scoured. The download-only tracks which appeared last decade under the banner ...

Young sang vocals on Marvelettes songs like "I'll Keep Holding On" and "Don't Mess With Bill." By Mitchell Peters Wanda Young, a member of the 1960s Motown group The Marvelettes, has died, Rolling ...

“Maxine Powell: Motown’s Maven of Class, Style and Refinement” is a 218-page, richly illustrated book that arrived this summer. It serves as part biography, part celebration of a woman who made her ...

All Turned On! Motown Instrumentals 1960-1972 is exactly what it says it is. It could be a regular trawl through Motown’s back pages but – obviously – isn’t. The unreleased cuts are supplemented by ...