During the 1960s, in a country divided by racial strife, the music of Berry Gordy Jr.’s Motown Records helped bring people ...
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 ...
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 ...
Founded in 1959 by Berry Gordy, Motown ultimately became the world’s biggest independent producer of 45-rpm records and one of the most successful Black-owned businesses in American history. A quick ...
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 ...
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 ...
Her voice has appeared on an array of hits, heard by millions around the world. While Claudette Robinson hasn’t necessarily been a household name, her group — the Miracles — certainly was. And now the ...
Motown singer Barrett Strong has died at the age of 81. His death was confirmed to Fox News Digital by Motown founder Berry Gordy. "I am saddened to hear of the passing of Barrett Strong, one of my ...
The early 1970s was a transformative time for Stevie Wonder as an artist, but Motown Records never really understood the ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Margena A. Christian, University of Illinois Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) During the ...
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 ...