The Beatles had an unmistakable connection to Motown. Outside of being huge fans of the cultural music movement, they were heavily influenced by it in their own music. After all, the band did ...

How the legendary soul imprint worked to make some of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most celebrated and inspiring speeches available on record. It was perhaps inevitable that The Reverend Dr.

And with gold records by the Supremes, the Temptations and the Jackson 5, this former Motown recording studio became a hit-making machine from 1959 to 1972. The interior has been left much the ...

A showcase of teens’ talent and creativity includes flower silhouettes, neon acrylic artwork inspired by the artist Derrick ...

The following year, it merged into Motown Record Corporation. For Gordy, starting his own label was the product of a longtime love of music. When he returned from Army service in 1953, he opened a ...

Berry Gordy’s record label used the ‘sound of young America’ to bring people together Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent Berry Gordy plays the piano with Motown stars including Stevie ...

In the 1960s, Motown founder Berry Gordy reached out to Martin Luther King Jr. to see if the record label could help the civil rights leader in his cause for equality. “I saw Motown much like ...

DETROIT — To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Temptations' 1964 hit "My Girl," Motown Museum guests recently crowded into the small studio where the track was first recorded and listened to ...

Motown Studio A, dubbed the “snake pit.” Most of the company’s hits were made in this small space from 1959 to 1972. The wood floor was sometimes used as an instrument of sorts when singers would ...

Told from the point of view of Otis Williams, the only surviving founding member of the Temptations, the jukebox musical follows the typical behind-the-scenes biography, which often leaves me ...

It was a bad start by the starters in Motown as the Raptors wrapped up their three-game road swing with a 123-114 loss.

Inside former President Jimmy Carter's shared ancestry with Motown Founder Berry Gordy. The recent passing of former President Jimmy Carter has brought renewed attention to his shared ancestry ...