KALAMAZOO, Mich. — An acclaimed Motown group who got their start at Western Michigan University's (WMU) campus is reminiscing about their early days. "It was something. We started recording. We ...
Although Motown dealt predominantly in funk and soul, they had a flirt with rock and roll during the late 1960s, in the form ...
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 ...
Even Anthony Bourdain could not deny the genius of Motown Records and its pop-soul empire back in the late 1960s, with Marvin Gaye being a notable favourite.
It’s time to boogie on down to Motown! In 1960, a new record label was formed which would change the face of the music industry forever. Motown specialized in music genres such as rhythm and blues, ...
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Martha & The Vandellas, The Jackson 5 … and the list goes on. “The impact of Motown on ...
Mary Wilson — the Motown icon who, at just 15 years old and while living in Detroit housing projects, co-founded what would become the Supremes, the groundbreaking hit-making pop trio that rose to ...
The Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe had some success last season with a series of musical revues performed at Art Center Sarasota. Judging from the size of the crowd and their response to the first ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Lamont Dozier, the middle ...
Barrett Strong, the vocalist known for giving Motown Records its first hit with “Money (That’s What I Want),” and for the songs he wrote for the Temptations, has died, Billboard and Rolling Stone ...