43 Years Ago, This Legendary '80s British Pop Cover Became a Massive Hit and Outshined Its Motown Original

Case in point, the British synth-pop group Soft Cell, which comprised members, vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David ...
American Songwriter

3 British Invasion Covers of Motown Hits That We Love

In the 1960s, there were two giant musical movements that helped shape not only the decade but also the next 50 years of modern music. Those are the sounds that came from the British Invasion and from ...

The two Motown records that every single Beatle owned: “Virtually the same records”

The Beatles were always indebted to the inspiration of Motown, sonically, but the Detroit label also helped them to bond as ...

‘Superstition’: The UK’s all-time favourite Motown single

Motown Records had a pop dominance stretching from Michigan to Milton Keynes, but one single stands out as the UK's all-time favourite Detroit soul anthem.
KTNV Las Vegas

Motown Extreme: A family-run tribute to music history thrives in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Just off the Strip, the legacy of Motown lives on through Motown Extreme, a high-energy tribute show that celebrates the iconic sounds of The Jackson 5, The Temptations, Stevie ...
Detroit Free Press

Motown’s Tamla Records to return with new artists and ‘positive, life-changing music’

Tamla Records was once the pipeline for entrepreneur Berry Gordy’s earliest releases out of Detroit. The West Grand Boulevard-based Tamla Records was launched by Gordy in 1959 as he began to build ...