In the late ’50s, a little-known songwriter named Berry Gordy took $800 he scrounged together from family and a few paltry royalty payments to found Tamla Records—better known at Motown Records. Today ...

Formed just before the 1960s as the Primettes—the “sister” group to the then-popular Detroit group the Primes, which would later become the Temptations—the Supremes were the most ...

Motown was a significant influence on a number of classic rock bands. For example, two Supremes songs inspired The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Daydream.” Notably, it was difficult to put the latter song ...

In 1959, an aspiring songwriter and record producer named Berry Gordy Jr. borrowed $800 to start his own record label in Detroit. Good investment. Within a year, Motown had its first million-selling ...

The Beatles and The Supremes gave the world some of the most famous songs of the 1960s. Despite The Supremes’ popularity, Paul McCartney said the Motown girl group didn’t impress the Fab Four much. He ...

Lamont Dozier, who helped write and produce songs “You Can’t Hurry Love,” “Heat Wave” and dozens of other hits and helped make Motown an essential record company of the 1960s and beyond, died Monday ...

Motown legend Lamont Dozier, a songwriter who crafted hits for the Supremes and Marvin Gaye, among other icons, has died, according to a statement from his son shared on Instagram. He was 81. “Rest in ...

Members of the cast of the musical "Ain't Too Proud" bring to the stage the story of how the Temptations rose to fame on their strength of soulful harmonies and synchronized choreography that was part ...