"The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first white act to admit they grew up listening to black music." ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is difficult to think of a more impossible task than attempting to rate the 60 all-time greatest Motown songs. Founded in 1959 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Motown Records’ creative ingenuity and commercial prowess made it a hit machine, one that’s still chugging along today — indeed, a ...

Very few musicians and performers have what many in the music business refer to as "the gift." This gift is the rare ability to express emotion through the music they make, forcing the listener to ...

Motown Records is one of the most celebrated labels in music history. In 1959, an aspiring songwriter and record producer ...

Marvin Gaye famously sang that “war is not the answer” in his signature protest song “What’s Going On.” But for the late Motown legend, football was the answer to help lift him out of a deep ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The music of Marvin Gaye transcends time in ways that can't be described. From ...

Motown gave us The Sound Of Young America throughout the ’60s, but one year – 1966 – was the year Berry Gordy’s label truly ...

In the heat of Motown’s pressure cooker, Lamont Dozier hurriedly but masterfully penned this mid-tempo classic under pressure to follow up the Supremes' first hit.

The Miracles “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” Remarkably, one of the Miracles’ biggest hits began life as a single B-side. In November 1962, “Happy Landing,” a nondescript up-tempo number featuring a ...

This classic performance was recorded on Marvin Gaye’s first European Tour in 1976. This classic performance was recorded on Marvin Gaye’s first European Tour in 1976, and captures the soul singer at ...