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.
Some 60-plus years later, Motown stands as a piece of living history — a flashpoint where African-American recording artists would find mainstream success. These include names like Marvin Gaye ...
Sarita and her family live off the grid in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The post Oldies but goodies: 5 reasons to choose ...
“I’d love to see the list of songs,” he said. It ranged from hard rock to Motown, oldies to remakes, and several readers had a secondary suggestion: Please tell the Lions! So, here we ...
Back when Gaye was a promising face at Motown, without any iconic singles, he laid down a track in Detroit called "Can I Get a Witness." It would be disingenuous to claim "Can I Get a Witness ...
Motown the Musical is the real story of the one-of-a-kind sound that hit the airwaves in 1959 and changed our culture forever. This exhilarating show charts Motown founder Berry Gordy’s ...
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL is Broadway's record-breaking smash hit that tells the true story behind the beat that changed minds, touched lives and took the world by storm. Diana Ross, Michael Jackson ...
The Motown icon, however, said signing the future “Thriller” singer and his brothers was a no brainer, and she did know that Michael was special. “How did I know [they had the ‘it’ factor]?
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 ...
(CBS DETROIT) - The Motown Museum revealed new renderings of what to expect inside the highly anticipated expansion project. The nearly 40,000-square-foot project, which will include a cafe and ...
Barrett Strong, a pivotal figure in the history of Motown Records, has died at the age of 81. He sang the label's first major hit, Money (That's What I Want), in 1959, and went on to co-write ...