On Jan. 12, 1959, helped out by an $800 US loan from his family, a moderately successful songwriter named Berry Gordy Jr. founded Tamla Records in Detroit. The next year, the enterprise became better ...

Motown Records honored its 50th anniversary in style Saturday night, as music icons from Stevie Wonder to Berry Gordy showed up to celebrate half a century of chart-topping hits from the Detroit ...

DETROIT, MICHIGAN–Fabled Studio A at Hitsville, U.S.A., where artists such as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations and the Four Tops recorded hit songs from 1959 to 1972, ...

It is difficult to think of a more impossible task than attempting to rate the 60 all-time greatest Motown songs. Founded in 1959 by Berry Gordy, not only has the label — originally a small ...

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up for our free newsletter. As revered as the music has been over the decades, the true power of Motown, suggests Vancouver’s ...

CANTON − Singer Roslyn Pratt said the melodies and messages of Motown music are worth celebrating and sharing with all generations. "I want them walking away feeling they clearly felt the nostalgia of ...

Motown Records’ creative ingenuity and commercial prowess made it a hit machine, one that’s still chugging along today — indeed, a list of Motown classics could fill a book. For now, here are 50 ...

One hot July afternoon in 1968, the soul singer Bobby Taylor was in his dressing room at the Regal Theater in Chicago when the conversation was interrupted by a deafening roar. "What's that noise?" Mr ...

On Jan. 12, 1959, helped out by an $800 US loan from his family, a moderately successful songwriter named Berry Gordy Jr. founded Tamla Records in Detroit. The next year, the enterprise became better ...

Editor’s note: It’s been 50 years since Berry Gordy founded Motown, a record company that launched scores of careers, created a signature sound in popular music and even helped bridge the racial ...