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When Motown alumni gather Sunday in Los Angeles for their annual get-together, there will be plenty of hugs, backslaps, catching up and reminiscing, full of long-told stories shared once again. The ...

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Barrett Strong, longtime Motown songwriter, who was responsible for such megahits as "I Heard It Throgh the Grapevine" has died at age 81. The vocalist on Motown's first hit song has died. Barrett ...

No one could predict Michael Jackson’s rise to becoming the “King of Pop” when he was singing “ABC” as a member of The Jackson 5 — not even Suzanne de Passe, the woman responsible for giving him his ...

Legendary singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson, who’s kicking off his three-day Las Vegas residency, sits down with Al Roker to discuss working with the acts that defined the Motown generation and his ...

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In 1971, Motown founder Berry Gordy created MoWest, a California label that would last only two years before being dismantled. A new anthology... The Strange Sound Of Motown's Early Hollywood Years ...

Everyone has heard of Motown Records, but few probably remember its Los Angeles offshoot, MoWest. It didn't last long — only two years — but during its life span, MoWest allowed Motown to try out new ...